Castanea sativa
Species
Also called Sweet Chestnut, Spanish chestnut
Fact sheet
every fact quoted from its source“The sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa) is a large temperate deciduous tree” — Sweet chestnut - How to grow & care
“bears nuts about 5-7 years from grafting” — Sweet chestnut - How to grow & care
“Full sun” — Sweet chestnut - How to grow & care
“steady watering during first 3 years” — How to grow Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) - Food-foresting.com
“slightly acidic pH 5.5–6.5” — How to grow Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) - Food-foresting.com
“8–10 m between trees” — How to grow Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) - Food-foresting.com
“reaching about 10-25 m (30-80 ft)” — Sweet chestnut - How to grow & care
“seed” — Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) Care & Guide — GardenWizz
“Harvest Indicators✔ burrs fall naturally” — How to grow Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) - Food-foresting.com
“Nuts cooked, roasted, baked and used in cakes, soups and ice-cream” — Sweet chestnut - How to grow & care
“Nuts edible when cooked / non-toxic” — Sweet chestnut - How to grow & care
Who grows this
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Where this comes from
- Name and place in the family tree: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC BY 4.0)
- Linked record: Wikidata (CC0)
- Wikipedia: Castanea sativa
- Fact sheet: 3 source pages, read and quoted by the OmniGrowers Librarian