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  • From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Inventory
  • Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 13:12:41 -0600

At 09:10 AM 1/3/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Do you have or know of any pecans that will survive and produce in zone 5a
on naturally small trees? I'd love to grow a couple of pecans, but don't
have room for 30+ foot trees.

Some of the 'ultra-northern' pecan selections will survive, and probably produce in some zone 5 areas, but unless you're willing to keep them pruned hard, or perhaps try some 'tricks', like bark inversion, etc., it's going to be hard to keep a pecan under 30 ft.
I'm not aware of any genetic dwarf pecans, but there could conceivably be one. I've heard of "Chetopa" shagbark hickory, which is supposedly a genetic dwarf(not to be confused with the 'Chetopa' pecan).

Check out the NNGA Marketplace page at the NNGA website - www.northernnutgrowers.org - several members have their online catalogs linked there, and also check out John Gordon's online catalog & website - www.geocities.com/nuttreegordon


Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY





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