Smithsonian Chestnuts

I took my dad, who maintains the Boyd American Chestnut nursery in Pennsylvania, to help winterize the Smithsonian Museum's nursery near Front Royal, Virginia.  Other members of the team from the Virginia Chapter of TACF recorded individual tree data.

The Smithsonian interns got practice driving in four-wheel drive on side slopes.

Training Young Trees

Structural pruning on young trees will prevent a lot of the storm damage in mature trees.  Now University of California has a great on line video for home use.

Training Young Trees is simplified for home gardeners, but horticulture educators and green industry professionals can also benefit from this resource. The 18-minute video and its shorter chapters are available free at their YouTube Channel:  http://tinyurl.com/trainingyoungtrees.

18:53Training Young Trees39 views | 1 month ago

0:51Chapter 1: Introduction6 views | 1 month ago

1:20Chapter 2: Why Train Young Trees?1 view | 1 month ago

0:49Chapter 3: What Does A Well-Trained Tree Look Like?2 views | 1 month ago

0:55Chapter 4: What's the Investment?1 view | 1 month ago

0:49Chapter 5: When Do I Prune and How Much?1 view | 1 month ago

0:52Chapter 6: The 5 Steps to Training Young Trees5 views | 1 month ago

0:48Chapter 7: Step 12 views | 1 month ago

1:04Chapter 8: Step 23 views | 1 month ago

1:14Chapter 9: Step 33 views | 1 month ago

1:18Chapter 10: Step 41 view | 1 month ago

0:58Chapter 11: Step 54 views | 1 month ago

4:41Chapter 12: The 5 Steps in Action2 views | 1 month ago

1:07Chapter 13: Tree Response to Training Over Time2 views | 1 month ago

2:14Chapter 14: Summary and Review2 views | 1 month ago