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Environment & Energy

NickB79

(20,335 posts) Mon Jul 23, 2012, 06:11 PM Jul 2012

My hybrid chestnuts are growing like gangbusters! [View all]

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If I had the money, I'd buy 5 acres of farmland from the farmer behind us and start my own private arboretum.

Now to see who will survive our Minnesota winter, save the best 6-7 for myself and give away the rest for wildlife habitat and nut production to friends, family, coworkers and neighbors.

Then, order even more seeds and do it all over again!

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My hybrid chestnuts are growing like gangbusters! [View all] NickB79 Jul 2012 OP

looking good! madrchsod Jul 2012 #1

Yeah, the blight really did a number, so these are resistant hybrids NickB79 Jul 2012 #2

A question: LWolf Jul 2012 #4

You can breed hybrids into a fairly stable strain given enough time NickB79 Jul 2012 #7

I think it's a wonderful effort. LWolf Jul 2012 #10

The first peoples of the Americas treated the forests as a giant garden. hunter Jul 2012 #5

Indeed. It was the largest permaculture experiment ever done NickB79 Jul 2012 #6

It would be cooler if they were growing like Ghostbusters TlalocW Jul 2012 #3

I don't know that I'd want gangbusters all over my yard. Kablooie Jul 2012 #8

Some advice for the OP - watch out for woodchucks, deer, rabbits, and voles. Denninmi Jul 2012 #9