american chestnut update

Out of 10 seeds, I had 5 sprout... only 4 of those grew into "seedings." Of those 4, we planted the two best ones out in a field... what you see is a tree shelter staked to the ground. The cows trampled them pretty quickly and ate the leaves on one tree, but I think the trees are still ok. We restaked and put wood around them to try and keep the cows away from them. So far, it's working! We'll hope that these two survive.




The last two I will plant in pots this weekend. They aren't very big, so I hope (thanks to the suggestion of HODAR) this will help them grow stronger before we plant them in the ground.