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Walmart chestnut and persimmon trees
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Forest Grump
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They are the same. They made a deal with Walmart to sell their trees, & now nurseries really can't compete to buy them, so either you buy them direct or via Walmart.
Chestnut Hill nursery in Alachua, FL has the patent on Dunstan Chestnuts. They produce all of them, & choose who they sell each year's stock to.
Chestnut Hill nursery in Alachua, FL has the patent on Dunstan Chestnuts. They produce all of them, & choose who they sell each year's stock to.
Longhorn 16
Senior Member
Just can't bring myself to shop at Walmart. I prefer to source goods from a local.
southernman13
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Trigabby
Senior Member
I've got two in the ground that I've nursed back to health over the last three years. They were on clearance, in the corner, for $15 a piece, I think and were a wee bit sickly looking. Brought them home, repotted to a 5 or 7 gallon, can't remember and then planted them that winter. They've almost doubled in size and are looking very healthy, now... I can't wait for them to start producing.
Buckman18
Senior Member
Does anyone know of a walmart that is currently selling them? I keep looking but never see them up here in the mountains.
Crakajak
Daily Driveler News Team
This is a link to Walmart stores that were shipped to in May.
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=tp7opq9...a101/606fa13f-3264-496d-ac4c-f4ea5e4befd7.pdf
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=tp7opq9...a101/606fa13f-3264-496d-ac4c-f4ea5e4befd7.pdf
I'm not on any moral high horse myself. I planted two chestnuts and a deer magnet persimmon from Walmart this spring.
Loganville Walmart had 50+ of the chestnut trees and several persimmon. I bought and planted 10 chestnuts and 4 persimmon. Went back a couple of weeks later and they had chestnuts 50% off so I bought 10 more.
Persimmons are doing very good...even producing very large fruit. Chestnut trees were doing good until the deer found them. They ate most of the leaves and even broke branches...any new growth that appears the deer are on it! I plan to protect them with cages of some sort.
Persimmons are doing very good...even producing very large fruit. Chestnut trees were doing good until the deer found them. They ate most of the leaves and even broke branches...any new growth that appears the deer are on it! I plan to protect them with cages of some sort.
I was there Sunday and there weren't any left, that I saw. This is where I bought mine last year.
