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In taste and in appearance, pecans are similar to walnuts, only their kernels are without partitions, and they have a softer and more delicate taste and are not bitter.
The pecan is similar in appearance and taste to the walnut, but there are no partitions in its internal part, and the taste is more delicate and sweet.
The crop requires at least 2 trees to bear fruit; seedlings begin to bear fruit at the age of 7-8 years.
Pecan nuts bloom in May-June. Wind pollinated.
It is better to plant pecans on light loams and ordinary black soil.
It likes soils that are high in lime and well aerated. Groundwater on the site must lie deep.
However, moist acidic and saline clay soils are not suitable for it.
The most common growing method is pecan seeds.
It can be propagated by grafting, but this method is not particularly popular in our country, because the culture is relatively new.
First, the planting material is stratified, then germinated and only then planted in the ground.
Previously, we told you how to grow extragon.