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Anybody plant Chinese chestnut trees? Is there a big difference between the American chestnut tree? I couldn't find anybody that sold the American chestnut seedlings in bulk so I figured I would try the Chinese version. I wanted a tree that grew somewhat quickly and produced nuts every year. Is there a different tree I could go with that has similar results?

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Chineese is disese free and is a low growing orchard tree, Pure American will succum to the blight and is a tall fast growing timber tree. They have hybrids available 99% american ect. the american chestnut foundation has good info on them www.acf.org hybrids are available thru many nurserys http://www.chestnuthillnursery.com/Dunstan-Chestnut-Trees-1918.Category.html?gclid=CNChssrkv7QCFQyk4AodLAUAsw Americans produce very fast and are very good to eat (taste like cashews to me). they will gorw anywhere and were once the dominant tree in the northeast over 1/4 of the forest was chestnut.

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Hey Bob nice tree...whats the blue wrap your using on them?

Those are Blue tree shelters:

http://www.growtube.com/products/treeshelter/

Tree shelters, whether blue or white, make a big difference in initial survival and 1st few years growth rate. All the Dunstans will have their tubes removed this year and we will use them for new plantings.

To see more of what I did wiht them this last year visit:

http://upstatewoods.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html

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