Pecans: How to Grow

08.02.2024 16:26
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:26

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.

What is the difference between Pecan and Walnut

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.

How to Grow Pecans

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.

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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.

How do pecans reproduce

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.

Diana Dashkevich Author: Diana Dashkevich Editor internet resource


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  1. What is the difference between Pecan and Walnut
  2. How to Grow Pecans
  3. How do pecans reproduce