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tabasco

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9. Please let it be true.

Reply to FLPanhandle (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 01:19 PM

Jan 2016

I know they've been working on this. Little chestnut trees will start growing around here and get to be about 30 feet tall before they die. Sprouts continue to grow out of the stumps. A beautiful tree and good for wildlife.

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New genetically engineered American chestnut will help restore the decimated, iconic tree [View all] FLPanhandle Jan 2016 OP

Hopefully they'll be able to do something similar for elms (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Jan 2016 #1

They have. Brickbat Jan 2016 #2

More on the work regarding the elm. HuckleB Jan 2016 #3

New Haven, the "Elm City", replanted with Chinese elms KamaAina Jan 2016 #4

I have planted five American Chestnut trees so far. Three have survived. greatlaurel Jan 2016 #5

Then I want every tree to grow a sign that says 'This structure is a GMO'. randome Jan 2016 #6

Oh, but "Non-GMO Parks" will become a "movement." HuckleB Jan 2016 #7

Don't Forget RobinA Jan 2016 #8

Please let it be true. tabasco Jan 2016 #9

DU rec...nt SidDithers Jan 2016 #10

I want half a dozen. Drahthaardogs Jan 2016 #11

Me too. FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #12

I believe the disappearance of chestnut trees contributed to passenger pigeon's decline closeupready Jan 2016 #13

Are there DNA samples from a passenger pigeon FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #14

Looking at wikipedia, only 1,500 skins and a mere 16 skeletons remain. closeupready Jan 2016 #15

Band tailed pigeons are still about... hunter Jan 2016 #17

We planted a pair of chestnut hybrids some years ago LiberalEsto Jan 2016 #16

Que ignorant outrage from the anti-GMO idiots. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #18

It looks like their strategy is to ignore all information that opposes their ideology. HuckleB Feb 2016 #22

That is wonderful news. LuvNewcastle Jan 2016 #19

Right now I'm listening to madokie Jan 2016 #20

I demand that they label this tree and all of its kind Orrex Jan 2016 #21