In general, Asiatic chestnuts, when grown for timber purposes, are best
adapted to northern slopes, above frost pockets on cool protected sites,
on deep, fertile soils having a covering of leaf litter and humus in the
top soil, a soil that is permeable to both roots and water, and that has
a good water-holding capacity. The plant association, above mentioned as
indicating ideal sites for Asiatic chestnuts for best timber
development, occur in rich soils of slight hollows in moist hilly woods
and on the mountains in cove sites.