The Return of the Chestnut

The American Chestnut was the most prominent tree in the eastern United States until it was obliterated by blight. The Empire Chestnut Company has been working for two generations to bring the chestnut back to Ohio. From Our Ohio show 504, produced in 2010.
Empire Chestnut Company
3276 Empire Road SW
Carrollton, Ohio 44615-9515
Read more in Our Ohio magazine: ourohio.org/com...

[@damiansback]

been planting dunston chestnuts on our property for about 5 years and the deer go crazy for them.

[@winterszhuzhupets2]

How tall have they gotten

[@CalvinsCorner72]

I have grew my Chinese chestnuts by hand and planted them. I love them. I have 3 about 10 foot tall now. About 3 years old. I planted them in my fields open and about 30 feet from anything or each other. I am so happy and can’t wait to see them put out. I do have a huge Chinese chestnut tree on my property that was planted back in early 70’s. It does really well. Putting out hundreds or more nuts. I am in Northwest Ga.

[@MsKatrinaSL]

I planted a few chestnuts that accidentally sprouted in my fridge because I forgot to eat them. They were in a plastic bag looking yummy, so I ate all but 3 pieces that were sprouted- I saved them because I wanted to plant them to see what happens. Three weeks later I notice they are about 12 inches tall. I will be moving them to a larger pot soon and when strong enough transplant just one of them into the ground and see how it does and leave the other two in a huge pot that I can protect better.

[@mba2ceo]

update ?

[@michaeltewes7833]

Make sure you protect them from squirrels. The will dig up and eat the nut off the bottom.

[@dinscaavinsca9001]

Very informative, more people need to be made aware of these trees and the importance to grow them not only for human consumption but also for wildlife

[@DirtTrackDave]

I have seen one wild American Chestnut tree in my entire life. My grandfather had one that got to about 25' tall. There use to be more but died out and he harvested the lumber. I use to eat the nuts from the tree when I was a kid. It died about 10 years ago and tried to sprout, but never got over a foot. My grand pa use to tell me stories how the forest floor would be covered so deep with chestnut burs a man would disappear. He was a logger in the 30's and 40's and loved the Chestnut tree. He told me when huge forests in the Carolina Appalachian Mountains died out and the old timers when he was a young man said it was a sign of the end of time. Thats how vast the death of this tree was. An how dense the chestnut forests was.

[@5tonyvvvv]

I don't know what these guys are talking about, These trees are not back..

[@sandro14esandro14e]

Should be a movie or something to create more awareness of this sad time in history, was worse than a curse, these truly are beautiful trees, wildlife suffered, people lost out, it’s really unimaginable how wonderful these forests must have been, only good thing that came out of this was the fact that homes were built with high quality lumber, much better if they stayed alive. Finding compatible species for grafting must be the ticket to get these nuts coming back before more forests can flourish as before

[@shaneconnor5088]

I guess im asking randomly but does any of you know of a tool to get back into an instagram account? I was dumb forgot my password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me

[@hassanyael1512]

@Shane Connor Instablaster ;)

[@shaneconnor5088]

@Hassan Yael i really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and I'm in the hacking process now. I see it takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@paulharland7280]

The fungus was most definitely not "man made" 7:51 it existed naturally in Asia. But we did accidentally bring it here.

[@timgiles9413]

The disaster was man made

[@brickbot2.038]

It would be nice if you talked more about the Chestnut Blight

[@dovercastbrandon9637]

We recently found a mature American Chestnut tree on our family land.

[@bork43210]

Can I buy some seeds (nuts) from you? I need to cross with my hybrid

[@bork43210]

Anyone with a producing non hybrid American chestnut on their land, I will pay you for seeds. Thanks

[@wmluna381]

You would do a great service to share/sell and see what trees will take and establish across the nation. 🤞

[@fnqrbasher6796]

I have 2 big trees in my yard was gonna cut them down but decided just to do a major trim instead

[@wmluna381]

Thank you for that.

[@h20fwler1]

Wallmart is now selling a few Dunstan chestnuts every spring.

[@timgiles9413]

So is Rural King. I saw them there just yesterday

[@danstadler3752]

Problem is there’s too much Chinese in them for them to fill the void left by the American tree. Dunstan is good for food plots and human consumption but not for restoration.

[@debrad9968]

Very informative!!! Thank you very much for that. Hope the American Chestnut can come back fully!!!

[@NathansGarage2100207]

We have 6 in my back yard

[@Baseballnfj]

There's a 15-20 foot example of an American Chestnut in my parents hometown of Washington, NJ.... just sitting in someone's front yard

[@Robinhood179]

Found some native American Chestnut trees at the top of a North Carolina mountain. They weren't very big, few inches in diameter, but you could already see some of the bottom branches that have died off. Very sad this tree may never fully recover from the blight a century ago.

[@JA-rn5qv]

if you go there regularly you can gather dirt up near the tree, then mix the dirt with some water to create a thick mud and apply the mud to where ever you see the canker sore on the tree trunk which is usually towards the bottom near the groud level. A virus which is present in the soil will kill the blight fungus so the tree can continue to grow. You can secure the mud pack to the tree using some plastic such as plastic grocery bags which will last long enough to keep the mud in place but will eventually decay with exposure to the elements so it won't interfere with the tree growth

[@Jack.333]

Chestnuts can do wonders for you personally. Medicinal as well. Bumper crop this year....overwinter in manure right inside a bag of dirt. Plant in the spring. Great Video Well done. Great music.

[@happybuddyperson]

There are some Amer chestnuts in the west coast, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, that have not been killed by the blight, since there is no blight there yet.

[@JA-rn5qv]

And Ty Ty Nursery in Georgia sells the seeds and saplings of American Chestnut Trees that were recently rediscovered growing in very remote pockets of the country that survived the blight and for the past 100 years have managed to build up their own natural resistance to the fungus so we are now at the point where the forests can be reestablished without having to resort to hybrids or even worse to transgenics.

[@PrincessDamama]

@@JA-rn5qv I bought two of them from Ty Ty this year. Doing great so far!

[@triple6758]

Now the Ash are gone. We've learned nothing.

[@swamppappy7745]

There a few single chestnut trees that exist in Georgia that are adult trees. They live almost as an island in the forest. But, root suckers of old stumps exist in the mountains in vast numbers. Be nice if a cure was found and could treat those suckers.

[@JA-rn5qv]

The few adult trees you are referring to n GA as well as some other remnant groups of adult trees that survived the blight in other very remote areas that were recently (and quietly) rediscovered and the seeds were collected, then to bolster the genetic hardiness they were all cross pollinated and the result was new seeds and saplings were have enhanced resistance to the blight. Ty Ty Nursery in GA sells the seeds and saplings of the new resistant American Chestnut Tree and can also be ordered online.

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

Nice, but just full of overstatement.

[@johnbalasa711]

If you truly want to thrive the American chestnut ,do not put money on the price please share the seed so I can have some and plant some. You make it like selling gold.

[@younguy1979]

oh my goodness tehy look just amazing to eat!

[@lunareclipse3832]

fantastic

[@christopherrapp4227]

Might help the oxygen and things from overheating possibly.

[@tidecoys]

I am unfamiliar on the size of the chestnuts sizes. I found some that have full sized nuts, but others that are smaller than a dime, usually 3 in a pod. Is this a chestnut I can plant for wildlife or is it better to just use the larger nuts? I'd appreciate any advice I can get on this matter. I also want to store them and plant them next Spring to avoid the squirrels and other rodents eating them. Storage advice would be awesome too.

[@timgiles9413]

They sell Dunstan Chestnut trees at Walmart and now Rural King stores.

[@jonathan21022]

My only question is where can you buy the seeds? I bet some people would like to buy and try to plant them on there land.

[@thirdy8special]

jona jon probably empire tree company (?).

[@Swansen03]

Oiko's Tree Crops sells some blight resistant strains they have been breeding. They have a website

[@JA-rn5qv]

Ty Ty Nursery in Georgia sells seeds and saplings from remnant American Chestnut Trees that were recently rediscovered growing in isolated pocked that were very remote. These remaining trees apparently were able to resist the blight because they were in ideal conditions and better soil than the unfortunate majority that died from the fungus. So it's now possible to order those seeds or saplings and if enough people get active replanting the new resistant American Chestnut we can most definitely bring the species back to the forests and restore them to what they should be.

[@dlhanna777]

I bought 2 chestnut trees. Do you think they will make it?

[@PrincessDamama]

How are they doing now?

[@sandraaegerter7681]

Maybe

[@whatmenwant6515]

i found a chestnut tree.. i tried to eat the nut yet it was bitter. i have a lot yet dont know how to make them eatable

[@waynerobinson2301]

Horse chestnut / stop eating things you don’t know what ?

[@milotheblackboxer8915]

lol you ate Aesculus hippocastanum not Castanea