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<blockquote data-quote="Walking W" data-source="post: 1698345" data-attributes="member: 24986"><p>I know people who gave done much the same thing n the same scale. The difference is that it was on land that was watered from river water rights in the Mesilla Valley of New Mexico( think Hatch, NM) in Dona Ana County, the largest pecan producing county in the United States. Stahman Farms used to be the largest but Salopek Farms is still growing essentially using sand dunes to plant trees in. If you look at their spacing, it is more like 35 to 40 ft. They used to grow grass in between and run a large goose operation using the grass and etc. to feed the geese. until the health dept made them quit due to pecan contamination. There are agricultural protections against the importing of pests such as the casing nut bore as well as facilities and services readily available for any aspect of pecan growing. My father planted about 40 trees on about an acre near there in1971 and finally got about 100 lbs/tree in 2005. BTW- he may have netted about $2000 off that crop, His were on 40 ft spacing and, yes, after 20 years the ground was very shaded. Your spacing will not be as tight, though. If it were me, I would go with a tighter spacing and plant what you can until the ground is shaded out. It will require much less water , labor and all sorts of other things that come with a labor intensive operation like that. Use the rest of your place to grow what you would have planted between the more spaced out trees.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Walking W, post: 1698345, member: 24986"] I know people who gave done much the same thing n the same scale. The difference is that it was on land that was watered from river water rights in the Mesilla Valley of New Mexico( think Hatch, NM) in Dona Ana County, the largest pecan producing county in the United States. Stahman Farms used to be the largest but Salopek Farms is still growing essentially using sand dunes to plant trees in. If you look at their spacing, it is more like 35 to 40 ft. They used to grow grass in between and run a large goose operation using the grass and etc. to feed the geese. until the health dept made them quit due to pecan contamination. There are agricultural protections against the importing of pests such as the casing nut bore as well as facilities and services readily available for any aspect of pecan growing. My father planted about 40 trees on about an acre near there in1971 and finally got about 100 lbs/tree in 2005. BTW- he may have netted about $2000 off that crop, His were on 40 ft spacing and, yes, after 20 years the ground was very shaded. Your spacing will not be as tight, though. If it were me, I would go with a tighter spacing and plant what you can until the ground is shaded out. It will require much less water , labor and all sorts of other things that come with a labor intensive operation like that. Use the rest of your place to grow what you would have planted between the more spaced out trees. [/QUOTE]
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