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Tuesday, October 06, 2015
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brotherdave
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Corryton, TN
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Was ask at a weigh-off how the American Chestnut project was going and I realized I had not done a diary update. In general great. Last year if I recall correctly I collected about 12-15 nuts. This year after the last burs are collected and shelled out there should be well over 300 solid seeds. This is a pic of the 3rd harvest. I wait until the bur just starts to open then pick it. I have NO IDEA how this will get done next year as many of the trees will be too tall. Also next year we inoculate the trees with the blight if all goes according to plan and about half of them will die. Just like the squash project they all won't grow up to be what we want, blight resistant in this case, but some will!
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