Dunstan Chestnut Trees

[surmn8er]

I have Dunstan Chestnut Trees for sale. Grown from seeds from Chestnut Ridge of Pike County. They are 18 -36+" tall and are $20 each. PM me for more info. Thanks

[Five Seasons]

what town/county?

[surmn8er]

I'm in the village of Lancaster, Erie County

[G-Man]

Potted?

[surmn8er]

Yes, they are potted in root pruning/trapper bags.

[SWEDE]

On 6/7/2022 at 1:34 PM, surmn8er said:

Yes, they are potted in root pruning/trapper bags.

What's a trapper bag. Got any pics

[Five Seasons]

not to hijack your business, but my dad just got some from walmart in macedon for a decent price. Not sure about quality. He said there were some 7 footers and mostly 3-4'. But it's walmat, so keep that in mind haha.

[surmn8er]

Root trapper bags are a plastic type material on the outside and a coarse fabric on the inside that prevents the roots from J hooking and winding around the outside of the container - as I'm sure you've seen in many plants grown in plastic pots.               As far as the Walmart chestnuts, I started with 6 of those 3 years ago and 3 of them died the 1st year, After that I decided to grow my own. I've since planted 40 -50 and only lost a handful and the ones I started from seed have caught up to the Walmart trees in growth. I like my results better. 

[Five Seasons]

1 hour ago, surmn8er said:

Root trapper bags are a plastic type material on the outside and a coarse fabric on the inside that prevents the roots from J hooking and winding around the outside of the container - as I'm sure you've seen in many plants grown in plastic pots.               As far as the Walmart chestnuts, I started with 6 of those 3 years ago and 3 of them died the 1st year, After that I decided to grow my own. I've since planted 40 -50 and only lost a handful and the ones I started from seed have caught up to the Walmart trees in growth. I like my results better. 

how long before they start bringing in the deer?

[G-Man]

Sent pm

[surmn8er]

Root trapper bags are a plastic type material on the outside and a coarse fabric on the inside that prevents the roots from J hooking and winding around the outside of the container - as I'm sure you've seen in many plants grown in plastic pots.               As far as the Walmart chestnuts, I started with 6 of those 3 years ago and 3 of them died the 1st year, After that I decided to grow my own. I've since planted 40 -50 and only lost a handful and the ones I started from seed have caught up to the Walmart trees in growth. I like my results better.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             They say 3-5 years but I don't fertilize or do anything special with them so I would expect closer to 5-7 years.

[SWEDE]

So you pop them out and plant and reuse container.  Do they come out of material easily 

[surmn8er]

Yea, containers can be reused. The seams are stitched when new so to reuse them you just staple the seams back together. With it open down the seam the plant comes out easily.

[SWEDE]

How many have you sold this year.think you'll still have some this fall

[surmn8er]

Sold about 45-50 so far. Whatever I don't sell I will repot into a larger bag and keep them until the fall. Any left by then will be at least 4' tall and will either sell for $30 or plant on my land.