One Thousand Chestnut Trees - a Whitetail Deer Project

Yeah that looks like Powdery mildew. That usually is a result of a humid or moist environment and or lack of air movement. I wouldn't worry about it this late in the season as far north as you are but I would pick up the leaves that fall off of them and depose of them after leaf drop. It's treatable with a fungicide but at this point I doubt it would spread because the weather isn't suitable.
 
Big chestnut question here. I've been noticing that some of our DCO's (most of them) have fallen, but the nuts haven't seemed to mature. The nuts inside are all very small. The shells inside the burr are there but have no nut inside and looks pathetic! I'm not sure what the issues is here? We have three other Chinese Chestnuts in the woods that are having the same issue. Our DCOs are in a little orchard where we have 8, 4-5 year old trees. Is this an issue with pollination? Lack of water? Fertilization?
 
Mitch123 said:
Big chestnut question here. I've been noticing that some of our DCO's (most of them) have fallen, but the nuts haven't seemed to mature. The nuts inside are all very small. The shells inside the burr are there but have no nut inside and looks pathetic! I'm not sure what the issues is here? We have three other Chinese Chestnuts in the woods that are having the same issue. Our DCOs are in a little orchard where we have 8, 4-5 year old trees. Is this an issue with pollination? Lack of water? Fertilization?
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DCO is a Oak. This is a chestnut thread. Sounds like pollination issue.

Same with the Chinese Chestnut... lack of pollination


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Mitch123 said:
Big chestnut question here. I've been noticing that some of our DCO's (most of them) have fallen, but the nuts haven't seemed to mature. The nuts inside are all very small. The shells inside the burr are there but have no nut inside and looks pathetic! I'm not sure what the issues is here? We have three other Chinese Chestnuts in the woods that are having the same issue. Our DCOs are in a little orchard where we have 8, 4-5 year old trees. Is this an issue with pollination? Lack of water? Fertilization?
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Mitch - I am going to respond to the Chinese Chestnut part of this. If the 3 Chinese Chestnuts trees are in the woods, is the canopy of the other trees taller than your the height of the Chinese Chestnuts? If yes, your sunlight is getting shaded out to your Chinese Chestnut trees. It takes large amounts of sunlight to develop a viable nut. I am not saying this is the case but it raises the question in my mind. I tell people don't plant Chinese Chestnut inside the woods for this reason. All kinds of trees grow taller than our CC trees.

Someone else can respond on the DCO - I wonder about the amount of sunlight for them in their location but I yield to those with more DCO experience than me.

Wayne
 
Thanks Wayne, the trees are being shaded out for sure. They aren't big trees at all and have a co-dominant canopy for sure. This winter I'm going to clean some of that up and help them out. Also planning on planting some trees in select orchard areas
 
Familytradition - This is why you see chestnut trees planted in yards of where the house was built 75 to 100 years ago.

Also, the early settlers like them because they would keep in your pocket for days as they traveled across the land. Very high in carbohydrates too.

Wayne
 
Life has me busy this fall. We are due for a heavy frost tomorrow so what do I do with these buggers ? Not sure I can get them in the ground this weekend. Do I leave them out ? Bring them inside for for winter and plant in spring or can I plant after frost has arrived ?
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I've got some to plant to. Leaves are just starting to turn brown now. When are they officially dormant? When the last leaf falls? A couple weeks after that?

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I have been in Illinois for since Monday and just returned home. JohnL48 - get them planted and don't try to carry them over winter inside is my advice. LLC is correct - it is not the leaves we worry about - it is the roots. If you put them inside they need sunlight or a strong light on them.

John Barnes - they are dormant when they stop growing (adding growth). Leaves changing is a sign - feel of the leaves to see if they feel thick (we use the term harden off). What have your temperatures been - the drop in temps usually starts the seedling / tree toward dormancy.

As for me - I have got to get a greenhouse covered on Friday. Crossing my fingers for no winds.

Wayne
 
We had a couple lows right at 32 the past week, then got way down to 26 last night. Haven't had any new leaves on them for a few weeks now. I'll check out leaf thickness tomorrow, but I know the trunk and branches have already darkened up from their new growth green color.

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Good news here at Portland, TN - with the help of 4 other people - 5 of us got the new cover on my greenhouse. It feels so good to see the new white cover on it with cold temps having arrived last night. We got down to 28 degrees - but I don't expect to lose any plants from a light freeze.

My friend that runs the local garden center - says for us it takes the low 20's or high teens to kill potted plants. Most of my seedlings are in root bags in the greenhouse. I put vinyl siding and plywood around them and watered them extremely good at 7 PM.

I am looking forward to January to start a new batch of chestnuts and finished getting my seedlings in all 95 TN Counties.

Also, I have over 50 chestnuts from the 5 trees in my backyard. I know I am lucky to have viable chestnuts this soon. Also, I have some legacy chestnuts from my wife's grandfather's trees. At my age you learn to appreciate these types of things - to carry on what others made possible.

Deer season is here - so I got other things to do. Good luck to deer hunters and habitat folks alike.

Wayne
 
No chestnuts this year - I wanted to concentrate on my dogs.

Roy Rogers in Richmond, KY distributed in my place. I don't know if he has any left - if you like I will check for you. How many you want?

Your nephew and I have great fun together. When I am working with my dogs that is a labor of love.

I saw a FaceBook post that worried me this afternoon. Did Edward lose his mom?

I will be at Ed's place Feb 16 & 17 for his NASHDA Hunt Test. Are you coming?

Wayne
 
Thanks to Wayne I have chestnut trees growing (don't know if anything will become of them, but they are alive and giving it a go) and many more spread throughout the county. If not for him sending me seed I would probably never have tried them.
 
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