• can you germinate horse chestnuts?

    From bilsch01@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 23 11:14:09 2020
    I tried sprouting horse chestnuts several times with no success however
    it seems there must be a way. I had success with grocery store
    chestnuts, and even got one to grow outside for a couple years, but the
    young tree died for some reason.

    TIA. Bill S.

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  • From Jeff Layman@21:1/5 to David E. Ross on Wed Sep 23 20:50:26 2020
    On 23/09/2020 20:17, David E. Ross wrote:
    On 9/23/2020 11:14 AM, bilsch01 wrote:
    I tried sprouting horse chestnuts several times with no success however
    it seems there must be a way. I had success with grocery store
    chestnuts, and even got one to grow outside for a couple years, but the
    young tree died for some reason.

    TIA. Bill S.


    According to Sunset's "Western Garden Book", the seeds should sprout
    quite readily. Perhaps the seeds you tried were damaged, not
    sufficiently ripe, or too old.

    Note that horse chestnuts and "real" chestnuts are not at all related.
    Horse chestnuts are in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae). Chestnuts
    are in the beech family (Fagaceae) and have mostly died out in North
    America and western Europe because of the chestnut blight.

    In the UK there is little problem with Chestnut blight, although it is increasing and is a notifiable disease. There are only a few local
    outbreaks so far.

    There is much more of a problem with Horse chestnuts, which are
    suffering from bleeding canker and particularly badly from
    Horse-chestnut leaf miner. I can't remember when I last saw a tree which
    was not affected by leaf miner.

    --

    Jeff

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  • From David E. Ross@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 23 12:17:00 2020
    On 9/23/2020 11:14 AM, bilsch01 wrote:
    I tried sprouting horse chestnuts several times with no success however
    it seems there must be a way. I had success with grocery store
    chestnuts, and even got one to grow outside for a couple years, but the young tree died for some reason.

    TIA. Bill S.


    According to Sunset's "Western Garden Book", the seeds should sprout
    quite readily. Perhaps the seeds you tried were damaged, not
    sufficiently ripe, or too old.

    Note that horse chestnuts and "real" chestnuts are not at all related.
    Horse chestnuts are in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae). Chestnuts
    are in the beech family (Fagaceae) and have mostly died out in North
    America and western Europe because of the chestnut blight.

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  • From bilsch01@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 23 13:37:06 2020
    On 9/23/20 11:14 AM, bilsch01 wrote:
    I tried sprouting horse chestnuts several times with no success however
    it seems there must be a way. I had success with grocery store
    chestnuts, and even got one to grow outside for a couple years, but the
    young tree died for some reason.

    TIA.    Bill S.

    Also I've never seen a horse chestnut germinate or sprout while laying
    on the ground through the spring though there are very many there.

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  • From David Hill@21:1/5 to Jeff Layman on Wed Sep 23 22:26:52 2020
    On 23/09/2020 20:50, Jeff Layman wrote:
    On 23/09/2020 20:17, David E. Ross wrote:
    On 9/23/2020 11:14 AM, bilsch01 wrote:
    I tried sprouting horse chestnuts several times with no success however
    it seems there must be a way. I had success with grocery store
    chestnuts, and even got one to grow outside for a couple years, but the
    young tree died for some reason.

    TIA.    Bill S.


    According to Sunset's "Western Garden Book", the seeds should sprout
    quite readily.  Perhaps the seeds you tried were damaged, not
    sufficiently ripe, or too old.

    Note that horse chestnuts and "real" chestnuts are not at all related.
    Horse chestnuts are in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae).  Chestnuts
    are in the beech family (Fagaceae) and have mostly died out in North
    America and western Europe because of the chestnut blight.

    In the UK there is little problem with Chestnut blight, although it is increasing and is a notifiable disease. There are only a few local
    outbreaks so far.

    There is much more of a problem with Horse chestnuts, which are
    suffering from bleeding canker and particularly badly from
    Horse-chestnut leaf miner. I can't remember when I last saw a tree which
    was not affected by leaf miner.

    Last time Igerminated some I put the fresh "Nuts" into a polythene bag
    together with moist compost and put them in the salad tray in the fridge
    and left them there till early spring then moved themto a cool place and
    just watched for signs of roots begining. Then pot each one up and grow
    coolfor a time.
    If you think they would fall to the ground and spend the winter inthe
    leaf litterwaiting for spring to start them into growth

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  • From Frank <"frank@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 24 07:33:25 2020
    On 9/23/2020 4:37 PM, bilsch01 wrote:
    On 9/23/20 11:14 AM, bilsch01 wrote:
    I tried sprouting horse chestnuts several times with no success
    however it seems there must be a way. I had success with grocery store
    chestnuts, and even got one to grow outside for a couple years, but
    the young tree died for some reason.

    TIA.    Bill S.

    Also I've never seen a horse chestnut germinate or sprout while laying
    on the ground through the spring though there are very many there.

    Squirrels will bury my Chinese chestnuts and I see sprouts in the spring.

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