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Chilghoza Pine, Chilgoza Nut Pine, Geralds's Nut Pine, Nepal Nut Pine Pinus gerardiana
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Detailed Listing For
Botanical Name:
Pinus gerardiana
Common Name:
Chilghoza Pine, Chilgoza Nut Pine, Geralds's Nut Pine, Nepal Nut Pine
Germination Test Type:
cut
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
7
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In Stock: 1.64 lb
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More Details Information
Characteristics
Evergreen
Specimen Tree
Drought Tolerant
Edible Fruit/Nuts
Exfoliating Bark
Crop Plant
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Growing Info:
Scarification:
Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours
Stratification:
cold stratify for 30 days
Germination:
sow seed 3/8" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed
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Comments:
Flaky bark, 4" blue-green needles, 9" cones; edible seed; native to Himalayas.
The Pine nuts are reported to be an aphrodisiac.
Physical Characteristics
: An evergreen Tree growing to 25 m (82ft 0in) at a slow rate. It is hardy to zone 7. It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen in October. The flowers are monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant) and are pollinated by Wind.The plant is not self-fertile. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, requires well-drained soil and can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soils.The plant prefers acid and neutral soils..It cannot grow in the shade.It requires dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.
Pinus gerardiana , known as the Chilgoza Pine (Urdu: چلغوزا پائن in Persian it means 40 nuts in one cone:چهل و غوزه), 'noosa', or 'neoza', is a pine native to the northwestern Himalaya in eastern Afghanistan , Pakistan , and northwest India , growing at elevations between 1800–3350 m. It often occurs in association with Blue Pine ( Pinus wallichiana ) and Deodar Cedar ( Cedrus deodara ).
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