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.
1 Chestnuts are not like other nuts, and can't be stored or cooked like them. 2  If allowed to dry out they become as hard as dry beans, and impossible to chew; if kept too wet or too warm, they will mold.ating chestnuts can be delightful or disappointing, depending on several factors: 1  Chestnuts are not like other nuts, and can't be stored or cooked like them. 2  If allowed to dry out they become as hard as dry beans, and impossible to chew; if kept too wet or too warm, they will mold.