
How to grow chinese chestnut
Castanea mollissima
When to plant chinese chestnut
NC State Extension describes Chinese chestnut as a round-crowned deciduous nut tree that is resistant to chestnut blight. It gives no planting date; set out dormant bare-root stock in early spring while the soil is workable.
Chinese Chestnut is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Spacing
- 480 to 600 in apart
- Sun
- Full sun
Common problems
- spiny burrs
- offensive flower odor
Sources
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