Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC)
This new orchard was planted in the spring of 2016. This will be a backcross chestnut orchard. The first planting was completed on March 31, 2016. We planted 265 seeds on that day – two lines of Musick B3F1s, plus controls. Later that year 110 more Virginia Musicks were planted here. In April 2018 another 100 B3F1s were planted.
For a list of the plantings as of June 2016 click here.
Address:
Beltsville, MD 20705
Directions: Take the Beltway(I 495) to Rt. 1 north. Take Rt. 1 north for 1.6 miles to a right turn on Powder Mill Rd. Take Powder Mill 2.3 miles to a right turn on Biocontrol Rd. Take Biocontrol for almost 0.4 mile to entrance to field on the left. Orchard is about 200 yds into field.
Contact : Ron Kuipers
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Amazing work being done by the West Virginia Chapter!
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Why were they planted so close together?
Thank you!
We love helping students get excited about, and involved in, the American chestnut tree!
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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. 🌱
Want to learn more about growing chestnuts? Visit this link to learn more: tacf.org/growing-chestnuts/
#planting #growing #americanchestnut #PlantingSeason #explore
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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?
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
#americanchestnut #nature #explore #fighttosave #story
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