Yes, it was easy. I only bought 2 or 3 corms from the market, planted them in a pot and put it inside my fish pond. No need to water nor fertilize. The harvest was disappointing. I got about 8 to 10 corme. But, they're small - about 1/4 of the size of the original corms. Could be because they were in a small pot. It was a fun experiment. One study used sand instead of soil and got good results. If you grow them in a fish pond, there is no need to fertilizer. Be sure to give them space to grow if you want to have good harvest.

gents, my email from wes at nnga gave me some very good advice. he suggested ultra northern pecans such as : mullahy,warren 346,dumbell lake and shepard. osage and pawnee are possibilities also. hickory nuts should do just fine for me also. chestnuts seem to be worth a try also. can't find any info regarding a chestnut worm problem here. i don't know if they are strictly endemic to chestnuts only ,but i doubt if there are a handful of chestnuts in the entire county. i imagine the fact that i get loads of perfect walnuts everyyear is the fact that my trees are probably many miles from the next one ( would love to know the radius on that 1). don't have to worry about squirrels here. i only have little guys about half the size of a gray or a third the size of a fox squirrel. they do like to swipe my crab and smaller apples and make pretty little vase shapes in the crotch of the trees storing them for winter. i'm truly amazed how they place the apples-just so- they don't fall and stay in place. still don't know my last and 1st freeze dates. when i stopped at the ag. office they were talking about taking a master gardeners course. although i just earned my wings regarding which end of the tree goes in the ground, i already feel like a local master gardener. must press on to find that local expert. as always thanks guys ! wildlifeman

scot, We your chinkapin's the Ozark Chinkapin? If so you can blame Chestnut Blight. The Allegany Chinkapin (probable what esh has) is much more resistant to Chestnut Blight. There is a informal group trying to bring together cuttings from the few resistant trees of the Ozark Chinkapin for cross pollination, in hopes of developing more resistant trees. Will be a slow process without formal and financial support. But really it's about the only hope of saving the Ozark Chinkapin. BTW, I have one second year seedling, from seed I collected from a very mature isolated tree that would appear to be resistant. Arktrees

hi, yes, I still have them, they are yours if you want them. Maybe this weekend? My email address is on my page, but I don't see yours. Feel free to email me there or call me at 360-897-9533. p.s. what else might you want? I have a bunch of small trees and other plants that I would be happy to give away, including various types of maples, hornbeams, pines, other evergreens, and recent cuttings of wisteria and jasmine. And more, like I say, bring a truck!