35-acre
5 year old buck +
I wish I would have taken a photo to show you all.
I planted chestnut trees from Chestnut Hill in 2017. They were 2 year old trees. This year I finally had chestnuts! That means they were 7 years old when they first bore fruit. And of course, I have questions:
1. Does that seem right that it took so long to produce chestnuts?
As a side note, I ask this because I also have some pear and apple trees planted that have yet to have any fruit - I'm hoping those have success next year (but I seem to hope that every year).
My second question is really the big one.
2. When the husks broke on the chestnuts, the nuts themselves were smaller than I expected. I would say they looked more like over-sized candy corn. There were 3 in each husk and they were slightly "shriveled" and a bit soft. Is this just because this was the first year?
I planted chestnut trees from Chestnut Hill in 2017. They were 2 year old trees. This year I finally had chestnuts! That means they were 7 years old when they first bore fruit. And of course, I have questions:
1. Does that seem right that it took so long to produce chestnuts?
As a side note, I ask this because I also have some pear and apple trees planted that have yet to have any fruit - I'm hoping those have success next year (but I seem to hope that every year).
My second question is really the big one.
2. When the husks broke on the chestnuts, the nuts themselves were smaller than I expected. I would say they looked more like over-sized candy corn. There were 3 in each husk and they were slightly "shriveled" and a bit soft. Is this just because this was the first year?