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.
Harvest. About Harvesting: 1  Twelve months old nuts are harvested at the interval of 30-45 days for seed as well as copra making and culinary purposes. 2  For household use keep the nuts in vertical direction. 3  However, for tender nut purposes 7 to 8 months old nuts are harvested. 4  The nuts can be harvested using coconut climbers.