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<blockquote data-quote="gladesman60" data-source="post: 5127764" data-attributes="member: 21394"><p>I have been growing Chestnuts for about 8 years. Got my first ones from Walmart . I have about 40 on 2 different properties. The biggest threat to mine have been Ambrosia beetles. They will kill your trees in weeks once they get established. Also, Chestnut trees are supposed to produce nuts every year. Believe me that is not the case. They will produce faster than any kind of oak but nut production is sporadic. The late freeze that we had this year wreaked havoc with my trees. Killed all of the new growth and severely retarded the growth of new leaves. About half of my trees are not blooming and several are only blooming on the lower branches. I thought these trees were cold hardy and prolific mast producers but I have not seen those results. I had 20 1 to 2 year old seedlings in pots and half were killed by that late freeze. Never had a problem with watering these trees or rabbits eating the bark. Deer will eat the new leaves and bucks will rub them also but In my case the bucks prefer to rub my fruit trees more than the chestnuts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gladesman60, post: 5127764, member: 21394"] I have been growing Chestnuts for about 8 years. Got my first ones from Walmart . I have about 40 on 2 different properties. The biggest threat to mine have been Ambrosia beetles. They will kill your trees in weeks once they get established. Also, Chestnut trees are supposed to produce nuts every year. Believe me that is not the case. They will produce faster than any kind of oak but nut production is sporadic. The late freeze that we had this year wreaked havoc with my trees. Killed all of the new growth and severely retarded the growth of new leaves. About half of my trees are not blooming and several are only blooming on the lower branches. I thought these trees were cold hardy and prolific mast producers but I have not seen those results. I had 20 1 to 2 year old seedlings in pots and half were killed by that late freeze. Never had a problem with watering these trees or rabbits eating the bark. Deer will eat the new leaves and bucks will rub them also but In my case the bucks prefer to rub my fruit trees more than the chestnuts. [/QUOTE]
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