Good Morning Jocelyn:
The humidity level here in the Azores Islands is very high. All our
chestnuts must be consumed or used within a month. After that time they
will start to decompose. Successful recent experiences (very few, by
the Azores University) have been made with the freezing of the nuts until
the next Spring.
Our chestnut trees had before and still have blight (about 3%), and
it seems that in the last 20 years they have resisted to the blight attack
disease. But you must be always aware and cut the affected branches as soon
as you notice the disease. Our trees resistance to the bight, I think, is
due to many unknown factors, of course, but in particular due to the
abundance of humidity, that provides a good plant health to fight their
diseases.
Vitor

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From: American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Jocelyn Clarke
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:46 PM
To: American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids] Re: Azores Islands
Chestnut Trees "Castanea Sativa"

At 01:17 PM 28/04/2008, you wrote:

>Usually we do not plant the Chestnut trees. We pick spontaneous born
>plants, under the Chestnut trees, relocate them and later on, 2 to 3
>years old, we implant the young trees with the kind of the chestnut tree we
want.
>There is a technique for this, and it would take some time to describe it.

I need to plant them, as there are none now. My family, over the last 300
years, managed to cut *every* red oak and sweet chestnut in our woods. My
Dad took me planting acorns the year I turned three, so there are a few
now, and I am planting more. I took my kid planting acorns the year she
turned three.

Jocelyn

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