The rebirth of the American chestnut 

This is awesome! American Chestnuts were a very important tree for our forefathers. Not only did a mature tree provide an incredible amount of excellent wood but they made so many chestnuts that entire communities used them as the basis of their flour.

Sadly, D58 failed. It turned out that they accidentally placed the wheat gene into the wrong chromosome of the American Chestnut. The trees were terribly deformed and not viable. Back to the drawing board. Let's hope that we figure out how to get this right. These mighty trees and others in our forests depend on it.

We had chestnuts on the California coast on my grandfather’s property. They weren’t huge, but bore spiky covered seeds. They all died within 5 years. It would be great to bring them back.

This is awesome!! I applaud your efforts. It would be wonderful to see Appalachia covered in American chestnuts again.

Mr. Hoops may be an American Chestnut expert, but doesn't realize sugar maples aren't tapped in the fall, but very late winter into early spring.

I needed this type of hope tonight.

Just an fyi; chestnut trees produce a somewhat steady nut once established, a food source wildlife such as deer & turkeys can thrive on. Unlike oaks which also produce acorns but have tannin and the mast can vary from year to year. A chestnut tree blossom is typically later then oaks thus less susceptible to frost damage.

I had about 12 mature citrus trees on my lot in Central Florida . Greening killed them all. Broke my heart. I had grown those trees for almost two decades. I hope the resistant trees are release to the public soon.

Roasted chestnuts are among the most delicious foods you'll ever eat! I'm often stunned when people tell me they've never tried it.

That would be awesome I remember a hugh chestnut tree at my grandfather's in the early 50's it was beautiful we definitely need more native trees in America

Chinquapin, the chestnut's little cousin, can still be found in eastern forests.

This method will be the future.

This makes me happy. Very happy.

Im an arborist that specializes in removal and clearing as well as PHC..I do anything from planting to keeping healthy down to removal and manage several properties that have young chestnuts growing on the property completely healthy..Last year while doing a week long clearing job I came across several chestnut trees..I immediately marked them and noted to the customer that I will not remove them personally, I would trim but I will not remove them as they are considered a extinct species and most that are growing eventually die..where I live tree species dominance varies by area, some woods might be all cherry and maple and 5 miles away you got oak hickory with a bit of maple its not like your walking in the woods and finding every species, the customers I have with chestnuts live right next door and share the same massive stretch of woods that is heavily cottonwood and im talking huge cottonwoods so its kinda unique to find a chestnut hidden in the mix and these trees are growing fine yet nowhere else in my work area have I ever seen one...on a side note i like how he compares to maples dying out...open your eyes them maples are usually the most rotted tree and most maple removals i have done was a hollow rotted out shell..same thing with woods full of cherry dying out..leave nature alone and let it do its thing..

I’m from Syracuse so proud of our ESF!

Glad we can use science to bring back such an amazing tree!

Now we're losing the ash trees and there is no saving them.

Our forest have been devastated. The chestnuts are gone, and so are the elm and the ash. Even the mighty and majestic California redwoods are endangered and in decline. While I'd prefer non-GMO chestnuts, I suppose I'm glad that a variety of techniques are being tried to save these native species from invasive diseases. Selective breeding programs are also being run to breed hardier American chestnuts that can survive the blight. But GMO chestnuts are better than no chestnuts. Where chestnuts thrive, they provide a lot of food for native wildlife, livestock, and people.

Next we need to bring back the American elm.

wow that's amazing

This is awesome..I’m ready to replant them on my property!!

This is incredible

We can't let any of our trees species go away. They are all too important to let disappear. We need all of them.

I don’t know how you expect us to take this piece seriously when one of your "experts" talks about tapping maple trees in the Fall. The sap is collected in the Spring!

Finally, some real news from the Legacy Networks. Thank you.

There are some large chestnut trees growing in the Yakima valley of Washington. They seem healthy enough.

Looking forward to eating roasted American chestnuts one day. Used to eat them whenever I could when I lived in the UK. They're fun to play conkers with too.

Those roasted chestnuts look so good woof

Definitely smooth song to go along with a tree.

I remember hearing stories of the old chestnuts ....that's a chestnut

Most of the beautiful trim in the old Victorian homes were made of chestnut wood. It is truly a shame how developers have torn them down without considering all that went into building them. Having the chestnut trees back will do good on a lot of levels, historical restoration to be one of them!

Thank god...

Rebirth of the American Chestnut is my favorite BYRDS album!

We so badly need these to come back. I live in canada in-between london and windsor. There are a few here. The only one ive seen is at a nudist camp i was doing tree work at.

Hoooray US Chestnuts !!!

FYI it wasn't just the blight that took out the chestnuts. When the blight was noticed authorization was given to loggers to take down as much of the chestnuts as they wanted since they presumed they were gonna die anyway. So humans went after the chestnut tress as the blight attacked them too. Any blight resistant chestnut trees were chopped down by humans so they never were able to naturally evolve resistance....

Maple syrup production is done in the spring

I've been waiting for this .we bake them for a snack in winter.

I remember the chestnut 🌰 down in Alabama in the early 1950s, that disease came through and wiped them out... 😢

He’s very optimistic that 18 year olds in the future will play outside

I always thought they grew slow!

Should have mentioned the two breeds of Banana trees we have for eating. One went extinct, the other is going extinct.

Amen ❤❤❤

Tree based food is the best for health, health of the nature!!!

MY DARLING

The scientists are pollinating wild chestnut trees with Darling58. How could that wild ones have grown to maturity? Were they lucky to grow just old enough to produce offspring before they themselves succumb to fungus? Because I see in this news that to this day, young chestnuts can be found here and there, meaning they had mature parents.

Should increase growth rate genetics too & implant beneficial fungi/bacteria/phages/microbiome in the dirt its planted in.

Don't blame westerners, it was one man that imported the blight.

I'm reading the "Foundation" series by Isaac Asimov. The Galactic Empire is falling apart and the hero Hari Seldon, is trying to work out mathematics to find ways to save it. What would be the best decisions? As sometimes happens the best sci fi predicts our own future. We need to be making the best decisions now to save our planet.

Maple trees are tapped in the SPRING

My Chestnut just broke and crashed in my yard Sat July 31 and I have tons of baby sprouts!!! Come and take what you want!! It was very tall and very old!!

A scientist can observe that one is dead but has no idea when one will die .

What stocks are tied to this development?

If there is a time machine, we need to stop the Chinese chestnut tree from being brought here, as well as Covid.

Tapping maples in fall?

👍👍👍

I guess the keyword is no longer *'ONCE'*

How do I get one of these seeds??

American Chestnut Foundation dropping Darling 58 support

We Need Protect Habitat Law

PPPLLEEEAAASSEEEEEE 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Praise God! Thanks for sharing this

Renaissance of Deez Nuts

We Need Protect Habitat Law👍

My beef is that if you have to modify a chestnut 🌰 in order to get a chestnut tree makes me feel it won’t be a true chestnut. I have a true American chestnut tree not one but 3 and I will say it something you don’t forget the taste of it’s amazing they are small but worth fighting over. They are resilient trees and feel they can make a comeback if planted right and treated in a well sterile environment with right soil and temp. But hey you do you I will treasure my food even more.

As long as Geoengineering continues this tree will not survive nor will any other tree. They are all dying

...and what hand does monsanto play in this type of research? because you can certainly bet they'll have a hand in reaping the benefits

Really not a fan of artificially created trees. Years of selective breeding with strong and resistant individuals is great but once it gets to lab suits,chemicals and needles its pretty much an artificial organism at this point

FUND THIS NOT WAR

No Chocolate?

hehehe they said nut

VRIL ALERT ‼️

What has Billy Gates been up to?

Bangladesh news

makes NO sense to me - thousands of American chestnut exist yet they cannot propagate them ?

The American chestnut is being reborn….as a citrus?

Wow, how does she get away with theft? Why would anyone allow her in their home?

When you genetically modify the American chestnut tree it's no longer an American chestnut tree. It's a weird man-made mutant tree 🤯

GMO engineered chestnuts are just another tech solution that will bring new problems for Chestnut trees. This is a propaganda piece in my opinion.

Why do GMO trees? Didn’t I JUST see that someone found in a forest an American chestnut tree growing without any sign of blight, naturally resistant?? Stop the danger-sci!

You just had to bring climate change doom and gloom into this otherwise happy story didn't you? Gotta keep people scared, can't have anyone feel hope.

vote democrat if you want more encampments in your neighborhood.

Deodorant cost 8 bucks , F the chestnuts.

They shouldn't be putting genetically modified trees into the woods.

is that why its so slow? they are women scientists?

Stopped watching at the mention of the climate change hoax…