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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Your saved chestnuts may not be good.  They dry out and die if not packed in something moist. Chestnuts in Nature often germinate in the fall, put down a taproot, then sit until spring before putting up a top.   Plant fresh nuts on their sides so about half the nut is above the soil.  The root comes out the pointed end and goes into the soil.  The top emerges later.
-Lon Rombough
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On Mar 13, 2009, at 8:31 AM, Robert Capshew wrote:

After loosing most of 2 American hybrid chestnut trees to
Hurricane Ike and this winter's ice storm, I would like to
start new trees with some of the chestnuts that I have kept
in the refrigerator over the winter.
 
Any tips on when to plant the seeds, how deep to plant and
what sort of soil to use would be greatly appreciated.
 
Bob Capshew
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