This time-lapse shows the cold-stratified process and how a chestnut tree growing from a seed to a young plant. We started with a chestnut encased inside a small ziplock filled with moist peat-moss.

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm explain how to grow chestnut trees from start to finish.

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