If you have ever seen a chestnut blossom, you will never forget this magnificent sight. In the spring, his 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 finished seedling. Note that for the formation of a large and beautiful crown, the 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 before planting a chestnut, you do not need to clear the space. It’s enough not to plant it in front of a blank fence.
Digging a landing hole
The hole should look like an equilateral square of 60x60 cm. The excavated earth is mixed with 500 g of dolomite flour, high-quality humus and a small amount of phosphorus fertilizers. In no case do they deepen the root neck.
The seedling should be abundantly watered with several buckets of water, and then install retaining pegs. The chestnut wood is quite fragile, so a strong wind can bring a lot of problems.
Sapling or walnut?
Before
planting a chestnut in the form of a seedling, many try to germinate a nut. They collect them, selecting only the best, try to carry out scarification and other ways to accelerate germination. That's just all their attempts end in nothing, and most often the nuts do not germinate at all, and rare and stunted shoots die.
In natural conditions, near each tree, one can often see the richest shoots.
How to plant nuts?
So, you still decided to conduct an experiment with seeds. Before planting a chestnut from a fruit, it is necessary to know some specific species features. We must start with the fact that the fruits of the chestnut require aging in a cold environment for at least four months. And therefore, nuts can simply be left on the street for the whole winter.
They do not need to be buried in the soil, just dig a small hole, put the fruits in it and sprinkle with a small amount of humus. You can cover them with rotted leaves. If everything goes well, in the spring a sprout will appear from this place.
But what to do before properly planting a chestnut whose nut you brought from somewhere and don’t know the aging time?
In this case, the fruit simply needs to be wrapped in wet gauze or another 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 from the game or seeds, which would be suitable for food. If you are a fan of roasted chestnuts, you will have to plant the tree you have grown. Do not be afraid of difficulties, all the costs of labor and time pay off handsomely!
So you found out how to plant a chestnut!