Pumpkin Center, Kern County, California. This article is about the unincorporated community in Kern County. For the unincorporated community in Lassen County, see Pumpkin Center, Lassen County, California.
When to harvest chestnuts? Chestnuts donât ripen at the same time and chestnut harvest time can span as much as five weeks, although the nuts generally ripen in a 10- to 30-day span of time in late August and September. Allow the nuts to fall from the tree naturally.
Place the hulled horse chestnuts in a bucket of water. Soak them for 24 hours to soften the inner hull. Drain off the water the next day and lay the seeds on a flat surface to drain. Place the horse chestnuts in the bucket. Pour 5-percent bleach into the bucket until the seeds are barely covered.