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Really good nes! I just wanna buy such new seeds now, is it possible?
by jiri 10y ago
Really good nes! I just wanna buy such new seeds now, is it possible?
- cpfohl 10y agoThey're still waiting for the approvals they need to introduce GMOs into the wild. They can't legally distribute them as far as I know.
- cpfohl 10y agoLooks like I was wrong about at least one of the blight resistant seeds, join the ACF to buy a few: http://acf.donorshops.com/product/C60EB65/2017chestnutseedlevelmember.php http://acf.donorshops.com/product/C60EB65/2017chestnutseedle...
- jeffbarr 10y agoCurrently limited to the part of the US that's east of the Mississippi.
- panglott 10y agoThe entire natural range of the American chestnut was east of the Mississippi.
- astrolabe38 10y agoUnfortunate that most of HN's reader base is in CA.
- brianwawok 10y agoSource? I doubt that is true anymore. Maybe 1/3?
- panglott 10y agoThere are several stands of genetically-pure American chestnut on the West Coast that remain because they were isolated from the blight. These were trees imported by settlers and arborists in the 19th century—they should remain protected!
- cpfohl 10y agoOK, response from my friend: The timeline for release is roughly equal to "however long it takes him to finish his PhD" (since the EPA/USDA paperwork and red tape cutting is more or less his thesis). The seeds you can get from the ACF are not as resistant as what ESF is producing, but they're legal.