Did you plant chinese chestnuts, american chestnuts or the new hybrids?
(I wonder why the european chestnuts mentioned in this article were not hit by the blight—like their american chestnut counterparts.)
I would assume that since the US has looked to the chinese chestnut for blight resistance—the european chestnut trees did not have such resistance. If so why were they not struck by the blight—as happened in the USA
We planted hybrids
Shame on me for not remembering the exact type.
I have 2 +- 30 year old American Chestnuts that do well … when the squirrels don’t beat us to them..
A neighboring farm has 12 ea 60 year old American chestnuts (no blight) huge trees. His other 20 acres are grapes, apples and open space. His best profit is from his chestnuts. We live in California foothills 2 hrs from the Bay Area. Very popular crop with the Asians.
I have a good publication a friend gave me on growing chestnuts + history I wish I could post here. I think blight problems are for areas of the country that have large populations. Here they are more scattered out here. Our plan is to plant several on the upper parts of the property along wooded area for the future beings.
Good publication if interested (18 pages) history, charts etc
https://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/chestnut/breeding/planting/chestnut-culture-in-california