One of our favorite times year is when the chestnuts are ripe! Michael Dolan shows several methods for harvesting chestnuts, and explains the differences between several varieties.
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@jocktigernuts680 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting and with no 💩 nauseating noise/music, a good lesson for every uploader👍
@Badger70510 ай бұрын
We had two huge chestnut trees when I was a kid. We ate them raw, they were so good
@mikekearsley2407 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic video. Enjoying the chestnut trees we bought from you 20 years ago, Thanks from Woodinville Wa.
@Wakeupandsniffthecoffee7 ай бұрын
I'm in Virginia and recently learned about the chestnut blight and American Chestnut trees that are cross bred to make them blight resistant. I want to grow a few on my property. But your video really opened my eyes to how wide ranged the chestnut trees are and multiple varieties. I like the variety that releases the nut for places where animals can benefit, but I already give the squirrels and deer most of what I grow now. I should consider the one that stays in the burr.
@Sonic3208410 ай бұрын
Omg, seeing you throw the chestnuts on the ground 😆 they’d be going straight in my cargo pocket! Great video, very informative.
@heidiquayle5054 Жыл бұрын
so this video has made me understand why I could not roast my chestnuts and have them taste good - I have the wrong kind on my property! Thank you for this information :)
@Throku9 ай бұрын
Made me realize I don't think Ive ever seen the edible kind. I liked them because they are such pretty trees that looks like they flower long because the flower structure is pretty even after the pettles fall. ... makes me wonder how the edible kind would do here and look.
@Fred-gv3kh10 ай бұрын
Outstanding video. Thanks! You are a treasure, Sir!!
@mikederp9612 Жыл бұрын
I just bought 5 chestnuts from you guys! Thank you for the videos too. I just planted my two Primato chestnut trees.
@alixsprallix9 ай бұрын
great video
@rowdeo8968 Жыл бұрын
Today we found a chestnut tree here I. Johnstown Pennsylvania and I wasn’t sure if the nuts were sweet or horse so I investigated. Quite a shock to find the tree! We lived here for years! Do not even know how it got planted. Thank you for your video!
@CricketsBay9 ай бұрын
Have you contacted The American Chestnut Foundation about that tree? It's important to know where each one is located for their mission to reintroduce the American Chestnut to the Eastern U.S.
@heidimisfeldt56859 ай бұрын
During WW2 children in Eastern Germany had to collect and bring a whole lot of chestnuts to school, as a requirement to go to the next school grade the following year. At the time the calendar year was the same as the school year. People rumored that likely those chestnuts were being made into flour, for the food rations, as grains were scarce, due to the war. StuffI heard as a child.
@Aluttuh9 ай бұрын
:( hard to feed the people when supply lines are being blockaded and bombed to stave you out. god bless, thanks for sharing a bit of history.
@hellodarkness56448 ай бұрын
chestnuts have a wonderful color.
@mckdi1377 Жыл бұрын
I've purchased MANY !chestnut trees from you! I never knew you had a channel!
@msamour9 ай бұрын
Holy moly! The squirrels have been bringing these husks that look like little limes in my garage for years. I didn't know what kind of trees these were from. I'm guessing there is a chest nut tree somewhere in my neighbourhood.
@user-wn4nd8ul4l10 ай бұрын
Love all of this information. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR TIME.
@creekriseoutdoors2 жыл бұрын
Great info. I just bought some acreage with 85 Dunstan Chestnut trees and hope to grow more trees from the seeds (and hope to have them attract deer this fall). Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
@diageo23 Жыл бұрын
my grandfather planted several heart nut trees, such a wonderful nut, but not at all common
@andrejhanzekovic53002 жыл бұрын
Great video, I enjoyed it a lot. And those are some hude chestnuts you have. Good work!
@magpie14929 ай бұрын
Horse chestnuts are for conker season. Still much beloved in the UK.
@dae10669 ай бұрын
Most helpful. Thank you very much.
@melindasmale430311 ай бұрын
Great video, sir. All my questions were answered.
@bowlburners9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the heads up on horse chestnuts vs sweet chestnuts.
@burntridgenursery5919 ай бұрын
You're welcome - it's an important distinction :)
@stevedimartino6837 ай бұрын
Very good show I really really enjoyed, thank you
@mr.d6186 Жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you for sharing.
@johnallright68479 ай бұрын
Wow, learnt so much here on my all time favourite nut,lots of things here I never knew. Good video
@julieatkins2946 Жыл бұрын
♥️thank you! Enjoyed the video. There’s a tree in town that I can harvest. It’s very sweet.
@jlc904ubc Жыл бұрын
Great video. Great info. Thanks
@rfcgong19 ай бұрын
Thanks, I have learned a lot about chestnuts
@outdoorztime29232 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing some knowledge with us. My son and I planted two Dunstan Chestnut Trees in 2017, and we hope to see our first harvest this coming Spring (2022). What type of fertilizer would you recommend me using for these trees?
@loquat44-402 жыл бұрын
I have several dunstans. The one getting the most sun is doing very well and it is next a productive but unknown chinese chestnut that has sufficient sunlight also. I have never fertilized and soil is very poor, but the trees are doing well on their own. A few days ago I smelled the trees a 150 yards away as their tassels were 'blooming'. I have a squirrel problem and just eliminated one this morning and will keep my eyes open for other squirrels. I have read abut weevils and will have learn more about them.
@burntridgenursery5912 жыл бұрын
Sorry for the delayed response. We just use composted organic chicken manure, but any balanced fertilizer with a good amount of nitrogen would work. Soil pH should be acidic, below 6.5. If higher, use sulfur to lower pH. - Michael
@leehiller24897 ай бұрын
Would the chestnut still fruit if it was pollered? Do the overwintering buds attract deer or other critters?
@outdoorztime29237 ай бұрын
Thank you! That is very good information. Just a recap on my comment above: my 2022 and 2023 harvests just supplied a hand full of Chestnuts. One thing I plan on doing this year is pruning some of the lower limbs from the two trees. I feel this will help give them a boost and provide more energy towards producing fruit. One thing for sure, it will be easier to mow around them.@@burntridgenursery591
@cablenelsonbabygrandpiano8422 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Very good video!
@trishaplescia92342 жыл бұрын
great stuff, thanks
@bentuffin63578 ай бұрын
I’m in the uk,north of England and never come across a chestnut tree just concer trees. Would like to try growing some
@michaelc46509 ай бұрын
Lovely!
@franknada823510 ай бұрын
This guy's nuts!
@andjaskurteska5217 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
@michaelfoort259210 ай бұрын
I so wish that I had planted chesnuts years ago
@sethlogee9 ай бұрын
The best time to plant a tree is 40 years ago, the second best time is today-unknown
@maarkaus489 ай бұрын
Living in Canada, in Ontario, and I was wondering what zone these are good for. I would like to grow a sweet chestnut but am not sure what region would be too cold. Any suggestions? I am growing a Horse Chestnut for ornamental reasons, and there are quite a few in the area doing well.
@pittsfieldbeast9 ай бұрын
Well find your growing zone, and once you do, search what zones that specific chestnut variety can survive in.
@jayjaychadoy92269 ай бұрын
I’ve never eaten a chestnut, as far as I can recall.
@user-pr6rt2vv9b9 ай бұрын
Need to see the .tress
@nerissaBee6152 жыл бұрын
We have a tree. Should we rake the spikey husk remains and place in a separate compost pile or do they decompose on their own where they fall? We obviously can't walk around barefoot too.
@burntridgenursery5912 жыл бұрын
The spikey hulls will eventually decompose on their own. Since they don't drop until fall when you might not be going barefoot anymore, mowing several times between then and now should decompose them sufficiently to go barefoot in summer. - Michael
@westcoastdoglover10 ай бұрын
I’ve been trying to find some info on the size of sweet chestnuts. I have one in the yard of the house I’m renting. Some of the nuts are quite small with a squishy end. Are these worth harvesting?
@burntridgenursery59110 ай бұрын
If you just have one tree and the nuts are small/squishy, they may not be getting properly pollinated. Most chestnut trees need another tree nearby for cross-pollination. However, even trees that are getting pollinated will often drop "blank" nuts before dropping the fully developed crop. So check back in a few days and see if any larger nuts are falling. Most chestnut cultivars make nuts around 1-1.5" across, though seedlings or true American chestnuts (Castanea dentata) nuts can be a bit smaller.
@flat6fever68010 ай бұрын
@@burntridgenursery591 Is it still ok to harvest and eat the smaller sweet chestnuts? We have just one chestnut tree so all nuts are clusters of 3 and they mostly open and fall free on their own. Some require the leather glove treatment. I pick them 3 times a day to stay ahead of the wildlife and harvested about a gallon or two large ziplock bags worth. Currently for last 2 weeks just sitting open on the counter drying. Hope that's ok.
@burntridgenursery59110 ай бұрын
@@flat6fever680 There shouldn't be any harm in eating small/undersize chestnuts as long as there's no sign of rot (discoloration/bad smell/bad taste). Sounds like you're getting a nice harvest. Chestnuts will get sweeter when they've dried a little, but we normally keep them refrigerated to try to delay the drying process - they are best for roasting when still fresh, and are starchy like a potato. If drying completely, they can be boiled to rehydrate (like beans) or are sometimes ground into flour. Here's a link to our video about cooking chestnuts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6LPaYOOib-Votk
@flat6fever68010 ай бұрын
@@burntridgenursery591 Thank you for the reply. My nice shiny nuts that I proudly and excitedly picked all went bad. I let them sit to dry in a large tray and some bugs got into them and destroyed them all within one week. Looked like maggots. Sorry for gross description. I picked them up 3 times a day as they fell and they looked great but then quickly got a mildew like covering on them and got soft. Happened so quickly. Next year I will freeze them immediately or something.
@t.j.3220 Жыл бұрын
栗だ!🌰
@mikebills93439 ай бұрын
We recently bought a house in northern Spain and have around 11 or 12 of these trees full of chestnuts I thought they were conker trees . Anyone know the best way to cook them ? TIA
@niklar559 ай бұрын
Harvesting them is easy, getting them out of the tough brown jacket is the real challenge! Any suggestion on that? .
@burntridgenursery5919 ай бұрын
Let them dry ("cure") for a few days - then roast, boil, or steam them. They should be fairly easy to peel. Here's a video we did on cooking with chestnuts: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6LPaYOOib-Votk
@niklar559 ай бұрын
Thanks. @@burntridgenursery591
@johnmccrae1102 Жыл бұрын
As I live in Wales would it be possible to ship some Dunsta.n chestnuts to me to stratify a.nd grow on.I spoke to someone in America and tol me it is not possible?
@IDD.Bronze.Sculptures9 ай бұрын
i live in Wales. About ten years ago I planted some small chestnut plants grown from supermarket chestnuts up on the hill behind my childhood home. This year for the first time there are chestnuts on the trees. The trees are now about 15 ft tall
@jjm61879 ай бұрын
Are American chestnut trees sweet chestnuts or horse chestnuts ?
@jamessullivan99922 ай бұрын
sweet chestnut
@johnqueen27549 ай бұрын
I always told everyone tounger than me that they where porcupine eggs😂
@henrywilloughby8333 Жыл бұрын
When are they ready for harvesting?
@burntridgenursery59110 ай бұрын
Our earliest varieties start producing in late September, and the later varieties continue through October and November.
@lonefoxbushcraft2 жыл бұрын
Question....your chessnut is huge!..can you prune these to 12ft and still bear nuts ?
@AdaptiveApeHybrid2 жыл бұрын
Alot of people don't know but NY is bountiful!
@maecarpenter6735 Жыл бұрын
Where in NY?
@AdaptiveApeHybrid Жыл бұрын
@@maecarpenter6735 Western. Even in major metropolitan areas, like Buffalo or Rochester. The southern part of the state is also very bountiful.
@olson71569 ай бұрын
Sells your seeds for growing trees thanks
@roseericson38289 ай бұрын
Will these type of chestnut grow in zone 6b? I live on the western slope of Colorado and would like to try to grow.
@CricketsBay9 ай бұрын
Chestnuts grow in Ontario, Canada. They should grow fine in Colorado.
@roseericson38289 ай бұрын
Thanks I will check out your website and most likely order in the spring
@burntridgenursery5919 ай бұрын
European chestnuts are the most drought-hardy, and blight isn't an issue in Colorado, so that's what I'd recommend. Chestnuts need an acidic soil, at least when they're getting established, so if you have alkaline soil make sure to spread sulfur around the planting area to help lower the pH.
@ang84799 ай бұрын
Would chestnut fruited in zone 9B?
@cajunfid9 ай бұрын
How do the Italian chestnuts fair with chestnut blight?
@CricketsBay9 ай бұрын
So far they seem to be immune, but time will tell. Their trees are 25 years old and not dying from the blight yet, but it's really too soon to know how they will hold up against it.
@thechestnutking7362 жыл бұрын
How many varieties of Chestnuts do you have and what are they?
@rileylewisdolan2 жыл бұрын
Check out the website!
@burntridgenursery5912 жыл бұрын
Last time I counted it was over 70 varieties, but have discarded some since then or lost tags. In our last catalog we listed 24 varieties for sale. - Michael
@thechestnutking7362 жыл бұрын
@@burntridgenursery591 That’s awesome!
@christine.m.b.20269 ай бұрын
😍🤤
@twbishop11 ай бұрын
@5:22 deer and other wildlife eat horse chestnuts, aesculus hippocastanum. i am not sure about pigs, cows, sheep and other domesticated animals. i guess that because of the name horses eat them.
@chrisc-bw6cc10 ай бұрын
Are chestnuts edible from Chinese chestnut trees? I have five of these trees in my yard and I watch the groundhogs eating the chestnuts.
@burntridgenursery59110 ай бұрын
Yes, if you're talking about Castanea mollissima. Make sure you're eating true chestnuts, not horse chestnuts (Aesculus hippocastanum) which are poisonous and apparently do not taste good. Here are some photos to help with your identification: www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a855
@richardbryant57739 ай бұрын
Can I buy seed or trees from you
@romelahiraman4547 Жыл бұрын
Can I grow chest nut in South Africa
@sharnie52810 ай бұрын
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@gogogoo84410 ай бұрын
My chestnuts were too bitter. How can I prepare them? I cook them but still inedible
@burntridgenursery59110 ай бұрын
True chestnuts (Castanea sp) should be sweet or starchy, but not bitter. Double check to make sure you aren't eating horse chestnuts (Aesculus hippocastanum) which are bitter and somewhat poisonous! Real chestnuts have pointy nuts, while horse chestnuts are round. The other way to tell them apart is by the leaves - chestnuts have a single leaf, while horse chestnut leaves come in sets of five or seven.
@gogogoo84410 ай бұрын
@@burntridgenursery591 thanks
@olson71569 ай бұрын
Do you sell your sells that I could grow a tree from your seeds?
@burntridgenursery5919 ай бұрын
Yes! Full availability is listed here: www.burntridgenursery.com/Tree-Seeds/products/93/ and now is the time to order. We ship all over the United States, during the months of November and December. Orders ship in the order received. Contact our office if you need more information
@decnijfkris370610 ай бұрын
so that is a non-poisonous variety
@sitharatop734011 ай бұрын
how to order? advice please.
@CricketsBay9 ай бұрын
Burnt Ridge Nursery Catalog. Online.
@christianmoser65972 жыл бұрын
With all due respect, Précoce Migoule like Marron Comballe are french varieties, not italian varieties !
@christianmoser65972 жыл бұрын
French : Précoce Migoule , italian : Primi Migoule , english: Early Migoule
@burntridgenursery5912 жыл бұрын
@@christianmoser6597 You are, of course, correct and if I spoke of them as Italian varieties - my mistake. Having lived in both countries, I shouldn't have made such an error. I should mention, however, that I brought both varieties into the United States from a friend at the University of Torino who had access to a large number of French and Italian varieties as scionwood, so technically they all came to me from Italy. - Michael
@charliemowry7749 ай бұрын
Almost as big a nut farm as Congress 😅
@eromod2 жыл бұрын
1:11 meme material.
@sevdan-va128 Жыл бұрын
Это где?
@joeantolak46299 ай бұрын
Rule#1: never look down the neck hole of a shirt if a guy asks you to
@johnmarks2279 ай бұрын
Make sure they aren't Horse chestnuts because you probably won't want to eat them.
@jameskolar96559 ай бұрын
Why is it that you ‘harvest’ the nuts, but Squirrels and Jays ‘predate’ them? Was it that you planted those Chestnut trees from seed and managed and nurtured their growth, you therefore own those Chestnuts? Only you have a right to them, they are an important source of food for you, essential to yours and your family’s survival ? The wild ‘Predators’, can go get their food elsewhere? They have many options other than Chestnuts to feed their family’s. You are extremely knowledgeable about Chestnuts, that’s patently obvious, you should constantly manage to harvest them before they are predated, eventually, given your skills, you may have those delicious Chestnuts all to yourself. Well done!
@particularindividual45529 ай бұрын
Bringing your trash communistic ideology here is beyond crazy. Please dont have children.
@sputnikv74510 ай бұрын
Gen 1:11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees...according to their various kinds.” Matt 17:4 ..”Lord, it is good to be here.” 💕🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💕🍞🍇
@msamour9 ай бұрын
Weren't Chestnut trees extinct?
@burntridgenursery5919 ай бұрын
There are several species of chestnut - native to Europe, Asia, and North America. Castanea dentata, the American chestnut has been almost completely eliminated in its native range due to an invasive fungal disease. You can read more here: tacf.org/the-american-chestnut/history-american-chestnut/. We're outside the historic range of American chestnut, and primarily grow European and Japanese chestnuts.
@msamour9 ай бұрын
@@burntridgenursery591 Hello, Thank you for the information. I did look up some websites after I watched your video. I even found a video about a group trying to bring the American Chestnut tree back. It's looking promising. Thanks again.
@rbagboyz9 ай бұрын
teach the dog to harvest them . my lab drives me crazy with a tennis ball ...
@MeanOldLadyАй бұрын
Heh. Fun times as a kid would be flinging those chestnut husks at each other in a game of chicken. Our grandparents would make us kids go out & pick up those husks & save the nuts so grandpa could mow.