I'm not sure who is looking for a source of American
Chestnut trees. Clemments State Tree Nursery (Mason
County, West Virginia) usually have some to offer each
fall. I'm not sure if they have any left for this
year. Usually I place an order in late summer/early
fall and the trees are ready to ship the first week or
so of December. Sometimes they do have some species of
trees for spring planting, but I'm not sure about the
chestnuts. I only live about 8 miles from Clemments
State Tree Nursery. I do know they try to sell to West
Virginia landowners first as this is a state nursery.
If I remember correctly, the American Chestnut Society
gets their trees from here. I suppose they collect
seeds from other sources, but they have around 800
American Chestnut trees on site that they get their
seed from. Most of the trees show signs of the blight,
but they are hoping with the crossing they are doing
to one day come up with a blight-free pure American
Chestnut. If anyone is interested, let me know and
I'll contact the nursery and see if they have any
seedlings for sale. But please note, they make no
guarantee that they are blight-free and will live long
enought to get to nut producing size.
Many of our state's ridge tops and mountainous areas
still have sprouting trees from old stumps. Many live
long enough to set on burs with viable seed. If anyone
plans to visit West Virginia in the fall, let me know.
I'll give you some good directions on seeds in a
National Forest that usually have a few burs every
year.
Oh yeah, when they do have the trees, you'll not find
a cheaper plant to get them. I'm not sure how many you
have to buy. I've bought different species of trees
and I don't remember now which costs which. Usually
you buy them in bunches of 20, 40, or 50. I think they
usually run around a couple of dollars per tree; but
don't quote me on that!

Marc
rebelmarc@...

--- Richard Allen <lenowil@...> wrote:

> --- In
> American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com,
> "James"
> <jls14341@p...> wrote:
> >
> I'm wondering if I could get a whole bunch of 1yr
>
> > or 2yr trees, and start them all very close
> together in a clear
> > area, to get them growing, then they can be
> growing while I finish
> > buidling my house and clear a larger area,
> install irigation
> > system.. etc, then transplant them into the
> proper spacing as
> > larger trees. any advice on doing this? how
> would I dig up the
> > trees without damaging them?
>
> James,
> Trees can be transplanted at any age and size with
> the proper
> equipment. I like to keep my transplanting done on
> trees less than 2
> years old just for the better success. When
> transplanting on
> seedlings just dig straight down from the drip edge
> of the branches.
> One shovel blade depth should get you down to clear
> the tap root.
> Any tree older than 2 to 3 years will probably
> have a long tap root
> that will require a deeper depth. In that case you
> have to trench
> around the tree to a depth to clear the root and
> tip the tree to put
> burlap or something to be able to lift the tree out
> of the hole.Never
> haul a tree around by grabbing the trunk. The
> success of
> transplanting is determined by the amount of shock
> you put the tree
> through.Don't expose the roots to air. Keep that in
> mind and
> generally you should be successfull. This is why I
> keep my
> transplanting to seedlings. Much better rate of
> success, for
> afterall, if they die it's from what you have done,
> and I hate to see
> them die at my hand.
> Transplant during dormant times, late fall or
> early spring. Around
> here it's after a frost but when the ground isn't
> frozen.
> >
>
>
> I'm searching for places to buy trees, does anyone
> have any
> > suggestions? I'm hoping to get some planted
> around February or
> > March.
>
> Try any of the seed catalogs out there. Just
> received a Jung
> Quality Seed mag in the mail and I see that they
> offer chestnut
> trees. Also Gurney's have chestnuts.
> www.jungseed.com Try a google
> search on mail order trees and see what you can come
> up with.
> For myself, I have found a chestnut tree that has
> characteristics
> that I like and have been able to get many nuts
> from. I presently
> have hundreds? bedded down for sprouting and am
> looking forward to
> spring.I allow them to stay in their sprouting bed
> for 2 years , then
> I transplant. So far 100% transplant success. Of
> course there is some
> varmint depredation afterward. Rome wasn't built in
> a day.
>
>
>
>
>





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