Far as I know, the Tallahassee area, by which I mean Northern Florida, is the
bottom end of
the chestnut range. It is for chinquapins. Living in Central Florida as i do, I
haven't even
attempted to grow chestnuts. However, plant scientists are extending the range
and who
knows? maybe some day they'll come up with a hot-climate hybrid.


--- In American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com, B <bobcateaux@...>
wrote:
>
> I was at the nursery last Fall and saw their trees. I also eat some of their
roasted hybrid
chestnut. Not bad for a hybrid. I think that they sell some of thier chestnuts
in the local
market. I plan on buying some and planting here in Louisiana, northshore of
Lake
Ponchatrain.
>
> James <jls14341@...> wrote: I've been gathering lots of chestnut tree
information and I
found a
> nursery in Florida only a few hours from my property that sells
> Dunstan Hybrid Chestnut seedlings. I'm thinking of starting these for
> my home orchard. Does anyone know anything about them? The website is
> at: http://www.chestnuthilltreefarm.com/page9.php
>
> They say they have not had one instance of chestnut blight in 30
> years, so thats good!
>
> Since they are growing them near me I'm thinking they would grow in my
> climate ok. They have 2yr trees about 3' tall in 3 Gal containers.
> I'm thinking of getting about 25 of them to start and clear an area
> 100' x 100' and planting them 20' x 20' then thin them out later.
> Then I'll expand the area every year. This way I don't have to clear
> the entire property now and I can get some trees growing.
>
> Does anyone have any photos of a mature orchard? I've never seen one
> and I'm curious what my property will look like after all the trees
> are full size. Does anyone know of any existing chestnut orcharads
> that allow visitiors withing driving distance from florida (on a
> vacation trip perhaps)
>
> James
>
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