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Anyone have an opinion on pecan tree choices?

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641Dave

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I've got a spot saved on my place for planting some pecan trees. I'm probably going to have room for 4 or 5 trees. (once mature).

I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on a particular species for fine sandy loam in the post oak savannah of NorthEast Texas.

I'm leaning towards a Desirable, a Pawnee and maybe a Choctaw or two.

I have a couple of natives already on the fence line that should serve as a pollinator.
 
7 years ago i planted 4 trees in nw alabama, 2
desirable, 1 chotaw and 1 cape fear. to date the
desirable and chotaw have done especially well.
last year the desirable bloomed heavy and produced
a limited crop, less than a pound. chotaw
bloomed and produced less. cape fear has been a
struggle and somewhat fragile. cape fear now at 7
ft. while other 3 at about 25 ft. if i can keep
squirrels and other critters at bay i may have a
somewhat limited crop. might add i fertilize each
year with a pecan specific fertilize.
 
Yeah, they're selling the cape fear trees cheap at Atwoods here locally but I didn't know anything about them. I don't think I'll stick any on my place then.

Thanks!
 
My oldest Son has planted over 60 acres in the last 6 years, Melrose and Kiowas, North Louisiana.
The Kiowas came in light production in the 3rd and 4th year, none of the planted Melrose are in production yet and some of them were planted almost 6 years ago. He has 39 acres of 30-40 year old orchard that he bought and the older Kiowas are real steady producers, not as wide of spreads from year to year. Kiowas were developed from Desirables and Mahans in Brownwood Texas in the 50's.
 
Don't know the real name for them. But I like what I call paper shell. Get more from them and not as hard to crack as the others around here.
 
About 10 yrs ago when I was doing some research on what paper shell varieties were good ones, they recommended the varieties with Indian names.

Don"t remember what variety I planted, I think it is a desirable, and I am not pleased with it. It produces ok, but half the pecans aren"t any good.

Stick with the ones that have Indian names.
 
(quoted from post at 17:37:30 01/15/13) Don't know the real name for them. But I like what I call paper shell. Get more from them and not as hard to crack as the others around here.
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Yes Sir, that's what we're talking about here. These funny names represent different "breeds" of paper shell pecans. Each have their own unique characteristics in production, size, shell, sweetness and taste of the meat of the nut, disease and pest resistances and so on. Some need pollinators some don't.

I'm going the route of multiple variety considering the change in climate.

I'll give the Kiowas a look.
 
Find a local expert. Buy grafted trees from your experts
referral.

Some of the paper shell are extremely high maintenance as
far as needing irrigation,fertilizer,spraying etc.

I just bought 7 acres with about 50 pecan trees. Mostly native
with some grafted trees planted years ago.

We had a bumper crop this year. All the natives produced well
a few of the grafted paper shell did not.

My local expert explained that my under performers needed
more maintenance to produce.

I am far from experienced, this is my latest research.
 
You can call the LSU Pecan Research Station in Shreveport. They're close enough to you to know what will work for you. (318)797-8034.
 
First off I would not rely on native trees to pollinate planted trees.
Picking trees can be hard if you do not know what to look for. Some trees produce the female flower first and some the male first. Getting 2 trees that match each other is the trick. You want one tree that is producing female flowers when the other tree is producing male flowers and vise versa.
That is the trouble that people run into when buying trees by shell thickness. Most of the paper shells are early pollen types so they will not pollenate each other.
I suggest you talk to someone at your ag center and let them tell you about matching varieties because if you pick the wrong ones it will be years before you know you messed up.
 
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