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- From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
- To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Tree question
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:14:48 -0500
At 05:18 PM 9/28/2005, you wrote:
Here is the American Chestnut Foundation website: http://www.acf.org/Probably not.
THey will have the answer!
Horsechestnut & buckeyes are in the genus Aesculus, whereas the true chestnuts are members of the genus Castanea. They're not even in the same family or order.
I would anticipate that a well-tended seed-grown horsechestnut should be reaching sufficient maturity at around 10-12 years that your friend could anticipate some blooms soon, but who knows - it could take 20 years for it to reach that stage.
If he's really impatient, I suppose he could attempt any number of things that might hasten time to bloom - root pruning, ringbarking, etc., but all these carry the potential to possibly harm his tree.
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[gwl-g] Tree question,
Carol Matthews, 09/28/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Jeff Lowenfels, 09/28/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Lucky Pittman, 09/29/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Fran, 09/29/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Tree question, Carol Matthews, 09/29/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Fran, 09/29/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Lucky Pittman, 09/29/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Tree question, Tom Ogren, 09/28/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Tree question, Jeff Lowenfels, 09/28/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Tree question, Fran, 09/29/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Hamptongar, 09/28/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Tree question, Carol Matthews, 09/28/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Tree question,
Jeff Lowenfels, 09/28/2005
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