Learn me about pecan trees

They are not ready yet. The pecans right now are green pecans and are being knocked down by squirrels or wind. They are ready when the the shells are brown and hard.

And you will grow to hate that god forsaken tree. I have 2 pecan trees in my backyard and those bastards shed limbs every time the wind blows.

I fricking hate them.

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And you will grow to hate that god forsaken tree. I have 2 pecan trees in my backyard and those bastards shed limbs every time the wind blows.

I fricking hate them.

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All of this. I'd rather buy pecans and not have these shite trees that produce maybe every two years...but drop limbs every storm.

i have eleven mature pecans lining the driveway of my house. every fricking week i pick a pile of limbs and branches

they are the devil's trees

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They are not ready yet. The pecans right now are green pecans and are being knocked down by squirrels or wind. They are ready when the the shells are brown and hard.

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Are you talking about the outer shell, that looks like it's divided in to four 'sleeves'?

The inner, black and brown striated shell is inside this.

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And you will grow to hate that god forsaken tree.

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I have experienced this already. I was hoping some good pecans would offset the pain of collecting/dragging branches every time a storm comes through.

I had folks just walking into my yard with grocery bags and picking them up. Like they cut my grass. Granted I lived in the "city."

They're squirrel magnets.

Grab ya Benjamin .22 pump and fill a freezer bag.

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I have 2 pecan trees in my backyard and those bastards shed limbs every time the wind blows.

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The wind doesn't even have to blow for those trees to do damage. A few years ago, half my backyard neighbor's tree fell on my thick heavy brick fence and crushed it for no reason. It wasn't dead and the air was still. Same thing at my sister's. Heavy limb fell into the roof nearly going into the baby's room at the time and completely crushing the playhouse in the yard. They drop mini trees-heavy branches just break off for no reason, even when there are no pecans to weight them down. Pecan trees and water oaks are awful. I removed an old very full water oak from my yard. It provided great shade, but it was risky to get anywhere near the thing, even after I had it manicured.

Over the years, I've gotten quite the collection of pecan wood from other people's tree damage, though.

In a drunken stupor, a friend of mine through some whole pecans into his grill once and they started popping like popcorn all over the place shooting out like bullets. We had to seek shelter.

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They are excellent for smoking meats. Save the branches too.

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Exactly this...

I have a bunch - probably 25 or 30 but they are in the country and produce very well most years. They for years have been fertilized by cow manure and have not been around pesticide which makes them produce. I have a bunch on other property that have been crop dusted due to them being close to bean fields and they do not produce or produce very little. I have always been told mine are "stewart" pecans which are somewhat large and meaty. It is too early now and they are dropping undeveloped fruit due to warm weather in early Fall. Typical harvest is late September to about Thanksgiving.

If you shell them for storage they need to be left out a few days to dry a bit. They last longer. They will last a long time in the shell refrigerated.

Use branches and shells for smoking as above. And if I had them in an urban area yes I would have cut down. I'm lucky they are in the country.

And they do produce differently on a yearly basis and I can only guess that would be weather related.

Also growing up when a large wooden bowl of pecans and a couple of pecan crackers were on the kitchen counter I knew it was fall. We didn't have gummy bears-that was our snack.

Have about 300 mature pecan trees out in Pointe Coupee Parish. They drop limbs very often. Pecans are an alternate bearing crop so don't expect a bountiful harvest every year. The early dropping of pecans is usually due to lack of rainfall.

The wood makes for great smoking and the shells can be used as mulch or ground cover in Flower Beds.