GArockcrawler t1_j2762ki wrote
the only thing that worries me about this article is that I am not likely to live long enough to see any of these new trees grow to match the beautiful specimens pictured in the article.
Curi0usClown t1_j27qui8 wrote
Society would be better if old men planted trees for which they will never see the shade. - some quote somewhere I read.
dynamitemoney t1_j27styd wrote
I feel your pain! It would be so amazing to get to see them grown. But on the other hand to quote an old proverb “Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
PoorFraxinus t1_j29ynf9 wrote
American chestnuts are pretty quick growing trees. A fellow tree nerd has been growing them in Indiana and Michigan, where blight isn't as prevalent. He planted his first trees about 20 years ago and they're already 60ft tall and a foot in diameter.
GArockcrawler t1_j29z58e wrote
This is great news! They sound like poplars, then. I live in the north Georgia mountains on 15 acres, 13 of them heavily wooded. This is likely my forever home. I'd love to add some to the forest here. It would be exciting to see them grow!
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