One Thousand Chestnut Trees - a Whitetail Deer Project

[H20fwler]

AWESOME project Wayne!
I've got a dozen of your trees caged and at least that many more living free range along the woods from the batch I got from you two years ago. Most are around 4'-5' tall now and looking good.
Last fall I was able to collect and stratify some of the nuts from my own Dunstan's and planted them in the shrub strips this past spring...every time I'm out walking the farm it seems like I'm spotting a young second gen Dunstan or a bigger one of yours from two years ago. My Dunstan's have a decent crop of nuts again this year so I'm going to keep on planting them and will do the same when I start getting nuts from your trees.

 

[wbpdeer]

Wayne, I ran the chisel plow lightly over my food plots today, in anticipation of planting tomorrow. On the edge of almost every plot were some very healthy chestnuts. Thought of you!! Good job

Lak

That means you took good care of those trees. Be nice when they produced enough to fatten up your deer herd. Seen any hogs lately.

Wayne

 

[lakngolf]

Lak

That means you took good care of those trees. Be nice when they produced enough to fatten up your deer herd. Seen any hogs lately.

Wayne

Is amazing that we caught that 30+ a few years back and none since. Happy about that but it was fun to catch them

 

[wbpdeer]

I’m in.
Steve Owens
2410 Granite Pointe
Jonesboro, AR 72404

Your box was handed to the PO today 9/26/18. Headed your way in a flat rate box.

When they arrive, let me know their condition.

Wayne

 

[Merle Hawggard]

Got them today Wayne, thanks!

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[deer patch]

Got mine in the mail today. Is the return address on the box the same address you want your payment sent to?

 

[JohnL48]

Got mine also. Thank you. No paypal correct I'll send money order to return address ?

 

[wbpdeer]

On Friday Sept 28th I was getting ready for our shed dog hunt test. Worked 7 am to 11 pm - with two short breaks. On Saturday Sept 29th we had 30 dogs run in Richland Park. 28 of the 30 qualified for the World Championship that will be help in April 2019.

So that event took all of my time and energy. I shipped some Chinese Chestnuts to a few guys on this forum. If you have received your Chinese Chestnuts and they are in good shape, then you send me $8 cash or check to

Wayne B. Pruett
1204 S. Russell Street
Portland, TN 37148

With the Chinese Chestnuts I shipped plus what I gave out at the Hunt Test, I passed the 20,000 Chinese Chestnut mark. This began back in 2015 and has been a very popular project.

Thanks for reading this thread.

Wayne

 

[Neahawg]

Been a great project Wayne there will be a lot of deer fed because of you!

 

[deer patch]

I'll drop my payment off at the PO tomorrow. Thanks again!

 

[JohnL48]

Sent mine

 

[Razorback]

Got mine. Thank you. Mailed a check a couple days ago.

 

[wbpdeer]

Sent mine

John,

Your check arrived today. Thanks

 

[wbpdeer]

Got mine. Thank you. Mailed a check a couple days ago.

Your house # is 2410

If that is true I got it. I don't have my forum names and real name list with me right now.

Thanks

 

[wbpdeer]

Mother Nature Iced My Town Dec 9, 2018

Snow would have been welcomed - instead we got rain then freezing rain. At this point the only silver lining is our wind has been calm. I have heard at least 5 transformers blow in my town. I let one of my labs out to their fenced park in the backyard and saw my Chinese Chestnut Trees - not good.

I took photos of 3 of the 5 Chinese Chestnut Tree planted in my backyard. These trees have been babied and never stressed for water or nutrients. They are still holding too many leaves and the ice has bent them down. I inspected the limbs and nothing has broken yet. I need the ice to thaw before any wind whips them around and breaks them up.

Three photos to show what "Mother Nature" tossed my way.


In the left portion of the last photo you can see the black shade cloth on my greenhouse. I am not heating the greenhouse this winter.

Thanks for reading this post. I have been working on getting my Chinese Chestnut seedlings placed in all Tennessee Counties - I have reached 71 counties with 24 counties to go.

 

[catscratch]

I've beat on trees with a broomstick to knock the ice off before. Works well and I'm sure I've saved quite a few limbs and trees doing it. Good luck weathering the storm. I don't care for ice much.

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[Aramark]

How well would these grow in northern MN.?

 

[wbpdeer]

How well would these grow in northern MN.?

I believe the answer is not very well, if at all. They will do good for a time period until you experience a harsh winter for Northern MN. Then they die off. My feedback comes from habitat people that have lived there a long time.
Contact your local county officials about chestnut making it in the immediate area. You don't want a southern source of chinese chestnuts if you acquire any - get trees that survive in the northern areas.

I have shipped to 3 or 4 MN folks out of 300+ orders. Those were in the south and central part of the state.

It is what it is.

Wayne

 

[JohnL48]

None of my chestnuts grew radicals in fridge should I leave them longer or put them in the seed starters ?

 

[wbpdeer]

1. Is there any moisture in the bag the chestnuts are in?

2. Here is what I would do - add moisture to the peat moss. I would put them back in the fridge now. On Feb 3rd (2 weeks from now), then I would put them all into the growing media and I would put lights on them.

My approach is add water and give them two weeks. Then I would start them.

Chinese Chestnuts have a wide variation on when they choose to germinate.

Wayne