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Wild American Chestnut Seedling

Found this wild american chestnut seedling just a stones throw away from the large mature wild american chestnut growing here on the homestead. I put some protection around it and have been watching it grow vigorously! I haven't been able to grow and seedlings from the few nuts I collect each year from the tree so this wild volunteer is very welcome.

The other seedling american chestnuts (seeds from twisted tree nursery) are growing well too. They are planted less than 100ft away. My intuition was confirmed on where to plant these chestnut trees when I discovered the large american chestnut. Sandy soil, very well drained, southern exposure. I haven't watered these trees once and even through the late spring drought they have continued to grow.

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Niel Liesmons 2y ago

After Black Walnut, Chestnuts are the fastest growing nut trees on our land as well.

Isn’t Twisted Tree hybridizing them with European Chestnut etc… ?

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rev.hodl 2y ago

Excellent! I've got some black walnut in the nursery. Haven't quite pinpointed where I want to plant them.

I'm not sure if he is intentionally making hybrids as part of a breeding program. The nuts I got from him were from American chestnut trees, what they were pollinated with who knows. They are definitely expressing the branching characteristic rather than one main leader.