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Plant Habit: Tree
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 50 to 100 feet
Plant Spread: 30 to 75 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Shade Tree
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Northern Pecan
  • Pecan

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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-24
All the pecan trees you see in the photo are 30 yrs. old.
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-24
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-24
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-24
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-24
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-24
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2013-04-24
Comments:
  • Posted by flaflwrgrl (North Fl. - Zone 8b) on Aug 22, 2014 12:38 PM concerning plant:
    Nut size is small, averaging 77 nuts per pound.
    Quality is good with 51% kernel.
    They may be small nuts, but they are a very high quality nut.
    Elliot has excellent scab resistance.
    This is a Type 2 pollinator, which requires a Type 1 pollinator for nut production.
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Live release T. minuta wasps in evening.
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Trichogramma wasp eggs hung.
flaflwrgrl On April 7, 2015 Maintenance performed
Trichogramma wasp eggs hung in orchard.
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