Throughout much of the southwestern United States,pecan treesflourish. A tough and hardy tree, pecan trees can live and produce nuts for as long as 300 years. Pecan trees enhance the environment and can provide additional income from the sale of the nuts.
如果你购买了一处有山核桃树的房产,无论是原生的还是成熟的果园,你都面临着管理和变现山核桃林的任务。即使是一棵健康、成熟的山核桃树也能为家庭景观增添价值,管理良好的本土山核桃林年复一年地提供丰富的营养丰富、美味和松脆的山核桃。山核桃树还为鸟类和其他野生动物提供阴凉、隐私和食物来源和庇护所。
Pruning Pecans
If you are reclaiming and bringing back beauty and new growth to a native pecan grove, prudent pruning and clearing are required. No matter if you are cultivating trees for nut production or timber harvest, standing trees should be thinned to a maximum of 25-to-30 trees per acre: crowding leads to misshapen trees and decreased nut production.
The largest member of the hickory family, pecan trees need room to grow. A sizeable tree, pecan trees reach a mature height of up to 50-to-60 feet tall with a spread of up to 40 feet at maturity.
Pecan trees have a tendency to be somewhat brittle. When loaded with the nuts the weight can cause branches to break under the weight of the harvest. It is prudent not to build a home or other homestead structures under pecan trees where branches may fall and cause damage.
Thinning trees reduces wind damage, and discourages the spread of disease. Prudent management of a pecan orchard requires removing of underbrush and dead or decaying pecan trees. Remove multi-trunked pecan trees or trees subject to scab disease.
An ideally-thinned pecan grove allows approximately 50 percent of sunlight to reach the floor of the grove at noon on sunny mid-summer days. If pecan trees are already established, in bunches or grouping, they will thrive that way as long as they receive an abundance of sunshine around the exterior of the grouping.
Savvy management of pecan trees requires continues pruning to maintain the structural integrity of the tree. After drastic pruning, pecans trees require three to five years to exhibit the best production as they develop new lateral branches and fill in areas affected by a vigorous pruning.
Seek The Advice Of A Professional Arborist
如果你有大量的树木,你可能会想要从事专业的景观服务,在山核桃作物管理方面有丰富的经验。专业的山核桃采购和收割公司可以提供必要的重型设备和人力,以安全有效地完成任务。
Typically a commercial pecan buyer will evaluate the quality of your crop, agree to the conditions of the harvest and pay you a pre-agreed amount per pound for the crop. Following a commercial harvest, gleaning the landscape will provide plenty of pecans to store for winter enjoyment and to share with family and friends.
Value Of Pecan Wood
在清理和修剪山核桃树林时,要节约木材。干燥和老化的山核桃木材是高度寻求的木工,工匠和工匠。从家具到地板,山核桃木是一个辉煌的颜色和细纹理的硬木的例外美丽。
Pecan wood chips are also a valuable commodity: ideal for use in meat and fish smokers. If you are clearing an old native pecan grove to ready a building site, consult a specialty wood buyer or lumber company to obtain a bid on a purchase of the timber harvest.
Care And Cultivation
Pecan trees thrive with plenty of water. If rainfall is inadequate, or where the soil is lighter and relatively dry, pecan trees require supplemental watering. Pecan trees grow best in well-drained, nutrient-rich sandy loam soil. Pecans can, however, grow in most types of soil as long as the soil is not soggy.
The best ground cover for an orchard is a cool-weather species that doesn’t compete with trees for nutrients, water, or require constant mowing. An under crop of culinary thyme or mint adds a delightful fragrance to the landscape, attracting bees and butterflies to encourage pecan tree pollination. Groundcover such as crown vetch orclovercan be planted to add nitrogen to the soil.
为了促进山核桃旺盛的生长和丰富的坚果产量,山核桃树需要施肥。为了确定营养需求,取一根带有叶子的小树枝,到当地的县推广办公室进行分析。树叶样本将决定土壤是否需要补充钾、磷、锌、镍或锰,以使其最茂盛和高产。
If pecan tree pests such as casebearer, hickory shuck worm, pecan weevil or stink bugs invade your landscape, an air-blast sprayer is required. If you plan to manage your pecan trees yourself, this is an important multi-purpose tool to add to your home maintenance tool shed.
The most important management tip to keep in mind is early harvest and deliberate control of wildlife depredation.
Pecan Trees: Further Reading And Resources
The Pros and Cons Of Backyard Pecan Production, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.
Grow Your Own Pecans, The New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Pecan Trees For The Home Or Backyard Orchard, University of Georgia Agricultural Extension
Cultivation Of Pecans, South African National Department of Agriculture.
Growing Pecan Trees In Missouri, University of Missouri Agricultural Extension.
Growing Pecans In North Carolina, North Carolina State University Agricultural Extension.
A passionate writer for more than 30 years, Marlene Affeld writes of her love of nature and all things natural.
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