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Chestnut Regal advice
Just got my Chestnut tree can anyone give me advise on it?
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"Draven" wrote in message o.uk... Just got my Chestnut tree can anyone give me advise on it? Plant it. |
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shazzbat wrote:
"Draven" wrote in message o.uk... Just got my Chestnut tree can anyone give me advise on it? Plant it. Yes: it'll soon be too late, as trees generally need to go in before they start into spring growth -- but it's probably growing in a container, so that doesn't matter so much. I didn't know anything about the tree, so I went to Plant Finder, and they don't seem to know about your "Regal" variety, either. I'm assuming you mean it when you say "chestnut": if so, it wants an open sunny position. You'll be lucky if you get any worthwhile nuts in cooler parts of these islands. If it's only a horse-chestnut, the book says it can take partial shade. -- Mike. |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message ... shazzbat wrote: "Draven" wrote in message o.uk... Just got my Chestnut tree can anyone give me advise on it? Plant it. Yes: it'll soon be too late, as trees generally need to go in before they start into spring growth -- but it's probably growing in a container, so that doesn't matter so much. I didn't know anything about the tree, so I went to Plant Finder, and they don't seem to know about your "Regal" variety, either. I'm assuming you mean it when you say "chestnut": if so, it wants an open sunny position. You'll be lucky if you get any worthwhile nuts in cooler parts of these islands. If it's only a horse-chestnut, the book says it can take partial shade. -- Mike. Mike, I got mine from http://www.dobies.co.uk/ Look under the nuts section. |
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"Mike Lyle" wrote in message ... shazzbat wrote: "Draven" wrote in message o.uk... Just got my Chestnut tree can anyone give me advise on it? Plant it. Yes: it'll soon be too late, as trees generally need to go in before they start into spring growth -- but it's probably growing in a container, so that doesn't matter so much. I didn't know anything about the tree, so I went to Plant Finder, and they don't seem to know about your "Regal" variety, either. I'm assuming you mean it when you say "chestnut": if so, it wants an open sunny position. You'll be lucky if you get any worthwhile nuts in cooler parts of these islands. Windsor Great Park and the surrounding area have many sweet chestnuts, which nearly always produce a good crop. Alan |
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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: You'll be lucky if you get any worthwhile nuts in cooler parts of these islands. If it's a sweet chestnut, you should have no trouble getting worthwhile crops of nuts, though the individual nuts may be a bit smaller than you anticipate. There are plenty of fine chestnut trees and woods in East Anglia, and while recent winters have been nothing like seriously cold, historically, it was always one of the coldest areas in winter. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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from "Draven" contains these words: I got mine from http://www.dobies.co.uk/ Look under the nuts section. Where you'll find the washers, i hope? -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:
The message from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: You'll be lucky if you get any worthwhile nuts in cooler parts of these islands. If it's a sweet chestnut, you should have no trouble getting worthwhile crops of nuts, though the individual nuts may be a bit smaller than you anticipate. There are plenty of fine chestnut trees and woods in East Anglia, and while recent winters have been nothing like seriously cold, historically, it was always one of the coldest areas in winter. Ah, so it's a matter of summer conditions, then? -- Mike. |
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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: Rusty Hinge 2 wrote: The message from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: You'll be lucky if you get any worthwhile nuts in cooler parts of these islands. If it's a sweet chestnut, you should have no trouble getting worthwhile crops of nuts, though the individual nuts may be a bit smaller than you anticipate. There are plenty of fine chestnut trees and woods in East Anglia, and while recent winters have been nothing like seriously cold, historically, it was always one of the coldest areas in winter. Ah, so it's a matter of summer conditions, then? I'd think so - and as (I expect) they're wind-pollinated, cold springs should have no fears for them. From around 25 years ago I've collected bags of chestnuts in woods near Norwich, and in the '40s and '50s, when all sorts of food was in short supply, we used to collect sacks of the things in Warley Woods in Essex. In the autumn of 1948 (which followed the notorious winter of that time) it was a glut year - I remember which year it was because one of my friends came in his new school uniform, and he went to Felsted the year before I went to Brentwood. We were disappointed because our respective parents said we'd got enough - even though there were (literally) tons more on the ground. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message k... The message from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: Rusty Hinge 2 wrote: The message from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: You'll be lucky if you get any worthwhile nuts in cooler parts of these islands. If it's a sweet chestnut, you should have no trouble getting worthwhile crops of nuts, though the individual nuts may be a bit smaller than you anticipate. There are plenty of fine chestnut trees and woods in East Anglia, and while recent winters have been nothing like seriously cold, historically, it was always one of the coldest areas in winter. Ah, so it's a matter of summer conditions, then? I'd think so - and as (I expect) they're wind-pollinated, cold springs should have no fears for them. From around 25 years ago I've collected bags of chestnuts in woods near Norwich, and in the '40s and '50s, when all sorts of food was in short supply, we used to collect sacks of the things in Warley Woods in Essex. In the autumn of 1948 (which followed the notorious winter of that time) it was a glut year - I remember which year it was because one of my friends came in his new school uniform, and he went to Felsted the year before I went to Brentwood. We were disappointed because our respective parents said we'd got enough - even though there were (literally) tons more on the ground. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig Well I planted it yesterday and the rain will do it good. According to the label I might get some chestnuts in two or three years. I'll keep you all posted. |
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from "Draven" contains these words: Well I planted it yesterday and the rain will do it good. According to the label I might get some chestnuts in two or three years. I'll keep you all posted. Good-oh. They do begin cropping quite young. However, I hope you've left plenty of room round it - it'll grow to more than forty feet, and I'd put some of the old'uns in the woods round the south of Norwich nearer sixty. In the late 'fifties or early 'sixties four Essex Scout districts bought 78 acres of mixed woodland near Brentwood. it was nearly all deciduous, though one end had some mature Scots pines. The rest of it was what looked like virgin woodland and areas of old coppicing, neglected since before the war, and most of the stuff which had been coppiced was sweet chestnut. And in the autumn you could smell the nuts roasting on the fires. Takes me back, innit. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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"Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message k... The message from "Draven" contains these words: Well I planted it yesterday and the rain will do it good. According to the label I might get some chestnuts in two or three years. I'll keep you all posted. Good-oh. They do begin cropping quite young. However, I hope you've left plenty of room round it - it'll grow to more than forty feet, and I'd put some of the old'uns in the woods round the south of Norwich nearer sixty. In the late 'fifties or early 'sixties four Essex Scout districts bought 78 acres of mixed woodland near Brentwood. it was nearly all deciduous, though one end had some mature Scots pines. The rest of it was what looked like virgin woodland and areas of old coppicing, neglected since before the war, and most of the stuff which had been coppiced was sweet chestnut. And in the autumn you could smell the nuts roasting on the fires. Takes me back, innit. -- Rusty The Regal type is stated as growing to 15 foot in 10 years. The plant has been clearly grafted on to a dwarf rootstock. I have an Esse 300 multi burner and my own roasted chestnuts in Winter is why I went for the tree. You can't beat it. |
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