I've been doing a bit of googling and there are odd bits of information out there on the web saying that there is something that sweet chestnuts can be grafted onto to restrict their growth, but I can't find anyone offering them for sale .......... so far ............
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes done some digging and in actual fact a company has done this but they sold out very quickly and they not sure if they will be geting anymore in gutted
Google found references to grafting onto oak and other chestnut relatives, but I couldn't tie any reference to any rootstock with any reference to dwarfing - if you get my meaning.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I've been doing a bit of googling and there are odd bits of information out there on the web saying that there is something that sweet chestnuts can be grafted onto to restrict their growth, but I can't find anyone offering them for sale .......... so far ............
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
what is grafted onto what?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Google found references to grafting onto oak and other chestnut relatives, but I couldn't tie any reference to any rootstock with any reference to dwarfing - if you get my meaning.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oak. So slow growing rather than dwarf?
I'll be letting someone else test drive that one
In the sticks near Peterborough
Me too
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If sweet chestnuts are growing 'au naturel' they should not be expected to bear fruit until they are 8 year's old.