Problems with a Horse Chestnut

Chestnuts are natives of cooler, temperate regions, like the Himalayas, North America and south east Europe - not sure that the med counts as south east europe, so I'd guess its the heat they don't like. Have you ever seen any horse chestnuts growing over there?

Hi. No, I haven't seen any over here at all. I thought they came from Eurasia too? That's what made me think I could grow one here in this heat. My oak tree is going crazy!

East Asia, yes. Don't forget, we're all having a problem here with horse chestnuts , 3 different things attacking them, one is a canker that kills, so most of ours here look not unlike yours in the pot, brown and crispy. I doubt you will ever get the common horse chestnut (as you seem to have there) to grow in a pot, anyway, might be worth trying it in the garden or straight in the soil, but of course they get absolutely huge.

Thanks for your help - I will put one in the soil in the garden rather than in a pot - luckily we have a large garden - and see how it goes!

Have to say I would be very surprised if you could get it to grow successfully in the med. area - far too hot and dry in sumer for it and you would need to work a lot of humus into the soil. As Bamboo states this is a plant of temperate areas, if it grows in the himalayas it wont like the heat.

I used to live in a town in the centre of Spain. There were 100s of these trees there, some were very old as well. mind you the town is 1,000 metres (3,000+ feet) above sea level and only very hot for two months in summer.

The brown leaves look the same as all the trees here in the UK where I live.

There you go Balcony NOT down on the Med coast! You were living in a totally different climate. Like comparing where we live on the Moray Coast with the Cairngorm Plateaux.

Thanks for all your comments - as you say moongrower, I think this will be a losing battle! Shame, as my original 4 foot tree was a commemorative tree for my father, and the smaller trees were to try and replace that! I will still plant one out in the garden, and IF it surprises us all, I will let you know, but I doubt it now. I think I will have to consider another tree. Thank you everyone for all your comments! NinaP

Sorry for "misplacing" you, Moongrower!

I wasn't aware that you had Balcony

NOW you've got me all confused!!! You speak of Med climate & then you talk about where you are at Moray - just WHERE are you or where is your garden with the trees???

Moray as it says in my profile

Thanks for clearing up the confusion.