Photo: Fir0002 — GFDL 1.2 · source
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Survives zone 5 through 7
Sweet chestnut — excellent roasted and milled; high starch.
- Hardiness
- Zone 5 to 7
- Habit
- Tree
- Edible part
- Nut
- Ripens
- Oct
- Mature size
- Large tree 20–30 m — NOT containerable
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 4.5–6.5 — ⚠ LIME-INTOLERANT; acidify if needed
- Environment
- Montane
- Status
- Cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 3–5 yrs grafted
- Pollination
- ⚠ SELF-INCOMPATIBLE — a lone tree bears little or nothing