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Watering during dry spells Walt demonstrates to scouts Seedlings ready to transplant Wire cage protection
Phase Two them. The gardeners met with Troop #60387, led by Lisa
Starting Second-Generation Trees: The experimental trees McCann, and Troop #60421, led by Jennifer Morgan, to
are growing at Peter’s Rock Park and this past fall Walt col- share details with the scouts about the history of these tress
lected the first nuts from the largest hybrid tree. The nuts and to teach them how to start the nuts in soil so they would
were refrigerated through the winter and this spring the sprout and grow into seedlings. The scouts will plant these
Girl Scouts started working with the Daytime Gardeners to second-generation seedlings in Peter’s Rock Park later this
sprout and then plant seedling hybrids. If successful, these year. Activities such as this help the scouts learn about na-
trees will be the second generation of trees from the nuts ture and conservation, and they earn credits towards their
Walt received seven years ago. badges. Although the germination of the second-generation
nuts was poor, the Girl Scouts will plant the seedlings this
The garden club members prepared information about the fall at Peter’s Rock Park.
history of the chestnut trees and how the blight destroyed
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