Which trees do conkers grow on

Obviously giving them bigger pots has helped them grow substantially, I wonder how much longer they will last as patio plants! Dear Julia It sounds like you are looking after them well, they do have lovely leaves and make a nice feature on the patio you can keep re-potting them, although when the pots become too big it might be time to plant them into the ground somewhere suitable.

Hi Mia Horse Chestnut trees can be susceptible to fungal diseases and pests such as the horse chestnut leaf miner and chestnut scale insect, if the leaves start to look unhealthy there are are pictures and information on the internet should help you Gill. I have 3 confer trees in pots in my garden from 1 foot high to 3 foot high what is the best time of the year to put them in the ground thank you. Ideally the best time to plant trees October-April when the ground is not frozen or waterlogged, if they are in pots they can be planted any time of the year they will need regulary watering especially if planted when the weather is warm and dry.

Thank you so much for your help l am going to plant them with my mam and my nephew her grandson once again thank you. Comments RSS. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account.

Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Create a free website or blog at WordPress. Home About Us. Gardening with Children The www. An excessive quantity of certain minerals can be harmful. Answer: Yes, they are. Dogs shouldn't be allowed to eat horse chestnuts. That sounds interesting. I've heard about other people who use conkers to make laundry detergent. I think it's important to keep the conkers and the detergent out of the way of children and pets and to rinse the washed items thoroughly.

The nuts contain saponins and if ground or chopped and soaked in water make a great laundry detergent. I have been using them all year and think they do just as good a job as purchased laundry detergents. I don't know the answer with respect to your conkers, but I have noticed in my area that some fruits are ripening much earlier than they used to.

This may be because summers are becoming warmer in some parts of the world. Why are the conkers shells on my tree turning brown in August? Tree has already dropped a lot of conkers. Some plants have roots, leaves, or cells that prevent the entry of salt.

Some absorb the salt but have mechanisms that prevent it from damaging the plant. I love the flowers, too, Peg. You're right about the fruits. I've experienced some painful experiences just trying to pick them up! The flowers on this tree are incredibly beautiful. Those green horse chestnut fruits look like they could be painful if you got hit with them. I love the looks of this majestic tree. Thank you very much for the comment and the vote, Alun.

I think the horse chestnut is a lovely tree. It's fun to observe it and to write about it! Lovely feature about all aspects of the life of horse chestnuts.

The photos are all good and helpful I never knew that in close up the horse chestnut flowers could be so attractive including your own, opening picture. The videos all also contribute something different. The time lapse transformation is particularly attractive, and I love the comical conker playing video! Personally I never liked conkers - too much risk of an errant, ill-directed conker causing a painful blow on the hand!

Thanks, ologsinquito. I think that Hildegard of Bingen was a very interesting woman. I enjoy learning about her. Great article.

One of my favorite herbalists, Hildegard of Bingen, believed chestnuts could cure just about anything. Thanks for the interesting comment, LastRoseofSummer2. I hadn't thought about how often conkers were mentioned in period dramas until now! Thank you! I hear a lot about conkers because of all the period dramas I watch.

Glad to know some more info on it all. Thanks for the visit and the vote, moonlake. It's always sad when a tree is cut down. I can understand that it may need to be done when the tree is diseased or is weak and a danger to the public, but otherwise it seems like such a shame. I love this tree but I think the only one we had in our town has been cut down.

The city can be blamed for that they love cutting trees down. Voted up. Thanks for commenting and for sharing your story, Deb. It's sad when a favorite tree has to be cut down.

When I was growing up, we had a horse chestnut in the yard, and I regularly played with the conkers, but I didn't know about the game that you played. Mostly I threw them to home in on my aim. The tree had bleeding canker, and my father eventually cut it down. Thoughts of it held many happy memories, as it was a fabulous shade tree. We had these tress in Indiana and I failed to realize this game of conkers existed..

Thanks for the education! Hi, Nell. Thanks for the comment. I've heard about the idea that conkers repel spiders, but I haven't seen any proof one way or the other. It would be very interesting - and useful - if conkers contained a chemical that kept spiders away from an area! Hi Alicia, I used to love playing conkers! I know there is a new theory that if you place conkers around your house then it keeps spiders away, so maybe its that chemical that does it!

I read that they have made a spray for spiders from it, great read! Who knew about the horse chestnut tree and conkers and the conkers game, Alicia? Not me. So it was extremely educational and entertaining to read your fascinating treatise on same. Conkers contain a poisonous chemical called aesculin. Eating a conker is unlikely to be fatal, but it may make you ill. They are poisonous to most animals too, including dogs, but some species such as deer and wild boar can eat them.

Curiously, conkers are also poisonous to horses despite the tree being named after them. Conkers aren't much use for eating, but they're still one of the best parts of autumn! Sweet chestnut and horse chestnut trees are not actually related, but their seeds are similar. Both come in green shells, but horse chestnut cases have short, stumpy spikes all over.

Inside, the conkers are round and glossy. Sweet chestnut cases have lots of fine spikes, giving them the appearance of small green hedgehogs.

Each case contains two or three nuts and, unlike conkers, sweet chestnuts are edible. The Victorians wrote recipes for making conker flour. The seeds were shelled, ground and then leached to remove bitter flavours. Do conkers keep spiders away? Do they deter moths? Can you eat conkers? Check out our top six facts and debunked myths. Horse chestnut has been found to be susceptible to fungal diseases. Trees can also be affected by bleeding canker , which can lead to their death.

The horse chestnut leaf miner can occur on trees in huge numbers, causing the foliage to turn brown and fall early. There is no evidence to suggest that this harms the tree, as most of the damage occurs late in the season, but it does affect its appearance.

Horse chestnuts may also suffer from a horse chestnut scale insect and Guignardia, which is a genus of fungi that causes leaf blotch. Tell us what's happening to the trees around you and help scientists track the effects of climate change on wildlife. We have single trees and tree packs to meet your needs, from wildlife to woodfuel.

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