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.
preheat your oven to 425 degrees f wipe the chestnuts off with a damp towel and set them on a cutting board flat side down with a small sharp knife cut an x in each chestnut there are special chestnut x cutting knives that you can buy see comments belowhen spread them on a cookie sheet flat side down you can also sprinkle with sea salt at this point roast in a preheated 425 degree oven at the lowest rack position for 20 30 minutes i turn them over after 10 minutes and then check at 20 mins to see if any are done