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I’m in Northeast Pennsylvania Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have a single drip emitter per tree delivering .5 gal/hr. I have a few 50 gal plastic drums on an old trailer. The few feet off the ground that it sits and the slight downhill slope of my field works very well to supply the emitters. During the summer, each tree gets about 7.5 gallons (they’re...

I planted 85 barefoot Dunstans from Chestnut Hill in the spring if 2016 using planter tubes and stairs and 9 square feet of weed block per tree. I have a vinyl wrap on each tree inside the tube to protect rom voles. For the first year I watered regularly with a 5gal bucket with small hole on...

Thank you for all the input. I don’t really have a good way to raise the air temp but I was hoping that they would still grow, if even at a lesser rate at the lower temp as long as I kept the soil temp up to 70 degrees. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I am at the point where my chestnuts are all in RM 18’s with heat mats (soil temp is 70 degrees). The majority have radicles ranging from just started to several inches. The air temp is around 55 degrees and I have led grow lamps ready to go as well. I know there are many variables, but does...

I can’t find anyone local that carries pro-mix hp, which seems to be the most recommended medium as far as I can tell. (They only have bx). Any suggestions?? Thought of using bx and adding more perlite to it?? Or making my own medium with 1:1:1 vermiculite, perlite and peat. Sent from my...

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. I think I have a much better idea on the different approaches to consider. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you for the valuable tips. I think I will do as suggested and try a few methods to see what works best. One question... if I overwintered for one season to plant in the spring... do you think 1gal rb2’s would be sufficient (considering a relatively short growing season here) rather than...

Thank you for the information. My main problem is not having the room to overwinter a large number of trees so I was hoping to get them in the field in one season. From what I’ve learned, a fall planting isn’t ideal in my area so that’s why I thought I might have reasonable success going...

I have about 180 chestnuts stratifying right now with plans to start in RootMaker 18’s using grow lights and then transplant in spring to final location using tubes and weed mats (with drip irrigation). My question is... a few have started developing radicles.. do I: 1)start just those...

Thanks again for all of the info. My dunstans that I got from chestnut hill as bare root seedlings grew to an average of 7 feet over the first 2 seasons. I was pretty happy with that. I do have a drop irrigation system and water them regularly when it’s very dry, so I’m sure that’s been a big...

Curious on thoughts on direct seeding vs starting in 18’s with lights then to 1 gal rootmakers then planting (I wouldn’t have time to go up a another step bc I’d rather not wait till fall in my climate)? In both cases they’d be tubed with weed barrier and drip irrigated. Thank you for input...

Thank you.. I wish I started a few months ago and ordered while chestnuts were available! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You know you’re stuff!... I’m just getting into this and reading all I can. For the last two years my focus has been on the 85 dunstan seedlings I planted. I have them tubed and drip irrigated and they’re doing very well. Hopefully I’ll see some nuts in another couple of years. I thought I would...

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