Nuts: Harvesting and Storing

You will find three chestnuts in a bur regardless of whether or not the bur got pollinated or the seed are viable. Pollinated seed are plump and sink when placed in water. Unpollinated seed look shrivelled up and float after placed in water (** float tests should be conducted for approximately 24 hours. Some floating seed do germinate. It will be up to you whether or not to discard floaters after the test).

Read about harvesting and storage here: http://acf.org/field_guide.htm#harvesting. Read this first to get a good understanding of the process.

For more information, please see this Penn State Chestnut Grower Web page.

Penn State Horticulture Department

For more information on this subject, Please visit the College of Agricultural Sciences Publications Web site.

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