Christian Mpunkt

ev kuhn wrote:if I look at the 1st USDA hardines zone map for Europe Google spits out:
thanks to the gulf stream? all of GB is zone 8 or 9, central Shottland zone 7
so no cold winters at all

the southern edge of Germany is 7 or 6

as for you, Maja, you never disclosed your location, for all I know your scandinavian winters can be a zone 7 in Denmark or at the scandinavian west coast
well, there is some zone 6 even in northern GA

now help me understand why you need such extreme cold hardy chestnuts, please

Well, I guess we all know does maps.
But shortening the view on climate on just the minimum temperature is just not reality. Not speaking for scandinavia but for austria:
We do get -25°C in low altitude areas (marked as 6 in the map) and we do get much colder weather 500m or 1000m further up. And both places are shown as USDA 6.
The map shows a very simplified climate of europe, if you could zoom into the map you would know what I mean.
And yes gulf stream is playing a huge role....

Akiva Silver wrote:What do I know of European climates, it sounds like you have good reasons for wanting different strains of chestnut.
If I ever get past all the paperwork and am able to send seeds overseas, I'd be happy to send our hybrid chestnut seeds from the northeast U.S.
The last time I looked into the paperwork, it seemed like a huge hassle that I wasn't ready to deal with. I'm sure one day I'll get over that hurdle, maybe by next fall.
Cheers
Akiva

Well sending plants is not possible. But sending seeds as food is the way how it works - as long as the seeds are then treated with UV-light for sanitation.
What would be a wise idea ...

On the north side of the alps we have huge amounts of rain. Our main weather streams are coming from north-west. The alps block the clouds and cource a lot of rain and less sun hours.
40'' are normal about 30km north from the alp. Inside the vallies 60 to 70'' of rain are normal. Just a litte bit further south there is a much warmer climate. At the place where the famous
Krameterhof form Sepp Holzer is, there is already less rain because it a bit further south. I guess he has to deal with about 30'' of rain.

Can anybody recommend other "Badgersett-Style" chestnut sources? For a climate from 4 to 6 and about 30'' to 40'' of Rain?
I'm sure there are some I don't know of.

Dave Dahlsrud wrote:PM me, we might be able to figure a work around....i.e. they ship them to me and I'll ship them to you!

Thanks I did already!

Hello,

I'd like to ask if there is anybody here who knows how to get hybrid chestnut seeds shipped to europe?
I'm trying to get seeds now since more than two year from Badgersett Farm and other places.
They seem to be a very good source for our climate here in the alps in Austria, just they don't answer my mails and I phoned them but nothing.
I really tried, but I'm getting tired of not getting an answer.

In Europe you can get Castanea sative but hardly something else. In my location those hybrids would do great because of the slightly acid but rich soils.
Just, its a bit to cold for the Castanea sativas to be really productive, nobody grows them - just some single trees in some gardens.

I would like to plant a small farm and would need a source I can trust, and somebody who is willing to tell me at least a bit about where the genetics are coming from.
Somehow, maybe I'm wrong, but somehow it seems nobody from the companies I've been in contact with, wants to talk about the genetics of the seeds they are selling.
Am I wrong? I don't know.

So my question is there somebody with some advice what to do?

Thanks,
Christian Mpunkt