Chinese chestnut is desired for its hardiness, disease resistance and of course their nuts.  These are from locally grown and adapted Chinese chestnut trees on our farm.  So you know if they can grow at  our windy elevation of USDA zones 4B/5A they will grow in yours.  Try in zones 4a.  Seedlings are on average 16/18" tall currently.  When mature at 25 years they are about 25 to 30 feet tall and 25 feet wide, with a round form as shown.  Local pick up only please, by appointment.  Please email us at dawnz@znutty.com

 

These seedlings are from one of our best tree selections.   The nuts are round, beautiful, tasty and very thin shell that you can crack by squeezing two in your hand.  The nuts are well filled and a very short husk that allows the nuts to fall freely to enable harvesting.  This tree is a very good producer in our field and very blight resistant after over 20 years.  Also a wind tolerant excellent pollen producer with a long pollen shed.   Good for Zone 4b and warmer.  These are shipped as tublings.  Tublings are tall thin pots, that allow for easy planting and yet provide to long strong roots.   We ship from Mid-July to Mid August fully leaved out.  Otherwise we will ship when dormant in the fall.  We find fall is the best time for planting dormant trees.  Tublings are typically 12"-20" tall. We cannot ship to Canada or any state on the west coast."

Colossal is a hybrid of sativa X crenata.  This is the main tree currently grown for commercial production from Michigan to Maine and throughout the West Coast and it is the reference that all other trees are judged by.  It is very cold hardy to -20F and produces very large nuts at 10-13 nuts per pound.  It can suffer bud damage during very cold winters but quickly recovers and will set nuts.  This tree blooms early and ripens nuts early.  Sets nuts at a young age and can even have branches break under the weight of the nuts.  Most nuts fall free from the bur.  Not considered blight or root rot resistant.  You need an early season pollinizer as this tree is pollen sterile.  We are proud to be the first nursery to be able to ship tissue cultured chestnut trees.  Tissue cultured chestnut trees often produce nuts the year after you plant them with good care, we recommend that you wait till year two.  Shipped potted spring and summer and bare root when dormant late October.   Tree height is 12' to 20" tall. 

Please make sure you have well drained soil and proper pH before purchasing chestnuts.  Tissue culture chestnuts are new and we have much to learn.  Please purchase only if you are an experienced chestnut grower and are willing to take the risk.   They are shipped  when ready. We cannot ship to Canada or the west coast states.  

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