Last year was a frustrating pecan year for many – the early first freeze in October caused a lot of shucks to not open up, reducing yields. Pecans are a beautiful tree and a delicious crop but are a ...

Growing your own pecan tree for a ton of wonderful eating nuts might be easier than you think! Come with me on a pecan ...

Many pecan trees are carrying good nut crops this season, but harvest quality may be reduced by pecan scab and losses to recent dry spells. There are times when nut bearing trees like hickory, walnut ...

Fruit trees, pecan trees and other nut plants can be grown with great success and relatively few problems. However, I’m often asked about how to control pecan scab, peach leaf curl, borers and poor ...

Lots of folks want to know how to get their pecan tree to produce a crop each year. Unfortunately, it’s not practical or even realistic. Afterall, commercially produced pecans are mostly grown in ...

Insect galls on pecan leaves will damage but not kill the tree. Shade trees are extremely important to most landscapes, providing aesthetic and functional design elements. Landscapes would be void of ...

Out of 500 named varieties of pecan trees, about a dozen are recommended for each area of Texas. The pecan tree became the official state tree of Texas in 1919, credited to Governor Hogg’s love for ...

SEGUIN, Texas (KXAN) — At his farm 38 Pecans in Seguin, Mark Walls nervously inspects the 2,700 trees on his 500 acres of land. A vast majority are pecans, and dozens didn’t make it. After a summer of ...

TIFTON, GA—Pecan trees, like many fruit trees, have a tendency to bear fruit in cycles, producing a large crop in one or two years, followed by one or two years with little or no crop. This cycle, ...

Severe weather is seldom kind to agriculture. A hard freeze too late in March or April shrinks a peach crop, while excessive ...