If you have ever seen a chestnut blossom, you will never forget this magnificent sight. In the spring, its crown literally “flares up”, being embraced by a real riot of blossoming buds. Given that these flowers and the fruits themselves have medicinal properties, the question of how to plant a chestnut no longer looks strange.
What to plant?
Practice shows that the best results are obtained by planting a ready-made seedling. Note that in order to form a large and beautiful crown, a tree needs a sufficient amount of free space. Because of this, there should be at least five meters of free space near each tree. The plant does not need constant sunlight, so there is no need to clear the space before planting a chestnut. Just don't plant him in front of a blank fence.
Digging a planting hole
The hole should look like an equilateral square 60x60 cm. The excavated earth is mixed with 500 g of dolomite flour, high-quality humus and a small amountphosphate mineral fertilizers. The root neck is by no means buried.
The sapling should be poured abundantly with several buckets of water, and then the retaining pegs should be installed. Chestnut wood is quite fragile, so strong winds can cause a lot of problems.
Sapling or walnut?
Before planting a chestnut as a seedling, many try to germinate the nut. They collect them, selecting only the best, trying to carry out scarification and other ways to speed up germination. But all their attempts end in nothing, and most often the nuts do not germinate at all, and rare and stunted seedlings die.
In natural conditions, near each tree, you can often see the richest growth.
How to plant nuts?
So you decided to experiment with seeds. Before planting a chestnut from a fruit, you need to know some specific species features. To begin with, chestnut fruits require aging in a cold environment for at least four months. Therefore, nuts can simply be left outside for the whole winter.
You don't need to bury them in the soil, just dig a small hole, put the fruits in it and sprinkle with a little humus. You can cover them with rotted fallen leaves. If everything goes well, a sprout will appear from this place in the spring.
But what to do before planting a chestnut, the nut of which you brought from somewhere and do not know the exposure time?
Bin this case, the fruit should simply be wrapped in wet gauze or other cloth, and then put on the refrigerator door, leaving it there until germination. After that, you can plant a young plant in the soil. But we have already said that in this case, his chances of survival will be very, very low.
How to get edible fruits?
Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to grow a tree with fruits suitable for food from wilds or seeds. If you are a fan of roasted chestnuts, you will have to graft the tree you have grown. Do not be afraid of difficulties, all the costs of labor and time pay off handsomely!
So you learned how to plant a chestnut!
