Chestnut is an amazing and beautiful tree that adorns parks and alleys. Everyone knows this magnificent sight when the chestnut blossoms, and in autumn it scatters its fruits, which look like funny hedgehogs. You can grow such a chestnut tree in your summer cottage. How to grow chestnut from walnut? The technology is very simple, detailed instructions are described below.
Preparing chestnut seeds for planting
Chestnut is a powerful and beautiful tree, it is often used for landscaping urban squares and parks, but it is also popular in garden landscape design. How to grow chestnut from walnut? It is not at all difficult, in addition, it is very interesting and fascinating to observe the emergence, emergence and strengthening of the shoots that have appeared. Fruits for growing are harvested in the autumn, when they fall from a tree. It is best to stratify the nuts with nuts, that is, place them in a cold and humid environment.
This will make future seedlings more hardy and increase the percentage of germination. To carry out such a procedure, you should place the chestnut nuts in a container with sand and put in a cold place for ten days. It can be both a refrigerator and a cool basement. This method of seed preparation is suitable if planting is carried out in the autumn. If planting will be carried out in the spring, then after the winter storage period it is necessary to place the seeds in a warm environment.
The fruits of the chestnut are poured with warm water for a period of three to five days. Water should always be changed, adding warm. What happens to chestnut nuts with this procedure? Its shell softens under the influence of heat and humidity, which leads to swelling of the embryo.
How to plant walnut chestnuts?
When the fruits are processed and ready for planting, we select a place for planting and plant the seeds to a depth of two to three centimeters. Seeds should not be placed close to the surface; they may dry out and die. In the autumn planting of a chestnut, seedlings appear several weeks earlier than when planting in the spring. But the seedlings planted in the spring will be much stronger and will be able to prepare for the cold. It is absolutely necessary to feed young seedlings with fertilizer, this will help accelerate growth and development. And also make a small fence around each so as not to accidentally damage.
Other methods
There are several methods for growing chestnut from walnut. For example, fruits are harvested in late autumn, this will allow them to undergo natural stratification, and in January they are planted in flowerpots or pots, watering like an ordinary houseplant. With the advent of spring, the seedling must be transplanted to a permanent place in the garden. Planting a chestnut with a nut is a very interesting activity, as a result of which a new young chestnut tree will appear.
For landscape design, chestnuts can be trimmed to form beautiful and unusual frons. And there is also a very simple method how to grow chestnut from walnut. In autumn, they cover the fruits with leaves, and when spring comes and the snow comes down, they open. Many fruits will be with germinated buds that are already ready for planting.