Thursday, November 12, 2009

When do horse chestnut trees get conkers?

When I was little I planted a conker in my garden - now we have a lovely horse chestnut tree. The tree must be about 10 years old by now - when can we expect conkers? The tree hasn't had any flowers this year or any year so far...

When do horse chestnut trees get conkers?
Because the "conkers" are the seeds, and seeds are produced in fruits and the fruits develop from flowers -- well, the answer is that you need to have flowers first.





Blooming age for trees can vary quite a bit with environmental factors like soil nutrient ratios and amount of sunlight. -- so there's really no good way to guess for a particular tree. I'd expect within 15 years or so for most species of horse chestnut.
Reply:Wow! i never thought about planting one of those conkers. They have some of those trees growing around the school. Im going to plant one too. Unfortunately I dont know how long it takes before they start making the conkers.
Reply:it happen's late summer around Late july and beginning sept.


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