chestnut bur picker?

[shedder]

http://www.terrierman.com/snarepole2.htm

I was thinking of something like this for getting burs off a chestnut tree.

I would probably need one 20 feet long.

Any suggestions on something that long or better?

 

[buckdeer1]

what about a fruit picker

 

[Native Hunter]

what about a fruit picker

Yes, a guy might have to bend the wires in just a tad, but it should work great. It really does the job on apples and pears.

 

[shedder]

http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/chestnut/breeding/pollination/harvesting/pdf-harvest

"A fruit picker” basket on a pole will reach many burs without requiring a ladder. Line the basket with mesh, so it will not allow loose nuts from partly opened burs to fall through and be lost. A net bag like those grocery stores use for oranges works well. Some nut growers suggest a long window washing pole with a hook attached to harvest the burs (Figure 3). Try not to remove or Figure 1. Unpollinated vs. Pollinated nuts. damage the stem on which the burs are held. This can reduce harvest in the next year or even two years."

Pennsylvania Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation says the above. I am not sure what a hook would do except pull them closer. I want to get burs "in the white". I am not sure a fruit picker would do that. I gathered what I could. last year. by hand. If memory serves, the burs didn't come off easy.

The tree I want to pick. Most of the burrs are on top, of course. There is another much taller one nearby I would definitely need a tool for.

 

[USC country]

How do you know when they are mature and ready to pick? I have my first bur this year and would like to get it before the critters do.


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[shedder]

How do you know when they are mature and ready to pick? I have my first bur this year and would like to get it before the critters do.

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You can pick them while they are still green on the tree a week or so before they are due to drop in your area. I did that last year on the pictured tree around Oct 5. I placed the unopened burs in a bag with a banana peel to open the burs and direct seeded the nuts on the 20th. Just about all came up. If some burs are open and some not they should be ready..

https://www.acf.org/resources/field-guide/

Some tips here. There was another resource from them that I can't find, yet.

 

[USC country]

You can pick them while they are still green on the tree a week or so before they are due to drop in your area. I did that last year on the pictured tree around Oct 5. I placed the unopened burs in a bag with a banana peel to open the burs and direct seeded the nuts on the 20th. Just about all came up. If some burs are open and some not they should be ready..

https://www.acf.org/resources/field-guide/

Some tips here. There was another resource from them that I can't find, yet.

Thanks!