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Terry Crossie
(elsje_terry@telus.net) on Mon, Dec 10, 01 at 12:44
| I have horse chestnuts and was wonder if one can graft an edible chestnut to the horse chestnut successfully
Would appreciate any information on this particular guestion Thanks
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- Posted by Bob Thomasson(bobthomasson@compuserve.com) onMon, Dec 31, 01 at 11:02
| Terry, Although horse chestnuts are called "chestnuts" they are not related to "regular" chestnuts and a graft won't work. Bob |
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| Read about a guy that cross-pollentate chestnuts in the book Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver. |
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| In this book..L'art de greffer p.266...ref..Jardin botanique de Dijon... we used Quercus robur like rootstock for chestnut(Castanea)..I have some littles trees(Quercus robur) and I want try.. hendy |
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