Chinese Chestnut: Description, Growing Conditions, Pests & More | Organic Plant Care LLC
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- Опубликовано: 18 июл 2020
- Get all the details about the Chinese Chestnut tree (Castanea mollissima) and why it's a good alternative to the American Chestnut to grow in New Jersey and Pennsylvania (hint: it's resistant to the blight that's killed most American Chestnuts, plus the fruit are delicious!). Arborist Bill Grundmann shows you what a Chinese Chestnut looks like and describes how it grows, how to care for one, and the most common problems it has.
It’s worth mentioning that if you’re planting a chestnut tree for the nuts, you’ll need at least two trees as they are not self-fertile and require another chestnut close by to pollinate it.
Lucky you to have two trees on your property. I've been foraging from two I found planted at an old cemetery. The tree canopies are so huge and they produce so much. Judging from the graves around them I think the trees are at least a century old if not older. I love chestnut harvest time!
I’m considering planting a few Dunstan Chestnuts to attract deer here in northern MD
I bought a bag of chinese chestnuts from a shop (already shelled). Tried cooking them in the oven and then in the small wok we've used to successfully cook regular chestnuts.
Both ways I ended up with something unpleasantly hard and bitter. Nasty tasting. Nothing like regular chestnuts. What am I doing wrong? Them lacking the shells is a problem for cooking them in the pan.
Maybe I need to try boiling or steaming.
Beautiful trees! Have you ever been asked to sell the nuts? I’d like to purchase some from those healthy trees to plant on my place!
Let me know if you have any questions about chestnut trees!
hi bill i am interested in plnating 2 chinese chestnuts in my backyard but have limited space, will they stay small and produce nuts if i prune them to 8 feet
Nice
I didn't know about the V vs U. For an inexperienced gardener, what's an easy way to tell? If I didn't have a reference it would be hard for me to distinguish a V vs U. Do U's have 3 limbs?
I’m in usda zone 9. Would these work good on my deer hunting property you think?