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Environment & Energy

NickB79

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7. Thanks to butternut canker, it's the only alternative to pure butternut.

Reply to hatrack (Reply #6)

Sun Dec 25, 2022, 05:52 PM

Dec 2022

The Japanese genetics confer some resistance. Another native tree that, sadly, is being wiped out by an introduced disease

Oh, I almost forgot about my American beech seedlings, lol.

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"When In Doubt, Plant A Nut Tree" - Reforesting America With Chestnut, Other Keystone Food Species [View all] hatrack Dec 2022 OP

You don't think we have enough nuts in this country? LOL n/t brewens Dec 2022 #1

been trying to convince the city to let me plant pecans on my parkway. mopinko Dec 2022 #2

At least honey locusts are good for bees . . . hatrack Dec 2022 #3

ya know, under daley chi was very climate conscious. now... mopinko Dec 2022 #4

I've got chestnuts, buartnuts, hazels, chinkapin and oaks on my property NickB79 Dec 2022 #5

Thanks for the clarification on Buartnuts - never even heard of them before . . . hatrack Dec 2022 #6

Thanks to butternut canker, it's the only alternative to pure butternut. NickB79 Dec 2022 #7