My chestnut tree

I have a chestnut tree (castaño). A very little chestnut tree; we could say it's a baby chestnut tree; it is only about a month and a half old.

Last December I bought a bag of chestnuts at the supermarket. When I was going to roast (asar) them, and I was doing that small cut in them so they didn't explode in the oven (horno), I noticed one of them had a little root (raíz) coming out of it. And then I found another chestnut with a little root too.

I am always a little sentimental when I see sprouts (brotes) coming out of my food; potatoes, onions... so, as other times before, I decided to  give those chestnuts a chance to live. I wasn't sure they would progress, but I optimistically put them in some wet cotton and in a glass, as we used to do at school with beans, do you remember?

Very soon both chestnuts started growing a longer root, so I happily upgraded (ascender) them to a plantpot (maceta) with some earth in it. Since then one of them, the one that started growing faster, has had a bit of an obstacle in its growth, as for some reason I ignore, the top of it dried, but now it's growing some new branches, so I think it will be ok. The other one has already got 7 leaves!

The first picture is from exactly a month ago

At the moment the bigger one is about 25cm tall which I guess is not bad for a two-and-a-half-month-old chestnut tree. I don't know what I will do if they get really big; I will probably try to give them to my brother for him to plant in his garden, or if I see they are strong enough maybe I will take them to the countryside and plant them somewhere where there are more chestnut trees.

But I don't think that will happen for a few years.