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Re: Pecans

>Lorraine,
>I got myself to the local extension office as a student master gardener and
>they were of little help.  They gave me the name of the "PECAN" specialist
>for the state of Florida.  I emailed him with my questions 2 weeks ago and
>still "Nothing".
>
>I know how to plant pecan trees.  I want info. on planting the nuts and
>growing my own rootstock.

Dear Mauldin,

Here on our farm in Texas lots of pecan trees grow. There are several
different types: natives and paper shell. Seedlings pop up from time to
time from nuts being buried by squirrels, I assume. So, I would say pecans
are not hard to grow from seed. I've let some of these seedlings grow to
about 3 or 4 feet tall and they seemed quite healthy.

However, I do know that the "commercial" trees are grown on grafted root
stock, not on their own roots. I would guess that's because the rootstock
of seed grown trees isn't as hardy  or disease resistant as the ones
developed.

Hope this helps.  Cindy in TX

>Thanks.
>
>Woe is me!
>Mauldin Carter
>mcarter3@prodigy.net
>Pensacola, Florida
>
>Subject: Re: Pecans
>
>
>>Get thee to the local Extension Office. Here in California we have
>>literature on growing just about everything especially commercial projects.
>>Thats what the University Extension is all about.
>>Lorraine
>>
>>
>>At 10:58 PM 3/14/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>>Hi Folks,
>>>
>
>>
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