American chestnut trees were almost wiped out by blight. Grow your own disease-resistant American chestnut hybrid tree.
At the Kingman Research Farm just outside of the University of New Hampshire campus, there’s an orchard of chestnut trees, growing under the watchful eyes of researchers. The American chestnut was a ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. For generations, American chestnut trees (Castanea dentata) fed people and ...
The American chestnut was once the dominant hardwood species in Appalachian mountain forests, comprising as much as 40 percent of the overstory trees in the climax forests of the Eastern United States ...
The application of genetic engineering to food crops is controversial, and rightly so. Critics worry that changing genetics may have harmful, unanticipated effects on food safety and the environment.
The 38-foot tall chestnut tree behind Rick and Jen Hartlieb’s Robesonia farmhouse has to fight for sunlight from a neighboring maple. Of all the chestnuts on their 12-acre farm, this hardy specimen is ...
Imagine waking up 150 years ago, opening your window and looking out onto the Southern Appalachians. Within view would be any one of the billions of American chestnut trees that once covered the ...
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Growing Chestnut Trees Easily in a 5-Gallon Bucket
Gold Shaw Farm shows how to grow thriving chestnut trees in simple 5-gallon buckets.
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