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[kieran or donna <redherring@tnaccess.com>]

I agree with Lucky, that if you want to eat pecans from your trees, that 
you graft them to northern varieties.  Our season here in Tennessee is 
supposedly not long enough for the pecans grown down in Georgia, and you 
for sure will have fewer heat units than we do.  So enjoy planting and 
growing, and graft them later.  Meanwhile don't let the squirrels and 
chipmunks get them, you might best start them in a big tall pot with 
some hardware cloth on top.  You can also cut an X in the top of a tin 
can and jam it down over the nuts, that way you can plant them in the 
ground right where you want them.  Might be wise to put 2-3 per hole and 
thin later if you need too.  Donna

Lucky Pittman wrote:

> At 10:03 PM 1/3/2006, Topgun wrote:
>
> > Some commercial nurserymen just soak the intact nuts in water for 5 
> > days. One says he does not change the water but I would recommend it.
>
>
> That is what I do - I don't even bother stratifying pecans anymore; I 
> just store them in the barn, then when I'm ready to plant in the 
> spring, I soak the nuts for 4-5 days, changing the water daily.  I get 
> good germination rates - well over 90% . 
> For whatever reason, though, shagbark hickory nuts handled in the same 
> manner usually give me very low germination rates - it seems that they 
> really need cold, moist stratification.
>
> Dylan,
> Your seedlings will be a crapshoot, of sorts, with regard to nut 
> quality &/or disease resistance - and you'll likely be waiting 
> somewhere between 12-20 years(or possibly more) for your seedling 
> pecans to come into production.  You could, however, plant them out, 
> grow them for 2-3 years, then graft to named varieties that have been 
> proven to be productive in your area.  Doing this would give you nuts 
> of know quality in about half the time you'd have to wait for a 
> seedling to bear.
> I have a friend in NJ who's got a big collection of pecans, hickories, 
> and walnuts.  He could give you good advice as to which varieties 
> would be your best bet for production on LI, as I wouldn't anticipate 
> his climate to be radically different from your own.
>
> Lucky Pittman
> USDA Cold Zone 6
> AHS Heat Zone 7
> Hopkinsville, KY
>
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