Morse Late Dropping Chestnuts?

[split toe]

Anybody have any feedback on these alleged late dropping chestnuts? I presume they are not grafted, so I do not know how they are guaranteeing this late drop by the month?

Chestnut

Morse Nursery's has one of the widest selection of Chestnut Trees.

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[Hoytvectrix]

Morse Nursery

I've seen some good reviews , and seen more bad reviews about Morse Nursery. Their Hybrid pears look interesting , but I read a review that the seedlings they send out are only 2-3 inches tall lol . I find that hard to believe, but figured I'd check here to see if anyone has experience with...

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[buckdeer1]

I hear more and more about that theres no reason to spend the high dollars for the Dunstan or anything other than the chinese is wasting money.I have bought some from a guy in Stillwater Okla and they have done better than the ones that are supposed to be super chestnuts,which I struggle to keep alive.

 

[Hoytvectrix]

I hear more and more about that theres no reason to spend the high dollars for the Dunstan or anything other than the chinese is wasting money.I have bought some from a guy in Stillwater Okla and they have done better than the ones that are supposed to be super chestnuts,which I struggle to keep alive.

There's a guy on YouTube I've been following called Lake Erie Chestnuts. He breaks down what he's been seeing with drop times and overall nut production.

From a principled stance, I am trying to plant as many different sources of "American chestnuts" as possible. I know that a few of the breeding programs are doing long term screening of pure American chestnut biotypes that have shown resistance to blight. Until those are commercially available, I will do my part to get as much of the native genetics back out there as possible.

 

[buckdeer1]

I agree,you might want to check out the guy at Stillwater as he works with the college there in starting these from seed

 

[Persimman]

so, almost 2 years later, are they any reports from folk who tried the Morse monthlies? It's interesting how they claim to separate drop times by month for August, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec. Seems really specific. 5 trees to give 5 months of feeding!

 

[Dantana]

I’ve been wondering the same. I haven’t seen any real world examples of Morse chestnuts in Zone 4 or colder. That, coupled with Morse’s shaky reputation, are the big reasons I haven’t tried them myself. I’m in zone 5A, previously 4B before being re-zoned last year.

 

[Gmule82]

I planted two last fall. Believe it was an October drop and November drop. December drop just seems terrible as the chestnuts would just rot or the cold would get them. I’m in 5a/b upstate ny.

The two trees survived the winter. Believe one had some die back but lived and the other one was fine.

I’ll have to check them as I haven’t seen them since they leafed out. I did weed mat, wire mesh base protector and cage on both.

I’m not much of a fan of Morse except their oaks. I’ve had good luck with those. Recently bought 18 this spring and planted. But they are expensive.

 

[H20fwler]

I hear more and more about that theres no reason to spend the high dollars for the Dunstan or anything other than the chinese is wasting money.I have bought some from a guy in Stillwater Okla and they have done better than the ones that are supposed to be super chestnuts,which I struggle to keep alive.

Agree, I put a bunch of Dunstans in and might have eight or so left, a few looked dead then came back but overall slow growers for my soil type...loamy clay.
The Chinese chestnuts have been champs, way less trouble and they like my dirt.

A buddy of mine put in eight or ten Dunstans the same time I planted mine, his were planted into a sandier slope just up from the river in partial sun...his look amazing.