Hi
I own the chestnut farm opposite the Buffalo River CFA shed on the way to Lake Buffalo. We are very fortunate that the farm faces Mt Buffalo so we have some of the best views in the NE.
I bought the far from my sister, Kay & Daryl Pearce, in 2000 and have been top-working the trees ever since. I am told the trees on my property are about 45 years old. They are very large..more like an elm tree. But unfortunately they produced almost nothing when I took over. So, for the last 8 years and with some help from local experts, I have been regrafting these massive trees into production. I hope to have my first real crop this season and its looking good.
I am interested in finding out more about the local history (I was told my farm was the first tobacco farm in the valley and that there was a big game of poker in the shed not so many years ago!?! something to do with the footy club I think) so if you know something or someone going back 50 years or more then please drop me a line....
It is late for us in Tassie. Last year was early. April Gold just starting up and Flemings Prolific just finishing [this is a marone style nut similar to De Coppi.] The Prolific are splitting as we didn't have any rain to speak of in Jan/Feb and in late March had a lovely drop which is good for the April Gold but....We also did a huge prune last winter cutting out the lower branches on all trees to allow for machinery and humans under....hence harvest looks like a small increase on last year but nuts are bigger overall.
Hi,
I have a few hundred trees at Bungendore near Canberra. We had a very dry year up to November, recording under 400 mm. Then in November we recorded over 100 mm and have had rather mild cloudy weather since.
The trees are looking very bright with the early varieties flowering over the last week or so.
We had a reasonable crop last season but perhaps too much fruit on many trees (mainly Purtons) so too small.
I hope the pruning this year will help reduce the numbers.
