Q&A – My chestnuts are wilting and turning yellow. What is going on?

Question:
My chestnuts are wilting and turning yellow. What is going on?
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Answer:
This is probably the result of chestnut blight. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond says chestnut blight is an ongoing problem and most American chestnut trees succumb to it. She says new cultivars are being developed that are more resistant to the blight.
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