It's a toss-up
On one hand, 25' HxW is better than 40' or 80'+, on the other, I WILL need two if I expect them to bear nuts.
Technically, I DO have room to put them in my front yard. I live on first 1/4 slice of a court just after the street widens and the developer chose to build the house after a long stretch of curving front yard so I have a big sunny expanse in the front yard. Because I installed the fence separating the oddly shaped front yard and the back yard to be considerate of our next door neighbor with 5 kids (the same one who sprayed my Native Shade Garden
) there is a LOT of front yard left over. Now that their kids are mostly grown up (etc.
) I'm re-claiming my front yard and plan to eliminate much of the lawn which, as you know, I don't feel has any real value.
what kind of chestnuts? whatever was at the store/probably european?
THIS is actually my conundrum. I would have chosen to plant blight resistant Native American Chestnut or Native American Hybrid. As these are the grocery store chestnut (Whole Foods) -- approx. 1-1/2" rounded, not flattened -- it's very likely not either one, and you are probably correct.
I will probably research some more about what they are before actually making the decision to plant them. Right now, I just want to see if they'll grow.
Photo taken about a week ago:
