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American Chestnuts in a National Park!
American chestnuts in a National Park! You're thinking, "must be Shenandoah, Blue Ridge, Great Smoky Mountains ..." but what if you were told it's Weir Farm in suburban Connecticut! Wilton Resident David Hoyt located this large American chestnut right...
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Growing Chestnut in Pots
It is really easy to grow chestnuts in tree tubes or other pots ? all that is required are the appropriate pots, soil mix, nuts, labelling, and the initiative to plant and care for the young trees. Planting in pots is great if you like to have gifts for friends, or...
New Hartford Tree Hangs On
New Hartford Tree Hangs On In spring of 2010 Bartlett Tree (photo at right and below) assisted the CT Chapter TACF with pollinating a verified American chestnut located on the shores of West Hill Pond in New Hartford, CT. The nuts produced by the tree that summer were...
2013 CT CHAPTER ANNUAL MEETING
Join us on Saturday April 6th for the Annual Meeting of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation at the Rockfall Foundation's deKoven House in Middletown, CT. We will have two great presenters in the morning and an afternoon field trip ? we hope you'll mark...
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If you’ve ever wondered why we keep planting wild‑type American chestnuts, even though they eventually succumb to blight, this is why.
Any other questions we can answer? Drop them in the comments!
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Maybe one will mutate and not get the blight .
I had a co-worker who was experimenting with this 20 or 30 years ago. He dug up the soil from the base of the tree and made a poultice. At the time, I didn't know a Chestnut from a ham sandwich. Now I have a dozen of my own stump sprouts and am planting four of their genetically selected trees this year.
The Canadian chestnut council initiated the blight resistance breeding program and planted out these trees in 2020. We fortunately have collected seeds and propagation of these seedlings are available at the Little Otter Tree Farm Tillsonburg Ont
Rogueing has officially begun! Late last year, Meadowview Research Farm staff selected the best trees in our 2018 progeny test to be genetically tested this year, and now our Director of Land Management, Dan McKinnon, is removing the trees that weren’t selected. The 2017 progeny test is also being cleared to make way for future plantings. Removing undesirable trees on a regular basis provides space for the trees of tomorrow.
#AmericanChestnut #RestorationInProgress #ChestnutResearch #ForestRestoration #MeadowviewResearchFarms #ConservationScience
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if you dug them I am sure some of us could plant them.. i mean if there is a chance they make it
Can't you replant the "undesirable " trees else where as they're important to the earth breathing.
Thanks, Dan!
The PA/NJ Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation is having a Spring Growers meeting on March 28, 2026 from 9:30am - 3:30pm
Expert speakers: Michael Goergen, Allen Dietrich-Ward, Noah Vincent, and Lake Graboski
$30 ticket price includes breakfast and lunch!
All are welcome! Learn more at PANJTACF.org
It will be held at The Centennial Barn at Fort Hunter Mansion
5395 N. Front St, Harrisburg, PA 17110
#americanchestnut #meeting #getinvolved #Nonprofit #explorepage
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Sorry I will miss this! I have to be at our SAWN-PA forest workshop.
In collaboration with us, the off-road park, Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA), has participated in planting American chestnut trees across their property.
"Off-road parks do not always have a reputation for environmental stewardship, which makes AOAA’s conservation work genuinely surprising and worth highlighting."
Check out the article "This Rugged Pennsylvania Off-Roading Playground Sits In The Heart Of Coal Country" to learn more about the AOAA: everafterinthewoods.com/this-rugged-pennsylvania-off-roading-playground-sits-in-the-heart-of-coal...
Images from AOAA socials.
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TACF’s Director of Development, John, and Director of Communications, Jules, had a great time tabling at an event for the one-year anniversary Tree Museum Birthday Gala. Despite the rainy weather, the gala planted trees, roasted chestnuts, and hosted a ticketed “Tree Walk” that sold out.
#americanchestnut #trees #explorepage #chestnuts #nature
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