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Growing Chestnut Tree From Seed Time Lapse (165 Days)

This time-lapse shows the cold-stratified process and how a chestnut tree growing from a seed to a young plant. We started ...
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Chestnut blight keeps trees from growing locally

Question: I would love to grow American chestnut trees on my property to harvest the nuts for the holidays. Is this possible? Answer: The quick answer to this question is no – though work on ...
WDBJ

Grown Here at Home: Virginia Chestnuts selling chestnut seedlings; now’s the time to plant

LOVINGSTON, Va. (WDBJ) - David and Kim Bryant are the owners of Virginia Chestnuts in Nelson County. They planted more than 1,500 trees in their orchard by hand. It has truly been a labor of love, and ...
Berkshire Eagle

A fungus wiped out 3.5 billion American chestnut trees. Scientists believe genetically-engineered blight-resistant trees will bring them back

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.