Talk:Aesculus hippocastanum

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Where in the Balkan mountains Horse chestnut lives? Is there some specific high?--Hannu 07:05, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Are horse chestnut leaves really 1/2 a metre across?

Note -- parts of this article seem to be taken directly from a work called The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 10, No. 280 (published October 27, 1827), by various authors -- http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11369 The article is public domain in the U.S., but it's still kosher to give credit where credit is due.

[edit] Conker tree

Maybe we should mention somewhere that this tree is often called "conker tree"[1]. Marnanel 16:44, 22 December 2006 (UTC) --Ricardo Carneiro Pires 17:28, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spider Repellent?

I was wondering if we could add that horse chestnuts are a natural spider repellent. Usually their being placed around the perimeter of the house and along windowsills is enough to keep the spiders at bay, however some people claim - based on their experiences- that this does not work. In many stubborn cases however (particularly with large wolf spiders) if one or two horse chestnuts have a puncture hole in them that is often enough to drive the spiders away. I think that this would be something worth looking into further and possibly adding to the page. Litlest amazon 06:10, 16 September 2007 (UTC)