West Middle School STEM Class Oct. 20th (Portland, TN) Kim Bond is the STEM Teacher at West Middle School in Portland, TN. STEM stands for...
[ATTACH] This bowl of chinese chestnuts were collected from one of my 5 yard trees planted in the fall of 2014 to make collection easy for me. I...
Chestnut Top Growth (What We Work to Achieve) [ATTACH] The top growth on the lower right is easy to see in this photo. I added the red circle...
Products Not Always Available or Things Change [ATTACH] I have always been a fan of Long Fibered Sphagnum Moss. The product bag on the left...
Cold Stratify in Ground Update The first photo shows the frame in place. The side boards are 5/4" wooden deck boards. The stakes in the corner...
What is a Catkin and What is a Burr A number of Portland West Middle School Students will be reading this thread, so a few basic questions should...
Cold Stratify in the Ground [ATTACH] The photo above is a two gallon bucket with chestnuts laying in sands. This has multiple layers of...
Hello M. R. I do believe in the past you have gotten some chinese chestnuts from me. I would be glad to send you a box for your son's...
Chinese Chestnuts & Cold Stratification In the woods a squirrel will collect a chestnut and take it away to his preferred locations, bury it in...
How to Float Test Chinese Chestnuts Get a container that is not too deep, but we want as much width and length as we can locate. Fill that...
Facts I Wish to Disclose 1. I don't own the trees where I collect most of the chestnuts I distribute. That means I am not in a position to spray...
ABC's of Planting Chinese Chestnut Seedlings 1. Your seedlings need to be planted 20 - 21 feet apart. They are air pollenated which requires them...
What Kills Our Chestnuts When We Try to Grow Them? #1 Main Killer Is Moisture!!! We over water them. We think Miracle Grow with Moisture...
My Avatart Photo has a Chinese Chestnut tree I planted between my backdoor and my greenhouse. I had collected that chestnut and then grew it in...
Native Hunter, Good to hear from you friend. My father in law passed away in August and his farms is a 50-50 deal, I married the oldest daughter...
I collected about 75 sawtooth acorns today on a line of nice trees in a city setting in a nearby town. What do I do now? Do I have to chill them...
I shipped a larger order of chinese chestnuts to Astoria, IL 61501 today. I used a medium size Flat Rate Box from the Post Office. It felt good...
Chestnuts are dropping in Portland, TN and I have been out enough that I have been hit in the head at least 3 times and the shoulder more than...
OK all you guys that have been successful growing DCO into seedlings, Ole Wayne needs your guidance. I have about 50 DCO nuts I collected from...
Hey Meyerske, When you water the chestnuts, does any water come out of the bottom of your container? My question pertains to drainage. We need...
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