Author Topic: How to grow a Native Chestnut Tree (Read 6180 times)

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #20 on:** October 03, 2009, 07:53:36 PM »

Just be aware, that it was believed they had a blight resistant chestnut back in the late 40's, it got to 45 feet tall and over 7", then the blight got it around 1969.

letemgrow · « **Reply #21 on:** October 30, 2009, 09:32:21 AM »

Quote from: SwampDonkey on October 03, 2009, 07:53:36 PM

Just be aware, that it was believed they had a blight resistant chestnut back in the late 40's, it got to 45 feet tall and over 7", then the blight got it around 1969.

Was the tree blighted before that or was that the first time blight was noticed on the tree?

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #22 on:** October 30, 2009, 06:54:19 PM »

The hybrid was from crossing a Chinese and an American chestnut, then the offspring back crossed with the American parent. As far as I can tell from the notes in the document below it was growing in with blight infected trees and later contracted the disease.

http://chestnut.cas.psu.edu/PDFs/Journals/journ_vol11-1_97.pdf

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