Description

Quality Kentucky-grown trees from Kentucky grown seed.  Chinese chestnuts (Castanea mollissima) are an easy-to-grow, fast growing and highly productive tree that has many uses. The highly desirable nuts are a rich starchy food that are delicious roasted or made into many dishes, including gluten-free breads. They have the nutrition of brown rice. The fallen nuts attract lots of deer in early-mid fall. Chinese chestnuts are resistant to the blight that decimated the native chestnut population in the early 1900s.  Increasingly these are considered a great candidate for silvopasture and commercial tree crop production. They produce nuts in as little as 2-4 years from planting. Very satisfying and profitable tree to grow. You need at least 2 for cross pollination. Plant each tree about 20-25′ apart.  They require very careful transplanting and need mulch and organic fertilizer to thrive. Easy to grow organically. Plant on a warm, sunny site with good water drainage.

CANNOT SHIP TO: Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Florida, Oregon, or Washington.

Recommended for ORGANIC GROWING

Uses: Edible nuts, shade, reforestation, deer attractant, cash crop.

Pollination: More than 1 Chinese Chestnut seedling needed for cross-pollination or no nuts will set. Must be planted 20-30ft apart. Bundles include either 2, 5, 10, or 25 trees so cross-pollination is covered

Plant Size: 18″-24″ Tall Bare-Root 2-YR tree

Zones 5-9