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Posted by BradleyB MS (My Page) on Sun, Jan 18, 04 at 11:13
| I am interested in planting a few (8 to 10)pecan trees in my yard. I have been doing a little research trying to decide which varieties would be the plant to plant in my area. I live in Northwest Mississippi just a few miles south of Memphis. I have come across several different suggestions, but the problem seems to be where to obtain the suggested cultivars. I have called just about all of the nurseries in the Memphis area and can seem to only find one with any pecan trees. The one that does have some pecan trees only has a total of 4 trees of one variety and the are all 7-8 ft. tall and run $69.99. The nurseries almost act like you are crazy when you call them up and ask about pecan trees. One or two other nurseries said they may be getting some in in February or March, but I feel like they may only have one or two varieties such as Desireable and Stuart, if and when they do get them in. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to obtain some of the newer varieties that will more scab resistant. I have gotten suggestions from the web sites of Mississippi State and Auburn Universities, but neither recommends Stuart or Desireable at all. For example, Auburn recommends varieties such as Jenkins, Syrup Mills, etc., but I have been unable to find any information on where to obtain them, except on the website. The website suggested Dellwood and Underwood Nurseries in Foley, AL, but after calling them, they said they were sold out. Does anyone have any better suggestions. |
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RE: Pecan tree cultivars.....where to buy at
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Brad,
Those new selections are certainly the very best for home or low-input plantings, in your area, and even if you have to wait a year or so to get grafted trees of those varieties(Jenkins, Syrup Mill, McMillan, Carter, Gafford, and the old reliable Elliot), it's probably worth the wait. Seems like I've also seen some reserved recommendation for some of the northern types, like Osage & Kanza(both are offspring of the time-tested 'Major' pecan), for north AL - so, I presume that they'd be OK for NW MS. These varieties should have pretty good scab resistance(they do up here), but nut size will be small, compared to Stuart, Desirable, etc., and they'll be early-maturing, so bird (crows, bluejays) depredation can be a problem, but kernel quality is exceptional. If you could get a couple of these, you could go ahead and plant them and be getting them established while you're waiting on your good scab-resistant Southern varieties. Or, you could plant seedlings, for use as rootstocks, get them well established, then graft them over to the named varieties you want/need. |
RE: Pecan tree cultivars.....where to buy at
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| I am near Orangeburg SC., Appropriate varieties & where to purchase.? |
RE: Pecan tree cultivars.....where to buy at
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harveyappleseed contact your county extention agent an
would sugest you atend the nc/sc workshops the growin
associations puts on. they deal from trees to taxs.
i think alot of work in your state is thru clemson |
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