Received a call from DEFRA this morning asking whether I'd planted any sweet chestnut seedlings for nut production as they are monitoring them for blight. As mentioned before, I haven't planted any as they were out of stock but I have at least one that has self seeded:
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| Sweet chestnut seedling |
One of my two mature chestnut trees is producing nuts, but not many:
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| First nut! |
I've potted some local chestnuts from a nearby wood so hopefully they'll come up in due course
