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Growing chestnut tree from seed time lapse (165 days)

This time-lapse shows the cold-stratified process and how a chestnut tree growing from a seed to a young plant. We started ...
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5 rules to follow when planting trees — including the ‘3-year trunk' tip

Smallholder Sally Coulthard shares how to plant a woodland, with winter being the best time to get planting, as well as the ...
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Yes, you can grow chestnut trees in Southern California

You can grow chestnuts in Southern California. You will need to incorporate lots of compost and gypsum in the soil prior to planting since chestnut trees (Castanea spp.) appreciate a somewhat acidic ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

UNH’s chestnut trees may not repopulate forests. But they’re still helping the effort.

At the Kingman Research Farm just outside of the University of New Hampshire campus, there’s an orchard of chestnut trees, growing under the watchful eyes of researchers. The American chestnut was a ...
Purdue University

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Chestnut Oak

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...
Morning Call PA

American chestnut trees that grew to 100 feet tall used to tower over the Pennsylvania landscape until blight came along. Now there are new hopes for a revival.

Sunlight filtered through the overstory of a thick Pennsylvania forest and a few rays fell upon the long, serrated leaves of the American chestnut trees down below. The higher Mike Manes, 78, hiked, ...