We’re looking for volunteer chestnut lovers to help bring in this year’s nuts. If you haven’t harvested before, here’s all it entails.
- Someone climbs up the ladder and pushes the burs off.
- People on the ground chase down the burs and put them in bags. Except at SCBI, we need to bag seed from each tree separately so we can follow them into future generations.
- Someone on the ground is scribe, making sure each bag is properly labeled and closed and making sure we harvest from the right trees.
No experience needed!
We’ll be harvesting burs at several locations. See the calendar for dates and locations. All hands on board!
