Thanks Der Ami...time will tell! We'll see what happens George. There are some mature blight free American Chestnut trees growing at the city park in Coeur d'Alene, so we'll see what happens in another 5-6 years or so with those we've planted. Hope they survive, some good mast for the deer, elk and turkeys that roam our property.
I got the original 25 trees from the American Chestnut Society, which they claimed were true American Chestnuts. Not sure where they came from. The original batch were planted 4 years ago with about 8 still alive. The others didn't die from blight but from the darn pocket gophers. We replanted 15 last year that I got from the University of Idaho nursery that are also American Chestnuts.
I've read about the Dunsten hybrid when I was researching chestnuts. May have to try a few of those, if the current planted ones don't turn out.
Last edited by Cameron; 03/19/19 10:03 PM.
