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The current seeds given to the public the ACF were counting on have very poor survival/growth metrics and they're giving up on that line; big shame as those are
by cnntth 3y ago
The current seeds given to the public the ACF were counting on have very poor survival/growth metrics and they're giving up on that line; big shame as those are the seeds they offered to donors (and thus a way of getting involved as as outsider).
- Mobil1 3y ago[flagged]
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoFrom the point of view of a book reader, that is a really bad book. Entire paragraphs simply restating the content of previous paragraphs with some minor additions of content.
- ChuckMcM 3y agoThe clue should be "Book By AI" (ie random stochastic parrots) in the URL
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoI knew that is what it was, I just didn't realize it would be so bad.
- eYrKEC2 3y agoI bought some of those seeds and I just thought I had a black thumb. I planted my surviving seedlings this fall, a month before frost, and I hope they will survive winter..
- joecool1029 3y agoI live in blight region (NJ). We have American seedlings growing here for a few years now, but I don't have faith that inside the range they'll reach maturity. Our mature American Chestnut tree is well established enough that it dies back some every few decades and recovers. This year I got 50 or so chestnuts out of it. I ate a few, they are great and never seem to get the weevil that the Chinese trees we have do (basically if I don't process the Chinese ones immediately after harvesting in a hot water bath, they will have a grub bore out of them in a week or so). Been trying to find people outside blight region (somewhere like Michigan/Wisconsin) to plant the American ones so they have a shot. This tree is not a result of any of the ACF's crossbreeding, it's just a survivor that's over 100 years old.
- clankyclanker 3y agoI'm around there and am interested in adding new trees to my yard. If you're serious, drop me an email.
- local_crmdgeon 3y agoContact ACF. They have an open call for genetics from trees like yours.
- peteradio 3y agoI live in MN and am a tree enthusiast with some acreage to plant.
- joe_the_user 3y agoI live in Nevada City, California. We have several productive chestnut trees growing around and I can't really tell if they're Chinese or American. They do not ever get anything growing in the nuts so maybe they're American. Otoh, the weevil might not be universal.
- KingLancelot 3y ago[dead]
- psychlops 3y agoI'm also in NJ and was specifically waiting for the Darling 58 to plant here. Great to hear you have a long living one and hope it stays healthy.
- stritafarm 3y agoI was searching for information on where the blight region is and isn't. Everything I found simply said it is "widespread in the USA." I have quite a few acres and local contacts in my area that also grow trees. Feel free to reach out.