Planted a small orchard of American Chestnut trees from Zaleski State forest.

We are beginning our planning to pollinate 6 native trees next summer here is one of them.

Here is a seedling in full sun

We are getting ready to plant last years seeds indoors. We plant wild type seeds and they can be planted outside in late May in Ohio.

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This is a nice chart of the growth of an American Chestnut tree. That was in the past. The blight significantly stunts the growth. We find a few trees of 50' tall in Ohio but not many.

The blight on American Chestnuts

The 2024 American Chestnut harvest form our Mohican orchard