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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1343370" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Productive pecans are heavy N feeders. I usually use triple-13 or just ammonium nitrate...kinda depends on what I've got on hand when I get around to doing it. </p><p>Lots of info from universities on proper fertilization regimens, soil/leaf testing, etc. </p><p>Here's one: <a href="https://www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/FSA-6131.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/FSA-6131.pdf</a>. </p><p>Zinc may or may not be needed, depending on your location and cultural practices. </p><p>Split applications in Mar, Apr, May, June is what I usually shoot for... (but it doesn't always happen)</p><p>My dad used to tell me that you could sprinkle a can of Red Devil lye out around the drip line of a big old senescent pecan tree, and it would stimulate it to come back into production. </p><p></p><p>5-10 years is about in line for most <u>grafted</u> pecans to begin bearing decent crops...seedlings quite a bit longer. The kids and I planted about 400 2-yr-old pecan seedlings in a CRP riparian bufferstrip back in 2000. Granted, they've received no care other than 2X/yr mowing, but most are approaching 20 ft tall, and maybe 1/4 of them are beginning to flower... a couple produced a few nuts in 2014 & 2015...but the critters got 'em before I did. </p><p></p><p>TT, there are plenty of pecans around; you just have to look. We're in the northern/midwestern pecan belt. Several of the really good pecan cultivars for this area - some of which have been used extensively by USDA/ARS in their pecan breeding program - originated in the Green River delta, up around Owensboro/Henderson KY. Here's a short article on one of the best: <a href="http://northernpecans.blogspot.com/2011/11/majors-daughters.html" target="_blank">http://northernpecans.blogspot.com/2011 ... hters.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1343370, member: 12607"] Productive pecans are heavy N feeders. I usually use triple-13 or just ammonium nitrate...kinda depends on what I've got on hand when I get around to doing it. Lots of info from universities on proper fertilization regimens, soil/leaf testing, etc. Here's one: [url=https://www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/FSA-6131.pdf]https://www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/FSA-6131.pdf[/url]. Zinc may or may not be needed, depending on your location and cultural practices. Split applications in Mar, Apr, May, June is what I usually shoot for... (but it doesn't always happen) My dad used to tell me that you could sprinkle a can of Red Devil lye out around the drip line of a big old senescent pecan tree, and it would stimulate it to come back into production. 5-10 years is about in line for most [u]grafted[/u] pecans to begin bearing decent crops...seedlings quite a bit longer. The kids and I planted about 400 2-yr-old pecan seedlings in a CRP riparian bufferstrip back in 2000. Granted, they've received no care other than 2X/yr mowing, but most are approaching 20 ft tall, and maybe 1/4 of them are beginning to flower... a couple produced a few nuts in 2014 & 2015...but the critters got 'em before I did. TT, there are plenty of pecans around; you just have to look. We're in the northern/midwestern pecan belt. Several of the really good pecan cultivars for this area - some of which have been used extensively by USDA/ARS in their pecan breeding program - originated in the Green River delta, up around Owensboro/Henderson KY. Here's a short article on one of the best: [url=http://northernpecans.blogspot.com/2011/11/majors-daughters.html]http://northernpecans.blogspot.com/2011 ... hters.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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