Sunlight only a few hours a day is necessary for chestnut. At strong wind the thin trunk of dwarfish chestnut can break therefore it should be tied up to avoid damages. Even at young age the plant is not afraid of low temperatures therefore it is possible to grow up chestnut and in the open ground. The chestnut prefers sandy and sand-loamy soils with rn 5.5 — 6.5. The dry soil - ideal conditions for its growth. The saturated with moisture, clay and alkaline soils are not acceptable for chestnut.
Before landing of plant it is necessary to pave the way in the fall, having removed all long-term weeds. For fertilizer it is possible to use the rotted-through manure or compost in proportion: on 1 sq.m 10 liters. It is necessary to place annual or two-year sapling of chestnut in the dug-out big hole. For garter it is better to use stake which needs to be hammered into the earth that its part over the soil made 2 meters. It is necessary to plant tree on the same glubinno on which the chestnut grew in nursery. Before landing it is desirable to straighten its roots. Then the tree needs to be humidified carefully.
It is necessary to introduce fertilizers each 3-4 years, during the spring period or at the end of winter. As fertilizer it is possible to take organic compost in which to contain all necessary nutrients for chestnut capable also to improve structure of the soil.
As a rule, water only room chestnuts, trees growing in the open ground, have the powerful developed root system from which the chestnut receives all required moisture. It is worth avoiding private waterings, soil has to dry out during couple of days between waterings. As a rule, deep watering of the soil (one or two buckets of water) in each four or five weeks is preferable. In the first year of growth, during the summer period when side escapes grow by 25 — 30 cm in length, they need to be cut off on half. The top side escapes which have grown at the end of summer can be not removed. During the spring period the shortened branches need to be cut off. The procedure needs to be repeated every year until the tree reaches desirable height then it is possible to leave 4-5 side branches for formation of branches of the first order. If you want to grow up chestnut with low trunk, the choice of the main branches should be executed earlier. After shtamb it is created, it is not necessary to carry out cutting, and in case of thickening of krone it is possible to cut off only thin branches. As a rule, the chestnut is not subject to various diseases. If on leaves spots appear, they should be processed the Bordeaux liquid.