Northern Pecans

Observations on growing pecans in Kansas and across middle America

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Friday, November 30, 2012

Preparing a pecan sample for evaluation

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     Each year, the Kansas Nut Growers Association evaluates nut samples, submitted by producers, for shell-out percentage and kernel qual...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

Kanza: Long term productivity

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    Back in 1965 the USDA pecan breeding station set some scions of the pecan clone 55-11-11 to Kansas for advanced testing. Pictured at...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Importance of a vigorous rootstock

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    We were harvesting pecans today and couldn't help but notice the graft unions of two of our older trees. As I clamped the shaker o...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Pawnee kernel defects caused by drought

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    I was cracking some Pawnee pecans and noticed that this past summer's drought didn't effect nut fill as much as it created  ke...
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