UMCA® Chestnut PQK seedlings - Bare root

The University of Missouri Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center ("HARC") chestnut grove is considered one of the best sources of hybrid chestnuts, as their grove of chestnuts contains some of the best chestnut tree cultivars available.  Included among these cultivars are the UMCA^® PQK seedling trees.  These UMCA® seedling trees descend from three high performing grafted cultivars: Peach, Qing, and Kohr, which are crossed via a controlled pollen cloud in an isolated grafted orchard at HARC.

Trees are 12" to over 20" tall and up to 36"when shipped.

When mature at 25 years they generally are about 25 to 35 feet tall and 25 feet wide, with a round form as shown. Some seedlings can be much taller.

Chestnuts often start producing nuts in year 4 or 5.

We suggest using UMCA® PQK seedling trees for a successful chestnut orchard.    

You can eat fresh or make your own gluten free deliciously sweet flour.  The nuts fall free to the ground.  All you have to do is pick them up.

Please see our web pages on chestnuts to learn more or buy our book.

Trees were started in March in our greenhouse to produce larger caliper than most nurseries.

When do we ship trees in the fall?

We are at the mercy of nature when we ship trees.  We must wait for the trees to be dormant to supply you with the healthiest trees for spring vigor.  Juvenile trees do not like to go dormant until there is “killing frost”. The term killing frost just means the trees will stop growth and go dormant for the winter.

Spring we typically ship late-April to late-May weather dependent, dormant and bare root.  In the fall we ship mid-October to early November, dormant and bare root. 

You will be notified of pending shipment to your address, when a shipping label has been made for your order.

    We cannot ship to the west coast states or where chestnut gall wasp's quarantines exist like Michigan.  We do not have chestnut gall wasps on our farm.  We cannot ship to Canada for small orders.

Reminder a "cultivar" is a clone of the parent tree and performs just like the parent as it is the one and same genetics.  Whereas, "seedlings" are just like children, it inherits traits from both parents and what traits are expressed we learn as it matures.

For tax exempt orders please email info@znutty.com with the desired quantity and your ship too address.  We give discounts for quantity orders. 

You need two trees for pollination. 

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