Sweet chestnut identification

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  • Опубліковано 23 сер 2024

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  • @UKWILDCRAFTS
    @UKWILDCRAFTS  4 роки тому +2

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  • @CH-vb5kr
    @CH-vb5kr 9 місяців тому +1

    Crushed/broken/torn leaves of the sweet chestnut smell gorgeous.
    I planted a grown from sweet chestnut, tree in my garden about 2 decades ago, and it still has to produce any real fruit.
    (My neighbours thought they were helping me out by trying to cut it down when it was just a few years old, but they ended up just coppicing it. It does fruit - but the fruit are smaller than grapes, AND they don't grow a spiky outer sheaf. The tiny fruit do vanish as I think the local squirrels have a taste for them.)

  • @neil1261
    @neil1261 4 роки тому +7

    They’re great eaten raw if you can be arsed peeling the bitter skin off. They have a great crunch, I sound like a horse eating them raw but it’s worth it. I think cooking them ruins their taste but they’re good in stir fry too!

  • @deanneharrall1241
    @deanneharrall1241 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so much for making it clear the difference between sweet chestnut and horse chestnuts, I’ve a lot of sweet chestnuts now I can identify them where I live, it’s been a good year for them, I haven’t seen them in the shops for some time. I glass of mulled wine and sweet chestnut roasted of course wonderful 😂

    • @UKWILDCRAFTS
      @UKWILDCRAFTS  10 місяців тому

      You’re welcome 😁. Yeah can’t get more festive then roasted chestnuts and mulled wine 🍷

  • @mirian593
    @mirian593 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for sharing this ❤

  • @gimenazermeno5712
    @gimenazermeno5712 2 роки тому +1

    Great video! I finally understand the difference. Thanks!!

  • @raneylee
    @raneylee 3 місяці тому

    I absolutely love chestnuts but i never tried eating them raw off the tree. I used to pick them up after they've fallen to the ground. Just had to beat the deer to them. 😅
    Drought killed our four chestnuts in the front yard last year. 😭 I found some sprouts in the fence row, though! So hopefully we can get a couple more growing.

  • @pinkpoodlepaloma
    @pinkpoodlepaloma 4 роки тому +4

    Hey thanks for that. Can you believe someone gave you a thumbs down. What could be the matter with them. Got out of their bed wrong side 😘

    • @UKWILDCRAFTS
      @UKWILDCRAFTS  4 роки тому +1

      Hah you can't please everyone 😆

    • @danyoutube7491
      @danyoutube7491 2 роки тому

      @@UKWILDCRAFTS It might have been a squirrel who doesn't want to share 'his' food with humans!

  • @mohamedabdellatif80
    @mohamedabdellatif80 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks alot for this great video ❤❤ keep going 😍

  • @Rameman33
    @Rameman33 4 роки тому +1

    Remember my grandmother collecting them to roast and to use in stuffing for a chicken roast dinner too.Must get out and get some this weekend.

    • @UKWILDCRAFTS
      @UKWILDCRAFTS  4 роки тому +1

      Hmm yeah good idea I haven't used them in stuffing before!

    • @dblood8529
      @dblood8529 2 роки тому +1

      I know I’m two years late, but if you ever find the recipe, please share!

    • @ianbrowne9217
      @ianbrowne9217 2 роки тому

      @@dblood8529 the pandemic helped him to become a multi millionaire with his mouth watering stuffing recipies, he's no time for the likes of us commoners.

  • @mrmadness2699
    @mrmadness2699 3 роки тому +2

    How common is Sweet Chestnut in British forests? Does it reproduce from seed in ancient woodlands or is it a tree that is mostly planted? How well does it compete with oak? I’m an American who volunteers with the American Chestnut Foundation. All the information from the pre-blight era says that it was a ferocious competitor.

    • @ericwanderweg8525
      @ericwanderweg8525 Рік тому

      I was wondering the same myself. I’m involved with the Connecticut chapter of TACF and have a knack for finding surviving American trees, many producing burs. It’s my understanding that the sweet chestnuts in the UK are mostly planted, as the original range of them was in Southern Europe but they’ve been widely planted.

    • @ophrynion
      @ophrynion 4 місяці тому +1

      @@ericwanderweg8525 Their origin is Anatolia. A Roman commander who liked them a lot took them to Britain.

  • @DANDIIDAY1111
    @DANDIIDAY1111 10 місяців тому +1

    Just collected loads of these 👌

  • @Emrys91
    @Emrys91 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks dude really helpfull video 😀

  • @antonioleeiii2570
    @antonioleeiii2570 Рік тому

    Do you need 2 sweet chestnut tree to produce fruit? Or 1 is enough as they are self pollinating

  • @innocentvoice4582
    @innocentvoice4582 3 роки тому

    Oh my dad brought from market today. Was wondering it's edible or not. Thanks .

  • @Tsamados
    @Tsamados 4 роки тому +1

    I went to pick some at the weekend in my area (Enfield) but they were still white and tiny inside their pods.

    • @UKWILDCRAFTS
      @UKWILDCRAFTS  4 роки тому

      Ah right unusual this time of year. Further up north can be a little later though. Hopefully by November

    • @diggerjim6977
      @diggerjim6977 3 роки тому +1

      Same in ireland there is a tiny caterpillar in leaf in the middle layer visible with a torch at night time this insect makes the tree stressed then the sweet chestnuts don't develop to full size ,last year was good but this year they are very under sized

  • @rinnin
    @rinnin 2 роки тому +1

    Tried collecting some from the plenty in the park here but they’re all shrivelled up like prunes inside. Just a bad crop this year, unripe or should you pick them off the tree instead of off the ground for best results? 🤔

    • @UKWILDCRAFTS
      @UKWILDCRAFTS  2 роки тому +1

      Usually off the tree is better. I find the ones on the ground are often not so good. Once the husk is starting to split on the ones still on the tree you can collect 👍

    • @mrmadness2699
      @mrmadness2699 Рік тому

      That sounds like the chestnuts were not fertilized. If there is only one tree they make “empty” nuts.

  • @michaelsrowland
    @michaelsrowland 2 роки тому

    What about the flowers. Horse chestnut are white or pink

  • @mustafao3772
    @mustafao3772 Рік тому

    Where can i go to get some chestnut? I am in London

  • @Lorant1984
    @Lorant1984 7 місяців тому

    Another difference: Chestnuts are starchy (and edible). Horse chestnuts taste horribly bitter.

  • @diggerjim6977
    @diggerjim6977 3 роки тому +1

    The vikings used the leaves like soap because it's antibacterial boil the leaves then bath

    • @mrmadness2699
      @mrmadness2699 Рік тому

      There are no chestnut trees in Scandinavia.

  • @antonioleeiii2570
    @antonioleeiii2570 Рік тому

    Do you need 2 sweet chestnut tree to produce fruit?

    • @ophrynion
      @ophrynion 4 місяці тому

      I am told that it is much better this way.

  • @salmanuman5860
    @salmanuman5860 4 роки тому +1

    👍

  • @samuelmartinezblasco6635
    @samuelmartinezblasco6635 3 роки тому

    Does anyone know where can we find a nice area to collect in the South East of England? Any in the Sussex area?

    • @exup1k
      @exup1k 3 роки тому

      They are everywhere in the SE, google woodland areas near your postcode and hav a forage.

    • @samuelmartinezblasco6635
      @samuelmartinezblasco6635 3 роки тому

      @@exup1k hey thanks. I found some at Bucham Country Park in Crawley

  • @anonymous-or3uk
    @anonymous-or3uk 4 роки тому

    Did not know about these

  • @ronmacdougall9612
    @ronmacdougall9612 3 роки тому

    Can I get you to send a couple seed,I will pay shipping.

  • @davidfrancis949
    @davidfrancis949 3 роки тому +1

    ARE THEM THE ONES THAT ARE TASTY THE FLOWERS LOOK LOVELY AN SMELL NICE GOOD INDICATION AH MUST BE LOVELY WITH HONEY AN BUTTER AN GARLIC CONTEMPLATING FOR A WHILE BIT STORIES OLD WIVES TAILS OOOH DONT EAT THEM THE HORSIES DO AN LOOK AT THEM URRRRRRRRHHHH

  • @user-xb6vi6tl3o
    @user-xb6vi6tl3o 9 місяців тому

    I love this Nut..my favorite 🌰 😋 Thank you for showing how different between the nut… now I can go nut hunting with no worries… 🙋🏼‍♀️