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How much can a horticulture graduate student specializing in pawpaw make after graduation? Asking for a friend.

There have been American chestnuts found with meaningful resistance. Not many but at least half a dozen, which to me would suggest that there might be dozens out there hiding in the woods. I know a few of them are still alive and provide heritable resistance. Or perhaps we should call it tolerance. The ozark chinquapin foundation was able to cross surviving trees with some level of blight tolerance and with just a few generations and about 10 years they are producing trees with resistance comparable to Asian chestnuts. I feel like this could likely be done with American chestnuts, it might just take a few more generations because we’re much further out from the initial blight epidemic, the blight didn’t reach the ozark until the 50s.

Wonderful presentation and an extremely admirable cause that will make history

I'm glad to hear the Sunflower variety is somewhat self-fertile.

If i had one wish, it would be to bring back american chestnuts to the appalachians.

Good stuff

Bought some seedlings.I would like to do some to graft in next spring. Can i graft tow verities in to one plant so I have one tree with 2verties in one tree! Thanks!

The best American chestnut presentation that i have seen to date....keep up the good work....Thanks

Excellent reporting on a very important subject. Thank you!!

KSU shipped me seeds five tears ago. I have fruit on the first tree this year from hand pollinating with wild wild tree flowers growing nearby. One bunch of six fruit too Had twenty-eight flowers to begin with, and now have 25 fruit. Tree is just under six feet tall.Thank you!

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Pale purple coneflower blooms about a month earlier than purple coneflower, which extends the bloom season for cornflower by about a month.

Enjoyed this presentation on trees. I’m North of Cincy on 2 acres. Have been planting for 2 years. Several Magnolias (Butterfly, Sweetbay, Jane) also Dogwoods, Flowering Cherrys, Redbuds. I’m looking for a large shade tree, no Maples…on septic mound in front. Plus hubs doesn’t like them. Also I’ve put in a few GG Arbs & Hetzi Junipers.

My mom used to talk about how grandpa would go out into the woods and collect roots and shoots, mushrooms, black walnuts to bring back for grandma to prepare for their family of seven. They would each be given a bushel basket to collect and fill with chestnuts that grandma would either roast or dry and grind up into flour. That would have been during the Great Depression in the late 20s or early 30s.

Fantastic presentation. Was a little hard to try to look at Ed swaying back and forth, got a little sea sick :D.

I learned a lot from listening to and reading Doug Tallmay’s book. He speaks about the food web and the importance of native plant species in our own areas. He has a lot on TH-cam also.

Loved the video, very informative. Thank you. And just to contribute I thought I would share a little tip. I have several eastern white pines and I find that the pine straw works as an excellent and free source of mulch for weed and moisture control, possibly even adding a slight bit of acidity if fresh and turned slightly into the soil right away.

Ambrosia beetle is attacking Asimina triloba

This video is not showing up on searches, even though I have watched dozens of pawpaw videos. Perhaps putting addition names like Asimina triloba, Hoosier Banana, Custard Banana, etc. might get more views!

why you don't show the seed of each kind?

Do you know what the natives call the paw paw. Nice job

Lovely video friend thanks for sharing ✅😍

Thank you so very much for the recording. I could not join live due to my poor KY internet 🥰

Thank you Ellen and Boone County Arboretum! I enjoy attending (or watching the recordings if I can't attend). One invasive I didn't hear much about was Russian Autumn Olive! That is spreading quickly and seems to be getting worse!

I've been attacking the garlic mustard plant in my local rivers flood basin for years, wow what a pest, I guess it started as a selfish venture to protect my favorite morchella locations,

I believe the term he was looking for at 1:03:53 is "lingering ash"?

Thank you for sharing this. Very well thought through presentation, and answers to many questions.

I can hardly wait. I have restored two buildings that were built in the early 1900’s entirely constructed with American Chestnut. Timber’s, interior and exterior. Siding and paneling and trim. I would love to be able to plant blight resistant trees in the forest surrounding these buildings. This would be especially important as they are located adjacent to a world class arboretum, the Holden Arboretum.