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No pecans this year?

Posted on 10/24/14 at 7:49 am
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83650 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 7:49 am
Why don't I have pecans this year? And I haven't really noticed any in trees or falling around Shreveport either.

What causes pecan trees to not produce for a year?

Normally I get at least 6-7 5-gal buckets full of pecans from my 3 trees in my backyard.

Not a single pecan this year.
Posted by TexasTiger1984
Houston
Member since Sep 2009
1375 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 7:51 am to
I live in Houston and have 2 huge pecan trees in my backyard that are producing like crazy. I don't know what to do with them all.

And not sure if this is normal, but my two dogs love to sit in the backyard and munch on pecans all day
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61616 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 7:52 am to
The tree by my house has made a ton. You can't walk under it without busting your arse.
Posted by oleyeller
Vols, Bitch
Member since Oct 2012
32025 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 7:54 am to
i have one huge pecan tree..2 yrs ago i had tons of pecans
last yr zero
this yr i have tons again, just started dropping last week.. i already picked 2 grocery bags full, will probably end up with 2-3 more

edit- i live around hatiesburg ms
This post was edited on 10/24/14 at 7:55 am
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 8:23 am to
It's pretty common for them to skip years
This post was edited on 10/24/14 at 8:23 am
Posted by LloydChristmas
in a van down by the river
Member since Nov 2009
2829 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 8:25 am to
All trees around us have a shite ton on them
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
Savannah
Member since Sep 2012
17547 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 8:41 am to
Every other year.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81755 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 9:00 am to
My father always told me that high winds when the tassels are out can ruin a crop. I have no idea.
Posted by MNCscripper
St. George
Member since Jan 2004
11714 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 9:05 am to
Inlaws have a tree in their yard in Houma, they were falling like crazy last week
Posted by brmach
Member since Aug 2012
771 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 9:08 am to
Another factor is the late freezes we had this spring. It affected some varieties more than others. If your trees had blooms on it during a freeze, it likely burned them.
Posted by LSURoss
SWLAish
Member since Dec 2007
15429 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 12:10 pm to
If you live in the broadmoor area, all of those trees in that part of town are the same age. They produce every other year. This year you will just see a shite load of "self pruned" limbs. I grew up in Shreve island and we got huge crops every other year. Now im in town south and have spent my morning picking up limbs from a tree that will cost $2k to cut down :sigh:
Posted by Volt
Ascension Island, S Atlantic Ocean
Member since Nov 2009
2966 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 1:53 pm to
For some reason, pecan trees are cyclical. They may produce great one year or several years, and then not good or basically nothing the next few years
Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger
Huntsville, Al via Sulphur, LA
Member since Sep 2005
7985 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 1:57 pm to
Grandmother's always produced every other year.
Posted by dandug001
Shreveport
Member since Oct 2011
1578 posts
Posted on 10/24/14 at 10:05 pm to
my pear tree does the same. bumper crop one year, nothing the next
Posted by weagle99
Member since Nov 2011
35893 posts
Posted on 10/25/14 at 7:18 am to
I say 'pee-can.'
Posted by CroakaBait
Gulf Coast of the Land Mass
Member since Nov 2013
3978 posts
Posted on 10/25/14 at 2:54 pm to
My pop's orchard doesn't produce anything unless we fertilize, probably something to do with the soil since it's clay.
Posted by misterc
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2014
701 posts
Posted on 10/25/14 at 9:06 pm to
We have a ton this year, some years none though....

Anyone know where I can get over a buck a pound around the BR area?
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