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Spring 2024 Orchard Maintenance and Planting Schedule

Orchard Plantings –  The Final Update
Norcross Seed Orchard – Friday, May 31st, 8:00 AM – 5 Lamb Rd Stafford Springs. We will be planting up to 60 potentially Phytophthera resistant backcross nuts. Bring workgloves and plenty of water to stay hydrated.

Winchester Seed Orchard – Sunday, June 2nd, 1:00 PM Hurlbut Field, Grantville Rd (near West Rd.) Winchester. We will be planting up to 50 potentially Phytophthera resistant backcross nuts. Bring workgloves and plenty of water to stay hydrated.

 

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Why were they planted so close together?

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Save this for when you plant your chestnuts! All you need is a deep pot, well-draining soil, and proper seed orientation for success. 🌱

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I appreciate the effort, but you’re just planting a tree that will die young.

Another way is put out a bunch of chestnuts, walnuts, acorns etc and let the squirrels plant them (they won't eat them all)!

Where do you get the American chestnuts?

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I highly recommend checking out this article by Robert Foster, in which he reminisces about the time he helped save a large, standing American chestnut tree. He also shares an older article that tells the full story of the tree and the effort to preserve it. The original piece, published in American Forests magazine, is titled “Saving Something of Value” by Herbert E. McLean and is copied below his introduction.

Click the following link to check it out: rfoster.substack.com/p/one-big-tree

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I highly recommend checking out this article by Robert Foster, in which he reminisces about the time he helped save a large, standing American chestnut tree. He also shares an older article that tells the full story of the tree and the effort to preserve it. The original piece, published in American Forests magazine, is titled “Saving Something of Value” by Herbert E. McLean and is copied below his introduction. Click the following link to check it out: https://rfoster.substack.com/p/one-big-tree #americanchestnut #nature #explore #fighttosave #story
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