This time-lapse shows the cold-stratified process and how a chestnut tree growing from a seed to a young plant. We started ...

You can grow chestnuts in Southern California. You will need to incorporate lots of compost and gypsum in the soil prior to planting since chestnut trees (Castanea spp.) appreciate a somewhat acidic ...

Chestnut trees used to be called "the Redwoods of the East," and they made up 35 percent of northeastern American forests. But in 1904, a fungus began to appear, and what's called "chestnut blight" ...

An experimental American chestnut tree created by researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry is one step closer to public release. The U.S. Department ...