Here's the original thread, nutsaboutnuts: http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/explant/msg0509300021453.html said she would be sending you the seedlings. Here is a link that might be useful: Djune's Chestnut tree offer

They should....depending on how badly they were damaged they might even try sending up new stems. If this happens you can choose to keep the new stems or just one. Snip off all but the largest stem if you want to keep it as a single stemmed tree.

Nice seedlings. Hybrid chestnut - cross between American and Chinese by chance? Wonder how the nuts taste. I heard they do not taste that great, but I would still like to try them. I have had fun starting trees from seeds as well. I have one catalpa from seed that is now around fifty feet high. I have several horse chestnuts/buckeyes (very easy to start) that I started from seeds, the best one is now around twenty feet tall. Decent fall color. Only wish the nuts were edible. I have several eastern white cedars that I started from seed that are now around fifteen feet tall (easy to start). I also have a few black hills spruce, black walnut, white pine, juniper, silver maple, red oak, white oak, green ash, black locust, European and American mountain ash, flowering crab, and Manchurian apricot that I started from seed as well. It was a fun hobby but I have not started any trees from seed in quite a few years because I figured I am now too old to ever see them get big. I would love a hybrid chestnut someday, they have always been on my wish list. Let me know some time if you get a sales scheme figured out. BTW as you stated in your other thread do consider selling at farmers markets, and think about some kind of tie-in to Arbor Day and Earth Day, possible sales to 4H and Scouts for their kids' planting programs, sales at county fairs (out here sales booths are free or inexpensive because it is hard for the small fairs to fill their expo buildings), selling at city-wide garage sales (in towns around here people often divide and sell some nice perennials along with their household crap), and small town business expos. And get some kind of cheap (but professional looking) web site up, if nothing else to be used as a promotional tool and product list that people can reference. Also consider packages such as 5 different evergreens, 5 different hardwoods, 5 different edible nuts, 5 different food for wildlife, 5 different fall colors, 5 different fast growing, five different edible fruit, etc. Give 'em a deal - buy 5 trees get one free or whatever. No matter what, the stock you are selling should always be in good health and be nice quality (it is all about presentation - I for one never buy sickly looking plants), or you will not have a chance against the local established nurseries and cheap mail order products (crappy quality but people get suckered in by cheap prices and a pretty picture). I know the thought sucks but at least consider some kind of product warranty - it would probably help sales by increasing customer comfort level. Find a fair price but do not low ball - if you have good stock then you deserve a fair price. Price too low implies poor quality or some kind of fly-by-night operation. Good luck, and have fun, -Tom

I figured near complete lack of chlorophyll would prove fatal. I can only hope they fade to green. Is pure genetics the consensus for the cause? If so, I thought having so many mutants in such a small seed batch unusual. Ken - that is 6 month osmocote applied as per label directions. The pots are larger than they look, 9x3x3. I've had good results starting my seedlings with the osmocote top dressing for a couple years now.