Chestnut Planting Plan

Tree spacing 20 x 20 . Area = 1.1 Acres (0.45 ha)

Note that row numbers represent a planting sequence that should be followed with grafted trees. X, T, and D1 represent Grimo 112X, Grimo 116T and Douglass 1A. These are permanent production trees and also are pollinators. You may substitute any other variety for one of these varieties as long as you maintain two pollinator selections in the rows - 30 trees
S represents Simpson, Grimo 142Q and other selections used to fill in as semi-permanent trees - 30 trees
"s" represents chestnut seedling trees that are not grafted - 60 trees
Total......120 trees

FUTURE FOLLOW UP
When trees crowd remove all "s" trees.
When trees crowd again, remove all "row 2" trees leaving 30 permanent cultivars. Good trees may be tree spaded into a new planting when they are removed. This will maximize production and expand the orchard quickly.