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Posted: 4/10/2024 11:48:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: W202fan90]
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This is a stupid question , but is it not possible to grow them to maturity in a controlled, fungus-free environment (does the pathogen affect the seeds/nuts)? Or is that just too cost prohibitive?
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PA, USA
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Posted: 4/11/2024 12:19:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cycolac: Thanks for the info. How can you tell the difference between the American and Asian mulberry trees/bushes? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cycolac: Originally Posted By Flindelaaf: @Cycolac, Asian mulberries were introduced into the United States in the 1700s. They look somewhat similar to the native American mulberry and have taken over in most regions of the U.S., except for Tennessee and Kentucky. Asian mulberries grow and spread like weeds and genetically flood the environment and have become the dominant mulberry species in many/most areas. @Triumphman, without seeing pictures, I would wager that the mulberry trees on your family's property are Asian mulberries, particularly if they are not in the deep woods. I've only ever found one native America mulberry in south central Pennsylvania. Of the thousands I have seen in Pennsylvania, they were all Asian. Thanks for the info. How can you tell the difference between the American and Asian mulberry trees/bushes? The number 1 identifiable feature is the underside of the leaves. The undersides of the leaves of the America mulberry tree are quite fuzzy. You can see and feel the hairs. The tops of the leaves are also pretty rough and look dull. The edges have finer serrations than the Asian mulberry. Asian mulberry leaves are generally glossy looking on the top surface, but there they can have leaves that are rough on top. From my limited observations, if you find an American mulberry growing in the woods in the shade, the leaves will be smaller than an American tree growing in full sun. I have a few in my yard growing in full sun. The biggest leaves are 10 inches across. Some links explaining the differences: https://bplant.org/compare/140-141 https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/fnr/fnr_237.pdf |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 4/11/2024 12:24:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By W202fan90: This is a stupid question , but is it not possible to grow them to maturity in a controlled, fungus-free environment (does the pathogen affect the seeds/nuts)? Or is that just too cost prohibitive? Many different trees are hosts for the blight. There's no way to eradicate it from the environment. I thought I read somewhere that it can live in red oaks but doesn't kill them. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 7:06:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mPisi: Interested in seeds if possible in the future. I had ordered some seedlings from Chief River in Wisconsin, but they cancelled as it got close to shipping time this spring, no supply this year. That's where I got mine from |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 7:10:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Flindelaaf: Many different trees are hosts for the blight. There's no way to eradicate it from the environment. I thought I read somewhere that it can live in red oaks but doesn't kill them. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Flindelaaf: Originally Posted By W202fan90: This is a stupid question , but is it not possible to grow them to maturity in a controlled, fungus-free environment (does the pathogen affect the seeds/nuts)? Or is that just too cost prohibitive? Many different trees are hosts for the blight. There's no way to eradicate it from the environment. I thought I read somewhere that it can live in red oaks but doesn't kill them. Maybe that one is doing well because it's so isolated in the field and has less fungal load? Kharn |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 7:31:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Thuban: The American Chestnut Tree used to be one of the main trees in our forests. It grew fairly quickly, produced very good wood, and the nuts were plentiful and nutritious both for humans and for the critters humans like to hunt and eat. Then some fungus got introduced that the American Chestnut had no resistance to and virtually all of them were wiped out. There are programs trying to breed an American Chestnut which is blight resistant. Trees take a long time to grow so it is a long term project but the impact of success would be huge both for restoring a native species of plant to our forests and for the economic benefits. Any American Chestnut trees which have survived are likely blight resistant and that means their genes could be very useful for restoring them to our forests. And, it is possible, but unlikely, that a tree could be found which was immune, or nearly immune, to the blight on it's own. If so and if the tree were passing that resistance on to it's... (children, seedlings, offspring? Whatever you call it for trees) then those chestnuts would be quite valuable. A whole lot of landowners would love to get a bunch of blight resistant chestnut seedlings. I have friends with a lot of land and I would personally get my old, lazy, fat ass out in a field to dig holes and plant them if I had the chance. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Thuban: Originally Posted By Tjcj: Not to sound edgy , but what's the big deal about a possible American Chestnut tree ? The American Chestnut Tree used to be one of the main trees in our forests. It grew fairly quickly, produced very good wood, and the nuts were plentiful and nutritious both for humans and for the critters humans like to hunt and eat. Then some fungus got introduced that the American Chestnut had no resistance to and virtually all of them were wiped out. There are programs trying to breed an American Chestnut which is blight resistant. Trees take a long time to grow so it is a long term project but the impact of success would be huge both for restoring a native species of plant to our forests and for the economic benefits. Any American Chestnut trees which have survived are likely blight resistant and that means their genes could be very useful for restoring them to our forests. And, it is possible, but unlikely, that a tree could be found which was immune, or nearly immune, to the blight on it's own. If so and if the tree were passing that resistance on to it's... (children, seedlings, offspring? Whatever you call it for trees) then those chestnuts would be quite valuable. A whole lot of landowners would love to get a bunch of blight resistant chestnut seedlings. I have friends with a lot of land and I would personally get my old, lazy, fat ass out in a field to dig holes and plant them if I had the chance. Gotta say, this is genuinely cool, and is part of the history of this nation. I'd love to see/hear that native chestnut trees were making a comeback, even though I don't live in an area that I'd be able to appreciate them. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 9:01:17 AM EDT
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If this is turning into a seed signup thread I’d certainly take a few. I can start them in containers and transplant them to the field beside my existing hybrids.
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Posted: 4/11/2024 9:14:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By arowneragain: If this is turning into a seed signup thread I’d certainly take a few. I can start them in containers and transplant them to the field beside my existing hybrids. If any of the trees to turn out to be actual american chestnuts, I will do a separate seed signup. I don't want to start a list now, especially since nothing is confirmed. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 9:21:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By governmentman: If any of the trees to turn out to be actual american chestnuts, I will do a separate seed signup. I don't want to start a list now, especially since nothing is confirmed. That makes perfect sense. Very cool thread either way. 
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Posted: 4/11/2024 11:17:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By highstepper: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/65/db/97/65db97fdb9a88cee6b7e49f34643940a.jpg My Grandparents had that painting. |
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Posted: 4/11/2024 10:23:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Requiem: woodpeckers Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Requiem: Originally Posted By Wangstang: To the tree specialist and arborist in the thread...what causes this circular ring damage to tree.bark: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/114798/1000018736_jpg-3183669.JPG woodpeckers That much interest from woodpeckers would indicate a lot of bugs under the bark. Kill the bugs and the woodpeckers will look for food elsewhere. |
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Posted: 4/12/2024 1:32:00 PM EDT
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I got the seeds previously linked. They're in the refrigerator right now. I'll get them going in a couple of days.
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Posted: 4/12/2024 1:59:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By governmentman: I'll be sending leaf samples to them for identification once leaves are on. If they are the real deal, I'll happily share nuts, especially since the two on my FiL's side seem blight free. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By governmentman: Originally Posted By AeroE: Originally Posted By Mauritius: Found this. They can help with identification and such. https://tacf.org/ Definitely contact this group, there might be interest in your tree, especially if it's producing nuts. I'd love a bag of viable nuts to plant here, they'd look great with my burr oaks. I'll be sending leaf samples to them for identification once leaves are on. If they are the real deal, I'll happily share nuts, especially since the two on my FiL's side seem blight free. If you are going to be sharing your nuts around, I'd take a few to try to start on my land here in NC. I mean, surely you'd like for your nuts to travel around far and wide right?  |
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Posted: 4/12/2024 3:12:44 PM EDT
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Tagscribed.
For those in the know: Is it too late to order and plant nuts right now? I'm in the middle of USDA Zone 7. |
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Posted: 4/12/2024 9:59:43 PM EDT
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This is one of the coolest threads in a while. I cant wait to hear the update
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Posted: 4/12/2024 10:30:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tveddy: This is one of the coolest threads in a while. I cant wait to hear the update The American Chesnut is no shit a magical tree. Christmas carols were written about it, things were built with it. The government isn't going to make it better, we need to. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/12/2024 10:33:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By governmentman: If any of the trees to turn out to be actual american chestnuts, I will do a separate seed signup. I don't want to start a list now, especially since nothing is confirmed. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By governmentman: Originally Posted By arowneragain: If this is turning into a seed signup thread I’d certainly take a few. I can start them in containers and transplant them to the field beside my existing hybrids. If any of the trees to turn out to be actual american chestnuts, I will do a separate seed signup. I don't want to start a list now, especially since nothing is confirmed. Make sure you disinfect any seeds you send out. |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 11:33:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: The American Chesnut is no shit a magical tree. Christmas carols were written about it, things were built with it. The government isn't going to make it better, we need to. Then realize that 25% of those trees were American Chestnuts. |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 11:38:57 AM EDT
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Hey op, cab you throw an update indicator in the thread title when you have some confirmation one way or the other?
Thanks, and let's all hope you have a tree that can be cloned. |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 11:45:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JAG2955: It was said that at the time of the colonization of America, a squirrel could go from Maine to the Mississippi without touching the ground. That's how heavily forested it was. Then realize that 25% of those trees were American Chestnuts. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JAG2955: Originally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: The American Chesnut is no shit a magical tree. Christmas carols were written about it, things were built with it. The government isn't going to make it better, we need to. Then realize that 25% of those trees were American Chestnuts. They are super cool. I realize the trees I plant will probably just get blight eventually but once I get one to produce chestnuts I'm just going to keep planting them from each generation. I'm hopeful that eventually I'll get lucky with one that's resistant. Or who knows maybe it'll be planted in an area with a lessor blight and it learns to fight it. There's a giant one up in Maine that's still around, scientists are working to figure out how |
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TN, USA
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Posted: 4/13/2024 12:02:05 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/13/2024 12:09:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: They are super cool. I realize the trees I plant will probably just get blight eventually but once I get one to produce chestnuts I'm just going to keep planting them from each generation. I'm hopeful that eventually I'll get lucky with one that's resistant. Or who knows maybe it'll be planted in an area with a lessor blight and it learns to fight it. There's a giant one up in Maine that's still around, scientists are working to figure out how I planted five more this fall, bigger this time, and tied them into my drip irrigation system. They are showing signs of growth. We just had two more arrive yesterday. These are 6' trees already. I am not looking forward to digging those holes. |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 12:10:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JAG2955: We planted five the first year we moved here. They all died in a drought. I planted five more this fall, bigger this time, and tied them into my drip irrigation system. They are showing signs of growth. We just had two more arrive yesterday. These are 6' trees already. I am not looking forward to digging those holes. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JAG2955: Originally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: They are super cool. I realize the trees I plant will probably just get blight eventually but once I get one to produce chestnuts I'm just going to keep planting them from each generation. I'm hopeful that eventually I'll get lucky with one that's resistant. Or who knows maybe it'll be planted in an area with a lessor blight and it learns to fight it. There's a giant one up in Maine that's still around, scientists are working to figure out how I planted five more this fall, bigger this time, and tied them into my drip irrigation system. They are showing signs of growth. We just had two more arrive yesterday. These are 6' trees already. I am not looking forward to digging those holes. Absolute legend. 
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Posted: 4/13/2024 1:04:57 PM EDT
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I just started my refrigerated stratification yesterday.
Here’s to hoping for years of original American chestnut trees. 32 seeds in all.  
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OH, USA
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Posted: 4/13/2024 9:08:47 PM EDT
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My father drug home some chestnuts from West Virginia. He was quite proud that he had found blight resistant chestnut trees.
I sent the leaves off to the American Chestnut folks and it’s Chinese Chestnut not American. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 4/13/2024 9:13:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By konger: How did you cut it without getting that crap all over you? I have a couple of monsters I need to cut off my trees in the mountains. I’m VERY allergic to poison ivy. I’m immune to the poison. About half of the folks you meet are immune as well. When I was 12-13 years old I would advertise that I could cut down poison ivy and it paid 10 bucks an hour in 1974. Ask around. Someone you know is immune. Pay them to get rid of it. |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 9:30:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: HeavyMetal]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By highstepper: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/65/db/97/65db97fdb9a88cee6b7e49f34643940a.jpg I have that painting! Inherited it with my aunt’s house. Think that is an Oak tree in it though. |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 9:32:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: governmentman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TxLewis: Hey op, cab you throw an update indicator in the thread title when you have some confirmation one way or the other? Thanks, and let's all hope you have a tree that can be cloned. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TxLewis: Hey op, cab you throw an update indicator in the thread title when you have some confirmation one way or the other? Thanks, and let's all hope you have a tree that can be cloned. @TxLewis Will do, but it will be probably a month before I can send off leaves (barely leaf buds at this point), let alone get an answer. When I have good leaves I'll post pics here and we can all debate. Originally Posted By NotJackMiller: Make sure you disinfect any seeds you send out. If it does turn out to be an American, I'll need to do homework on how to prep and pack. |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 9:40:44 PM EDT
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OP, that's REALLY neat.
 ----------------- Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Tjcj: Not to sound edgy , but what's the big deal about a possible American Chestnut tree ? @Tjcj  Failed To Load Title |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 9:42:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sywagon: I'm not either, but that looks like a woodpecker probably did that. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sywagon: Originally Posted By Wangstang: To the tree specialist and arborist in the thread...what causes this circular ring damage to tree.bark: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/114798/1000018736_jpg-3183669.JPG Seconded. |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 9:49:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FlashMan-7k: OP, that's REALLY neat. ----------------- @Tjcj  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhrPBYik2MMan. All the envirofags. All the education money. All the stupid shitlibs Most guys don't know. I'm not shitting on tjcj, legit people just don't know. |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 9:51:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: Man. All the envirofags. All the education money. All the stupid shitlibs Most guys don't know. I'm not shitting on tjcj, legit people just don't know. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: OP, that's REALLY neat. ----------------- @Tjcj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhrPBYik2MMan. All the envirofags. All the education money. All the stupid shitlibs Most guys don't know. I'm not shitting on tjcj, legit people just don't know. I didn't really know, it was just a peripheral bit of trivia out on the edges for me. Good vid, IMO. |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 9:57:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FlashMan-7k: OP, that's REALLY neat. ----------------- @Tjcj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhrPBYik2MQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By FlashMan-7k: OP, that's REALLY neat. ----------------- Originally Posted By Tjcj: Not to sound edgy , but what's the big deal about a possible American Chestnut tree ? @Tjcj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhrPBYik2MYes, they dominated the eastern woodlands. There's several trees here locally, Asian Hybrids I'm assuming. Still should try and start a couple I suppose. "Next year". |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 10:05:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FlashMan-7k: I didn't really know, it was just a peripheral bit of trivia out on the edges for me. Good vid, IMO. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Originally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: OP, that's REALLY neat. ----------------- @Tjcj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhrPBYik2MMan. All the envirofags. All the education money. All the stupid shitlibs Most guys don't know. I'm not shitting on tjcj, legit people just don't know. I didn't really know, it was just a peripheral bit of trivia out on the edges for me. Good vid, IMO. 100% I'm not trying to be mean to guys here. I'm pointing out really cool important things aren't being taught. NASA is studying climate change and the department of the interior isn't working on restoring the American Chesnut. Everything good in this world begins with ourselves |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 10:18:59 PM EDT
[Last Edit: FlashMan-7k]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: 100% I'm not trying to be mean to guys here. I'm pointing out really cool important things aren't being taught. NASA is studying climate change and the department of the interior isn't working on restoring the American Chesnut. Everything good in this world begins with ourselves Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Originally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: OP, that's REALLY neat. ----------------- @Tjcj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhrPBYik2MMan. All the envirofags. All the education money. All the stupid shitlibs Most guys don't know. I'm not shitting on tjcj, legit people just don't know. I didn't really know, it was just a peripheral bit of trivia out on the edges for me. Good vid, IMO. 100% I'm not trying to be mean to guys here. I'm pointing out really cool important things aren't being taught. NASA is studying climate change and the department of the interior isn't working on restoring the American Chesnut. Everything good in this world begins with ourselves I am as cranky as ... well. Yall see my posts. General tip in life: you might clear the mental space out wtih being cranky and pointing out the ills, and you might win some young with fire, but people are naturally attracted to contentment and being happy while being completely realistic about what's going on. Point out the good things too.  #totallypreachingtomyselftoo |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 10:20:12 PM EDT
[Last Edit: WhiskersTheCat]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FlashMan-7k: I am as cranky as ... well. Yall see my posts. General tip in life: you might clear the mental space out wtih being cranky and pointing out the ills, and you might win some young with fire, but people are naturally attracted to contentment and being happy while being completely realistic about what's going on. Point out the good things too. #totallypreachingtomyselftoo Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Originally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: Originally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: Originally Posted By FlashMan-7k: OP, that's REALLY neat. ----------------- @Tjcj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGhrPBYik2MMan. All the envirofags. All the education money. All the stupid shitlibs Most guys don't know. I'm not shitting on tjcj, legit people just don't know. I didn't really know, it was just a peripheral bit of trivia out on the edges for me. Good vid, IMO. 100% I'm not trying to be mean to guys here. I'm pointing out really cool important things aren't being taught. NASA is studying climate change and the department of the interior isn't working on restoring the American Chesnut. Everything good in this world begins with ourselves I am as cranky as ... well. Yall see my posts. General tip in life: you might clear the mental space out wtih being cranky and pointing out the ills, and you might win some young with fire, but people are naturally attracted to contentment and being happy while being completely realistic about what's going on. Point out the good things too. #totallypreachingtomyselftoo Let's plant more American Chesnut trees bro. It might not work but maybe it might |
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Posted: 4/13/2024 10:57:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By konger: How did you cut it without getting that crap all over you? I have a couple of monsters I need to cut off my trees in the mountains. I’m VERY allergic to poison ivy. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By konger: Originally Posted By governmentman: Originally Posted By mississippiflush: Holy shit that is a massive poison ivy vine Tree was absolutely getting murdered by it. I cut half a dozen that were thicker than my wrist. It was bad enough that I wonder which was killing it more limbs , the blight or getting choked out by ivy How did you cut it without getting that crap all over you? I have a couple of monsters I need to cut off my trees in the mountains. I’m VERY allergic to poison ivy. I use a manual pruning saw or a pruning blade on a reciprocating saw to cut large poison ivy vines off of trees. I cut a three-foot section out of the vines. Wear gloves and long sleeves, and don't burn the vines. Let them decay because burning them will release their toxin into the smoke. |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 8:55:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Merlin: Tagscribed. For those in the know: Is it too late to order and plant nuts right now? I'm in the middle of USDA Zone 7. @Merlin it’s not too late but it’s the end of the window for sure IMO. Plant them this spring, let them grow as seedlings this year, protect them from bugs and cold and heat and drought, then transplant when they’re two years old. Like February 2026. |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 9:14:20 AM EDT
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Some pretty cool reading on how they are trying to breed the blight out of these trees and restore the "Appalachian Red Wood", AKA: American Chestnut.
https://www.esf.edu/chestnut/index.php https://tacf.org/science-strategies/3bur/ |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 9:37:09 AM EDT
[#40]
count me in.
heres a video  Why don't we roast chestnuts anymore? |
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Posted: 4/14/2024 10:51:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JAG2955: It was said that at the time of the colonization of America, a squirrel could go from Maine to the Mississippi without touching the ground. That's how heavily forested it was. Then realize that 25% of those trees were American Chestnuts. It is also said there are more trees now than there were in 1900. I'd hate to be the one who counted them all.
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Posted: 4/15/2024 1:49:17 PM EDT
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Here's one of my American Chesnut saplings. It started to leaf over the weekend.
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Posted: 4/15/2024 2:21:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: Here's one of my American Chesnut saplings. It started to leaf over the weekend. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/425212/Screenshot_20240415_134818_Gallery-3188651.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/425212/20240415_134600-3188650.jpg Where did you find saplings, if you can share? |
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Posted: 4/15/2024 2:48:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ZW17: Where did you find saplings, if you can share? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ZW17: Originally Posted By WhiskersTheCat: Here's one of my American Chesnut saplings. It started to leaf over the weekend. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/425212/Screenshot_20240415_134818_Gallery-3188651.jpg https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/425212/20240415_134600-3188650.jpg Where did you find saplings, if you can share? Sure, but they're currently OOS. https://chiefrivernursery.com/american-chestnut-castanea-dentata-seedlings.html Looks like I ordered in September and they shipped in March. |
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Posted: 4/15/2024 2:49:29 PM EDT
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Here was last years pricing
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Posted: 4/15/2024 2:52:49 PM EDT
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Also in PA and I believe I know of a chestnut that may be an American variety.
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Posted: 4/15/2024 3:08:02 PM EDT
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That’s soma the knarliest poison ivy i’s eva seen.
 Be careful you don’t infect the healthy ones. |
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Posted: 4/15/2024 3:17:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: governmentman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BillofRights: That’s soma the knarliest poison ivy i’s eva seen. Be careful you don’t infect the healthy ones. Blight can spread by wind for up to 6 miles, and can live (without killing the tree) on red oaks. The forest further up the hill is full of red oaks, as are many of the patches of forest around here. The ones that appear blight free are probably that way for reasons other than a lack of exposure. Thanks for the thought though, doing lots of reading and lots yet to learn. I knew jack shit about all this a few weeks ago. Was doing some more cleanup over this weekend. Possible blight damage (be gentle, I'm pretty ignorant on this shit yet) on a branch that we cut early on to get the brush hog under the tree to clear the undergrowth. If I'd known what was in there (and if I knew anything about trees) we would have been a lot more careful.  Attached FileTo give a sense of how choked it was:  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/15/2024 6:22:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By governmentman: Blight can spread by wind for up to 6 miles, and can live (without killing the tree) on red oaks. The forest further up the hill is full of red oaks, as are many of the patches of forest around here. The ones that appear blight free are probably that way for reasons other than a lack of exposure. Thanks for the thought though, doing lots of reading and lots yet to learn. I knew jack shit about all this a few weeks ago. Was doing some more cleanup over this weekend. Possible blight damage (be gentle, I'm pretty ignorant on this shit yet) on a branch that we cut early on to get the brush hog under the tree to clear the undergrowth. If I'd known what was in there (and if I knew anything about trees) we would have been a lot more careful. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/329177/IMG20240414154929_-_Copy_jpg-3188706.JPG To give a sense of how choked it was: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/329177/IMG20230818120304_-_Copy_jpg-3188710.JPG That is 100% blight, lending itself to be American Chestnut most likely. That tree will most likely be dead within two seasons. If it loads up with chestnuts this season, it’s preparing to die. |
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Posted: 4/15/2024 9:24:42 PM EDT
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Two chestnut trees are needed to produce viable nuts. Without another American chestnut tree nearby yours, the nuts from your tree will either be unfertilized or 50/50 hybrids with the other likely Chinese chestnut trees nearby.
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