65 Kastania (the new Icelandic word for American chestnuts) seeds are planted in a greenhouse owned by the Icelandic Forest Service just outside of Egilstadir,...
May I suggest that you contact Bruce Graham with the Grand River Nursery in Ontario. Contact at: the_grahams@... , 1-519-449-2265 work # I am not sure...
In American_Chestnut_Trees_and_Hybrids@yahoogroups.com, "beartowncbr" ... seen, this is at least 100 miles north of the original american chestnut range. I am...
July 4th 2003 we tried to cross a nice large American. The tree is 60' tall and DBH of 17". It does not have any blight yet. Since it is located in the...
from Throstur Eysteinsson: Looked at the kastanias yesterday, the tallest ones are about 80 cm. They are outside full-time now but still show no sign of...
After the Globe and Mail story on Chestnuts to Iceland, I have recently gotten inquiries from the Western end of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island :-)) ...
List: I guess this is an intro post. I've been lurking here for a bit, as the subject intrigues me, but I haven't seen much traffic. I know almost nothing...
Join this list: http://f05n16.cac.psu.edu/archives/tacf-growers.html And repost your question. Also go to TACF site and read all that they have there. Best of...
Hello, I've been trying to learn as much as I can about American Chestnut trees since I heard about what happened to them. In the few months I've been looking...
Hello Nick. I just read your message this morning. I would be hesitant to try to transplant the tree. Keep in mind that the tap roots of trees often extend...
Hello Everyone, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Lori. I live in Ontario Canada. We just moved here from Missouri. I am very interested in growing...
Welcome aboard Lori. Here is a link that provides some information on growing chestnuts. http://www.ppws.vt.edu/griffin/grow.html If you don't want to grow...
Hi, Lori. Welcome. I guess this makes you an official nut on the tree now. What part or Missouri are you from? I am originally from the "Bootheel" area. ...
Hi, Thank you for the warm welcome. I have already checked out the sites you sent me. Thank you again. I found them very interesting. I am definitely going to...
What part of Ontario do you live in ? Is it whre the blight reached ? The best 100% American nut source for you is the Grand River Nursery near Brantford, ON....
Hi, We live 15 minutes from the MI boarder to Port Huron. I know where Brantford is. The little town we live in has lots of chestnut trees. I wanted to start...
... where Brantford is. The little town we live in has lots of chestnut trees. I wanted to start one from one of those. I have been reading up on it. But I...
Hello, There 's a Yahoo Group about the same subjet but mostly for European Chestnut. http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/CultureduChataignier/ Nethertheless, we...
I asked Dr. Hebard of the TACF about procedures to decontaminate seeds collected from blighted areas. His response was instructive and gave me a greater...
Will a tree grow in Iceland? The Vikings wiped out the woods a thousand years ago. Now, the country is hoping to reforest the land with such species as...
Thanks, I'm glad I found the group, my young son & I have planted Chestnut (& other nut) trees for several years now throughout about 50 acres of our diverse ...
Just wanted to mention my son, Nathaniel, & I planted Delmarvolus (from Conneticut) & Kastanu (2nd generation from Leelanau Co. MI) nuts on our land in...
Hey list, Last year I planted in a raised bed about 50 nuts that I collected from various Chestnut trees in this So. East In. area. Some I'm sure were Chinese,...
Richard, A lot of different castanea leaves have a red color to them when they start leafing. Then they turn green. I see it more in my hybrids than I do in...
Hey list, Have a seedling(2years old) with fuzzy leaves. None of my mature trees have this texture.I believe that this young one came from a slightly fuzzy...