How Do You Plant Horse Chestnut Trees From Seed?
If you are looking for a large flowering tree (up to 80 feet in height) for the home landscape, consider the horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum). A deciduous tree, the horse chestnut grows white blooms in the spring and produces seedpods toward late summer and into fall. When ripe, the seed pods or conkers as they are called, containing one or two seeds, will open and fall from the tree making it convenient for you to collect the seeds. You need to plant horse chestnut seeds immediately after collecting. Fill the planting pot with equal parts of moist potting soil and moist sphagnum peat moss. Use your finger to make a planting hole for the seed, 2 inches in depth. Lay the seed into the hole with the scar (tan-colored spot on one side of the seed) pointing down, and cover it with soil. Place the pot in a plastic bag and then into the refrigerator for three months. Remove the potted horse chestnut seed from the refrigerator and place in an area that remains 70 degrees F and rec
