FLDBRED-BDC 494 Posted February 8 If you know the story of the American Chestnut you will understand how rare this tree is! 10 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tarhunt 7,748 Posted February 8 Wow! That's nice to see. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLDBRED-BDC 494 Posted February 9 17 minutes ago, Lanceinpa said: Jersey?? Yes ! I have found some decent ones in Pa. . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Live to Hunt 10,190 Posted February 9 Pretty cool 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mink 183 Posted February 9 (edited) Nice find Dan! For those who don't know the story of the American Chestnut ! Edited February 9 by Mink 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty 10,872 Posted February 9 6 hours ago, Tarhunt said: Wow! That's nice to see. I couldn't agree more. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gobblergetter 2,771 Posted February 9 Good stuff An ol timer showed me one in Columbia . 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kype 1,473 Posted February 9 im not an arborist . Whats the difference between this one shown. And the one I have in my yard that I drive over chestnuts every fall when they drop? I can post a picture tomorrow because now it's to dark. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty 10,872 Posted February 9 8 hours ago, Kype said: im not an arborist . Whats the difference between this one shown. And the one I have in my yard that I drive over chestnuts every fall when they drop? I can post a picture tomorrow because now it's to dark. You probably have a Chinese Chestnut or a Horse Chestnut tree. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stewey 1,324 Posted February 9 When I was a teenager we used to go to old man walt's shed behind his house, he made chocolate with chestnuts in it,he got the chestnuts from a tree in his backyard. Was the best chocolate I ever ate. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bonefreak 2,167 Posted February 9 13 hours ago, Mink said: Nice find Dan! For those who don't know the story of the American Chestnut ! Wow!! Awesome videos!! I knew the tree was very important to this country, but I was unaware how important!!! and "in grained" it was to our early society!! Cool stories from those old Appalachian people!! Simply amazing!! 400 million year old species completely gone in 40-50 yrs because of an introduced invasive blight. The stupidity to bring it over from Asia!! Sad. Seems like there is some hope from watching the top video .....the transgenic Darling 311 may be the answer to restoring this beautiful tree. I now even may join the American Chestnut Foundation!! I like his strategy of starting a restoration with a "foci" approach and utilize areas that have been cleared for mining as key sites to begin restoration & then they can spread from there......i theorized this "foci" strategy could be implemented with pheasants on our many closed landfills if we could ever get a trap and transfer program going again. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gillripper 255 Posted February 9 23 hours ago, FLDBRED-BDC said: If you know the story of the American Chestnut you will understand how rare this tree is! Plant some seeds from this tree!!! 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mink 183 Posted February 10 Dan, did you measure DBH on this tree? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FLDBRED-BDC 494 Posted February 12 On 2/9/2019 at 1:39 PM, gillripper said: Plant some seeds from this tree!!! That would be a great idea, unfortunately it takes "two" flowering chestnut trees to pollinate each other in order to produce viable nuts . A single tree can still have the burrs as shown in the picture but usually the burrs are empty . We can take pollen from this tree however and pollinate another large survivor elsewhere . 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites