Growing chestnuts on your whenua

Chestnuts are a relatively low-cost tree crop. They need deep, well-drained soil on gentle slopes, plenty of rain and hot summers to ripen, and they start producing after a few years.

This factsheet covers planting and managing the trees, harvest and pest control, then running costs and returns using a Waikato orchard as the example. Food safety, export and freshwater requirements are included.