Ozark Chinquapin

[John B]

Is anyone here a member of the Ozark Chinquapin Foundation? They have been cross breeding some trees from around the country to come up with blight resistant chinquapins but only offer a few nuts to people in the foundation. I was curious if anyone has planted any or has access to some nuts?

 

[letemgrow]

Is anyone here a member of the Ozark Chinquapin Foundation? They have been cross breeding some trees from around the country to come up with blight resistant chinquapins but only offer a few nuts to people in the foundation. I was curious if anyone has planted any or has access to some nuts?

I’ll be going down to a research center in the next few weeks to collect more Ozark chinquapins this year. Hit me up in early October.


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[b116757]

Slightly off topic but I absolutely can’t wait until the genetically engineered American chestnuts get out of USDA GMO prison and an be planted in wild would love to plant some of them.

 

[Teeder]

Slightly off topic but I absolutely can’t wait until the genetically engineered American chestnuts get out of USDA GMO prison and an be planted in wild would love to plant some of them.

I'm a member of the American chestnut society and have straight AC's planted as "Mother Trees". Eventually, I'll receive the GE chestnuts to plant with them for pollination. I can't wait!

 

[Troubles Trees]

I am also a member of the ACF and am excited about what they are doing, like Teeder I was given 10 "mother tree" chestnuts to plant but something dug them all up despite burying a tube a few inches. Bastards got my Pecans too, never had a problem like that before but they were both in a more woody area than everything else.
It will be quite a few years before the grafted mother trees start producing nuts though, and even then it won't amount to much considering the demand there will be, the red tape holding all that up is frickin ridiculous!

 

[John B]

So i ended up joining the foundation and got a few nuts in the mail yesterday. They have already sprouted and are in the fridge crisper. Are these basically like chestnuts where i can wait till frost threat is gone before i plant or do i need to get them in the ground before that? No experience with chinquapins.

 

[yoderjac]

Is anyone here a member of the Ozark Chinquapin Foundation? They have been cross breeding some trees from around the country to come up with blight resistant chinquapins but only offer a few nuts to people in the foundation. I was curious if anyone has planted any or has access to some nuts?

I've got Allegheny Chinquapins growing natively on my pine farm. They respond to blight differently than chestnuts. They respond to blight similarly to the way they respond to fire. They die back and then resprout from the root system and are producing nuts again in a couple years after resprouting. So, from a wildlife perspective, they seem to produce mast in spite of blight. I presume Ozarks are similar in this respect. That is not to say a blight resistant tree wouldn't be great!

 

[John B]

I've got Allegheny Chinquapins growing natively on my pine farm. They respond to blight differently than chestnuts. They respond to blight similarly to the way they respond to fire. They die back and then resprout from the root system and are producing nuts again in a couple years after resprouting. So, from a wildlife perspective, they seem to produce mast in spite of blight. I presume Ozarks are similar in this respect. That is not to say a blight resistant tree wouldn't be great!

According to the foundation the parent trees are blight resistant but they can not guarantee the nuts will be. They have been "breeding" trees for 15 or so years from all over the country. Seemingly with much more success than they have had with American chestnuts.