AU Buck Chestnut regrowth?
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Native Hunter
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Probably just a seedling Chinese Chestnut would be my guess. I figure they just take seedlings and graft AUs to them.
Chestnut Valley Farms
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How are your AU bucks doing Native? Any trouble with them? Have yet to order any but considering a few
Native Hunter
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Well, I was never lucky enough to get one. The only one I was interested in was the AU IV. The last time I called them they said my name was on the list. I'm really considering just forgetting about them due to the problems folks have had with them not surviving. I have chestnuts that drop almost through October, and I have different types of soft mast that will carry me through the end of the year.
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Chestnut Valley Farms
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Yep my one producing dunstan started dropping mid October here in Mo.
Plan for my Ms laneen pears, Arkansas black, Yates, an gold rush to fill that late season gap.
Their is always WW an turnips too
Jordan
mattpatt
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From what I understand they have plenty of trees available. They'll sell them individually too if you don't want a package deal. I'm thinking about purchasing the package this year.
Matt
Native Hunter
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Thanks for the info.
It was actually spring of this year the last time I called them and asked about the AU IV. At that time they told me they didn't have any but would put me on a list of people waiting. Before that time, I had also been unsuccessful getting the chestnut I wanted.
I ended up ordering some more late dropping pears rather than chestnuts. Since that time they have added a different late dropping pear to their selection, and my next order will be a couple of those and a couple more Dozier Crabapples. They were also out of Dozier early this year when I called.
If you want any specific trees from the Wildlife Group, Allen will hook you up. Call and talk to him.
BUT, like I've said in other threads, I do not think the AU buck chestnuts are hardy enough to survive in the wild when they are shipped out. I've had numerous trees break during shipment, I've had grafts simply fail, and I lost a graft during high winds. If you want these trees, put them in a 3 gallon root maker and baby them at your house for a year, then transplant them.
BUT, like I've said in other threads, I do not think the AU buck chestnuts are hardy enough to survive in the wild when they are shipped out. I've had numerous trees break during shipment, I've had grafts simply fail, and I lost a graft during high winds. If you want these trees, put them in a 3 gallon root maker and baby them at your house for a year, then transplant them.
Native Hunter
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Daniel, per the info that Cutman and others have provided, I won't, because I don't want to have to baby them inside for a long time before being able to plant. I just don't have the space or time for it. I'm so happy with what my pears, crabapples and persimmons are doing right now with little or no special attention, I'm not thinking so much anymore about the IV.
But, I'm sure if you want to call and discuss it, you can talk me into it someway....
I have also had mixed results with the AU Chestnuts but seem to have gotten over the hump. First batch of 12 was planted 3.5 years ago and they struggled with hardly any growth,. Two died but came back from root. I planted another batch two years later and they have pretty much caught up with first batch in size. Once again 2 died but came back from root..I realized later I had bought the first batch late in the year and they were basically left over junk.As of last week all but two trees were out of the tubes and one of the second batch trees had burs.This is a pic of
the first batch I took last week
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the first batch I took last week
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wbpdeer
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Aren't they a grafted tree? When I read come back from roots, I think any growth below the graft was to be pruned.
Folks, am I looking at this wrong? For me, if they came back from roots I would certainly keep them but would have a concern if they were actually what I was looking for.
Folks, am I looking at this wrong? For me, if they came back from roots I would certainly keep them but would have a concern if they were actually what I was looking for.
