--- In American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com, Jessica Wolff
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> I would think you could also start a tree from a cutting too. If necessary,
use rooting hormone or willow water (sally water) to help it along if it's
difficult to root. But if it has any disease, you will probably propagate that
along with. Also, I don't know what the best time of year is to start chestnut
cuttings or what the best type/size of cutting would be. (One member of ours in
the Azores might know more about this.)
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> --- On Sat, 9/26/09, Jocelyn Clarke <jclarke@...> wrote:
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> From: Jocelyn Clarke <jclarke@...>
> Subject: Re: [American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids] Growing a tree from
another?
> To: American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 3:24 PM
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> Thanks for your input as well. It's good info to know it could be done this
way too.
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> >Hi all. My mom has a very old chestnut tree at our family home. We are
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> >moving and I'd like to know if there's a way I can grow another tree from
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> >that tree to take with me. I know nothing about these trees so I'm hoping
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> >I can maybe take a clipping? Or grow another from an actual chestnut???
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> >I'm sorry to be ignorant, but I hope to get some assistance here. This
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> >tree means so much to me. The memories of many warm chestnuts from mom. I
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> >look forward to your responses. Thank you!
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> Gather some ripe chestnuts before they dry out. Put them in a bag of damp
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> moss in the fridge. Here, in the great white north, seed nuts need 4 or 5
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> months in the fridge till they have napped enough to sprout. I don't know
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> how long they will need where you live, but try to be patient and give them
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> 3 or 4 months. After that, fill a deep pot with soil and press the nut
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> into the soil about half way buried. Keep it watered and wait. it may
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> take 3 or 4 weeks to come up. Grow it in a sunny window till it's warm
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> enough to plant tomatoes in your area. Put it out in a shady spot for a
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> few days to harden off, then plant it.
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> Jocelyn, Canada
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