I moved to NC almost a year ago, i was just told I have four pecan trees yesterday, they were everywhere I didnt realize they were pecans till someone pointed it out. since yesterday Ive picked up about 8 pounds of nuts by hand. There is a ton of over grown weeds I will cut back to get access to a better harvest next year. SOOO very excited!! Pecan
@lynnnewsom805416 күн бұрын
Central Virginia, I call them “pee’ cans” bc that’s what my granddad from southern Alabama called them. He’d bring us paper grocery bags full of them. Kept us busy & out of trouble 😊. I found a bunch about 5 years after he died. Great memories ❤
@dawnbern2917 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing the beautiful piece of land that you tend, I'm in Southern California and I just put in two pecan trees, Western Schely (25 ft) and a Wichita (10 ft), the Western is flowering now, and hoping to get some pecans this year. You've given me the confidence on how to harvest!
@denniss39803 жыл бұрын
Middle Georgia here, we just bought a 4 acre homestead with 6 pecan trees, we are looking forward to our first harvest
@DixieNormous235 Жыл бұрын
How did it go?
@katerulez2 жыл бұрын
Peecan. My father in law says peecan is something that goes under a hospital bed. 😂 From Upstate NY.
@johanvanzyl56093 жыл бұрын
Hi, my dad started farming with pecans 9 years ago in South Africa. He's probably got about 4000 trees in the orchards, but will have to take out some as the trees get bigger. I want to get involved in the farm (good excuse to leave my office job😀), so watching any video about pecans that I can. Always interesting to see the innovate ways of the pecan farmers around the world!
@oldriversfarm16092 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!!
@dawnbern2917 Жыл бұрын
Congratulations on your big change in life path! Check out the "Big Bird in the Meeting" photo that has been going around, it really cracked me up :-)
@jessetadlock48183 жыл бұрын
Here in South Alabama, we call them Pacans for Pecan! I was always told that a Peecan was what a truck driver uses!!! Lol hope this helps if understood. Thanks for the video. I also use a Bag-a-Nut like yours for 26 trees we have. Love it other than cleaning the trash! Ha,ha but it was well worth the cost. It pays for itself if you don't mind working a little. They are around $550.00 now. Thanks again
@oldriversfarm16093 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I wish I had a few more trees. The harvester does a good job it’s well worth the money. I think I could handle 12-15 trees. Your right, picking them out is the hardest part.
@markgrisez36435 ай бұрын
This is great. Thanks for the tour. I have recently developed a pecan addiction, but I live too far north to grow proper trees. I have to settle for getting them shipped up here from Georgia so I can crack them.
@markgrisez36435 ай бұрын
By the way, from Tennessee and we say PUH-caan
@susanp.bentley4577 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice intro on pecan trees, we are in East Central Florida, but are looking at buying an orchard in North Florida
@Musician123452 жыл бұрын
I was born in Georgia and grew up with saying pecan like peeing in a can lol ha 😆Then after moving away for many years I noticed I would say P con. I recently moved back to Georgia I say both . So 🍅 or tomato or 🥔 or po- tah-to 😂
@50pinkies6711 ай бұрын
My gramma from Georgia had a puh-can tree that my cousins would gather into a flour sack. The sack would then be tied and sewn tightly and sent by USPS to my family living in Florida. It was such a treat to shell the pecans and share some with the squirrels. Every year. Life in the 50-60s. ❤
@dahutful Жыл бұрын
I never thought the day would come when I'd say this, but I want a Bag A Nut! I cant afford one, but I want it!
@petrawhorton8515 Жыл бұрын
I love trees I wish I can plant one , I live near a farm where I always drive by by Old Nogales roads. They look real pretty nice.
@Mookei13 жыл бұрын
Oklahoma Northern central. Near the Arkansas river. We have native trees not perducing very well but better is to come. You have a neet place. So keep picking and have a good day.
@oldriversfarm16093 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@happyhome412 жыл бұрын
Raised in Alabama - pih-CAHN - thank you for sharing.
@kathleenboller66512 жыл бұрын
New to this area, we say “puh-conns”. Several trees on the property, thank you for sharing. Found that picker online and Walmart. Will be enjoying some nuts this fall. Blessings!
@oldriversfarm16092 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@alikhan-kg3gn2 жыл бұрын
What a coincidence, just eat 5 peccan before opening the youtube and saw your video 😊 I have 4 trees in my garden
@oldriversfarm16092 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@mylife42903 жыл бұрын
Virginia here, waiting for ours to drop. Still very green at the moment.
@chaelyncullen92922 жыл бұрын
Helpful video, thank you. Where are you located if you don't mind me asking. We are Merriwether County GA. You mentioned taking them into town. We say "Pea-can". We got a big pecan tree and 3 black Walnut tree. Watching as many videos as I can to learn about best ways to harvest. Do you think the nut picker upper will pick up our black walnuts too?
@frederickbierweiler8020 Жыл бұрын
I have a small yard but there are 9 black walnut trees here. They dont bear regularly but always a few nuts on each tree but every few years when mother nature determines they are loaded. If one hits you on the head you know it,.. They are one sob to crack nearly impossible to get a whole nut but can get halves sometimes and quarters often. I really love the stately trees and always put up a bucket full for winter use. Squirrels will take over your property when the nuts fall in fact they will harvest them and then gather them, its amazing
@jimallen11763 жыл бұрын
SC. Our pecan crop is pretty good this year. It seems to be about every 3 years for a good crop. We say 'pee can'. I saw that same roller in the farm store. I might get one. Thanks for the demo.
@oldriversfarm16093 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!! Yes this years crop is really good. I’ve gotten lucky and made some pretty consistent pecan crops. The harvester is well worth the money
@HarrisonCountyStudio3 жыл бұрын
I lived in Florence for about seven years. We had two huge pecan trees in our front yard. I never really ate pecans until I moved south. Then, that first fall ! Wow, fresh pecans are simply delicious. We would fill 5 gallon buckets from those trees and take them to family and friends in WV. I miss those trees, as we have moved away long ago. They were so majestic too.
@beadwright Жыл бұрын
At Mt. Vernon there is a pecan tree planted by George Washington. It is almost 300 years old.
@jasonchampion99322 жыл бұрын
I’d like to see someone use the sthil paddle broom to sweep up piles 🤷♂️👍
@donegalandnehoiden56722 жыл бұрын
Stuck up here in southern New England; we (my family) like to say pee-CAN, not pee-CAHN. Wish it was as warm up here as it is where you are on November 3rd!🙄
@johnmanera40973 жыл бұрын
I have a couple of small pecan trees. The largest pecan tree is 6 years old and a Cherokee variety and I also have a couple of Western Schley varieties. I don't have the necessary land area to grow more than 1 pecan tree and so will probably prune back the Western Schley tree. Currently there are a couple of dozen small nutlets just forming on the Cherokee tree. They won't be ready until April or May next year. The Cherokee pecan produced 4 nuts last year and not having tried fresh pecans very often they were great. I live in Perth, Australia and have 2 macadamia nut trees and they produce good nuts, especially roasted, but I do prefer fresh pecans. Because where I live the rainfall isn't great, but I do have a small water tank 2800 Litres, so I have to water the tree particularly during the summer months. I just hope the nuts don't prematurely fall from the tree. I noticed you have a Stuart pecan tree, that is a type 2 protogynous variety, I'm guessing you still get thousands of nuts from your trees. I noticed a pecan grower in Missouri grows seedling pecans and he says they are a better flavour than paper shell improved varieties. Do you notice if the flavour is better with your smaller seedling pecans. A couple of years ago I visited a small farm pecan grower in South Australia and he let me try a Wichita variety pecan. I don't know if it was stale, but it wasn't good. This guy actually won an award one year from the Australian pecan growers association for his Wichita variety. Normally the Wichita, type 2 is a protogynous variety and a pollinator for the Western Schley. I don't know if you will reply, but I'm impressed with your 100 year old pecan trees. where I live birds can be a real problem cleaning out nut trees, with the Australian raven (similar to a crow) going for the nuts.
@oldriversfarm16093 жыл бұрын
Yes! The smaller pecans taste much better. I have a problem with black crows eating pecans but We are to kill them once crow season comes in mid November. Good luck with your trees! I estimate I harvest 300-350lbs per tree on a good crop like this year. My trees were planted in 1910.
@jamesbarron12022 жыл бұрын
@@oldriversfarm1609 you can kill crows in most states out of season if they’re destroying your crop. We can’t even hunt crows in Texas unless they’re damaging crops. I’d contact your local Game Wardens. I’d go out of business if I couldn’t fight off the crows. They’re horrible here. I walk my orchard every morning to let them know I’m around and they fear me. I own a 97 pecan tree orchard plus other fruit trees. Stuart and Mount are my 2 worst varieties. I don’t even gather those 2. My 2 Stuart’s where supposed to be Desirables and they were mislabeled. I knew not to buy Stuart’s. Out of the 3 Desirables I bought 1 was a Desirable. I had the leading pecan breeder who breeds most of the current varieties in College Station Tx. identify them. He said I got screwed because they were Stuart’s. He doesn’t like Stuart’s either. I have over 20 varieties.
@megdito3 жыл бұрын
We live in Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) and say “peh-khan” - thanks for the video, we wanted to see how pecans grow and are harvested.
@oldriversfarm16092 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@jaynedaily60802 ай бұрын
Grew up in Texas but live in Kansas. I say "pacaan."
@Qingeaton2 жыл бұрын
We have 7, 30 year old pecans and lots of younger ones here in mid Missouri. Kanza, Kiowa, Peroque, Posey, natives, and Tracey (Lucas x creek) Nothing as big as what you grow. We haven't yet bought a bag a nut, but it looks pretty useful. I like to go around the tree with the lawn mower and nearly scalp the ground and blow all the trash away when it gets near harvest time. How do you sort through all your tarped piles?
@dylandietrich4015 Жыл бұрын
We have one but I’m only able to get 2 or 3 at a time but I’m trying to find out how to shell it without ruining thi nut
@rdking80018 ай бұрын
I like that picker upper thing it’s cool
@JaniceCarter-ws7lu5 ай бұрын
😌...he's blessed with money trees God will provide❤
@davidruby29883 жыл бұрын
Las Vegas - we have one tree and it’s young. I think it’s only produced about 30 nuts this year.
@oldriversfarm16092 жыл бұрын
That’s pretty cool! Didn’t know they would produce in Las Vegas!!
@cecilholt27103 жыл бұрын
Cecil again I picked them up with zero lawn mower effortless
@cecilholt27103 жыл бұрын
Cecil thanks keep eye on us we will be making an impact on pecan harvesting
@ronstuart74942 жыл бұрын
When do they start falling? Same time every year?
@oldriversfarm16092 жыл бұрын
Yes. Late October first of November every year. Usually takes 2 weeks or so to fully drop
@ronstuart74942 жыл бұрын
@@oldriversfarm1609 Telling you I appreciate your experience, isn't enough. I just bought a property in middle Georgia, with 8 pecan trees. Thanks to you, they will receive good stewardship.
@PrairieSunsetRanch3 жыл бұрын
I LOVE pecan PIE LOL. New SUBSCRIBER, & I smashed the thumbs up👍. Just showing a fellow KZbinr some LOVE. Cheers 🍻from Prairie Sunset Ranch☀️ & see you again soon.
@oldriversfarm16093 жыл бұрын
Pecan pie is the best haha. Thank you for subscribing. Much appreciated.
@getyourcostumeon6636 Жыл бұрын
How much do I charge for these nuts? I'm crackin 'em and putting them in 6 oz. zip lock bags.
@oldriversfarm1609 Жыл бұрын
I charge $2/lb in the shell, $3.50/lb cracked and $9.50/lb shelled
@elbiagallegos8245 Жыл бұрын
I’m new to owning pecan trees. My pecan trees are not producing very much also they have a lot of cobwebs and some sort of pest. What is your recommendation for this? If you don’t mind sharing I’d appreciate it.
@HomeworkHELPTutor Жыл бұрын
Sounds like webworms. I was told by the extension agent in south Georgia that if you poke holes in the web with a stick, their predators will go in and eat them. :-)
@MattLedz1862 жыл бұрын
"I don't know the poundage our anything but... It's a lot of pounds." 😂 Felt that
@oldriversfarm16092 жыл бұрын
Haha! 😂
@008aza Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for sharing and comparing the two methods, blessings 💖💖🌷💕✨
@Powerful93152 жыл бұрын
Hey there what state is your farm located in?
@oldriversfarm1609 Жыл бұрын
Georgia
@johnbalasa7112 жыл бұрын
Why my pecan tree nuts do not have meat inside. The shell hangs on the tree when they fall still have the outer shell on them but empty. Thanks for helping me what to do .
@oldriversfarm16092 жыл бұрын
Insufficient pollination
@chhotetharu3699 Жыл бұрын
Ok Nepal chhote Lal tharu good 👍
@mahdicrb16393 жыл бұрын
How many coconut tree is produced on average
@horseflyscout4 ай бұрын
Good video. I'm here in southwest Ga. Do you spray your tees with zinc, or for scab? If so, how?
@oldriversfarm16094 ай бұрын
I wish I could, it would definitely improve yield. I don’t have a air blast sprayer. My trees get scab regularly. The only thing i do is trim limbs yearly and fertilize with granular fertilizer. I believe it has zinc in it
@DustinCole-bp1si2 ай бұрын
The squirrels are hating you😂
@larrypate26833 жыл бұрын
Peacan and live in Alabama y’all have a pretty place
@oldriversfarm16093 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@tomtommasovaleriano9623 жыл бұрын
how well does the picker work in high grass? i got 2 trees that are about 85 years old in SE pennsylvania, smaller nuts, they might be a hican variety to be cold hardy
@oldriversfarm16092 жыл бұрын
It does ok in tall grass. I’ve used it in 5-6 inch tall grass with success
@jamesbarron12022 жыл бұрын
My Hican tree produces Hicans that are twice as big as English walnuts. It looks like 2 English walnuts stacked on top of each other. People are amazed when I show them. I have 97 pecan trees and my Hican tree is the prettiest tree I have. Bigger leaves, darker green leaves, thicker canopy and the twigs are much thicker. The nuts are useless. They don’t fill out. I live in hot dry Texas and in sand and rock. Horrible conditions for pecans. If it was planted along a creek it would probably fill the nuts much better.
@stevenfugate24082 жыл бұрын
What do you fertilize it with
@oldriversfarm1609 Жыл бұрын
19-19-19
@tj71793 жыл бұрын
The squirrels eat them at my house before they are ripped. Throwing shells everywhere. I just always say one day I'm going to look up and one of these squirrels going to bust me in my head😂😂😂
@oldriversfarm16093 жыл бұрын
Haha😂 we have crow problems here !
@sarahbuda31043 жыл бұрын
Good afternoon sir. I love this. I need some seeds where can I buy them? I'm very much interested in planting them.
@kdegraa2 жыл бұрын
Go buy some pecans.
@jamesbarron12022 жыл бұрын
You need to buy grafted trees adapted to your area. Makes a huge difference on the varieties for your area because some do better in dry areas because they’ll get scab disease if it’s too wet, others do better in wet climates and others that ripen before it freezes if your in the northern region. They won’t produce if your too far north. You need to research your states recommendations for varieties. I have 97 trees in Texas.
@mandiegarrett17062 жыл бұрын
@@jamesbarron1202 Thank you for your comment, do you happen to know a good variety for AR that you can recommend...since you are not far from me. I can do my own research too but also good to have a recommendation from someone knowledgable like you. Thanks
@jamesbarron12022 жыл бұрын
@@mandiegarrett1706 you’d have to go with the early ripening varieties and also scab resistant varieties in your location so that’s going to cut down on your available choices. I’d think Pawnee, Kanza, Lakota, Mandan, Caddo and Peruque. You’ll need a type 1 variety (male)and type 2 (female)variety to pollinate each other if you don’t have other pecan trees around your area which is very important if your only getting 2 trees. Wind pollinates them. Where I live, I can grow many varieties. As you move north it knocks your choices out plus your in a wetter location (scab resistant varieties). I’d research Oklahomas recommendations also since your in the same latitude but you’ll need scab resistance. Highway I-35 is the dividing line they use to determine wet and dry areas. Your on the east side and therefore need scab resistance. Georgia has a huge scab problem because they get so much rain. I’m right next to 1-35 and can grow pretty much anything. Hwy I-40 is the dividing line they use for cold hardy varieties. I don’t know where your located north and south of there. extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/pecan-varieties-for-oklahoma.html I’d research this also. It’s a crazy website the way it’s set up. You have to spin the pages up and down with your fingers to see everything. There’s 3 separate boxes you spin and it tells about each variety in the 3 separate boxes. Look for the smaller number of nuts per pound (bigger) and higher kernel percentage when you choose also. High kernel percentage equates to higher quality nuts. Womack Nursery is where I’ve ordered some trees. 95% of mine I planted from nut and grafted myself. I graft every year. Grafting my small trees and also the tops of my bigger trees changing the older variety to newer and better varieties. I’ve got to get outside and gather pecans all day right now and get off this phone. Pecans take years to produce so factor that in your choices also. Some come into production earlier in age than others. I was young (early 20s) when I started planting my orchard. Now I’m 60. I have a aunt that lives in the northeast corner of Arkansas. aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/fruit-nut/files/2010/10/viewpdf_3111_21293.pdf here’s a good website also. You’d have to choose the eastern varieties on that Texas map. Plus you have to choose early ripening varieties or they’ll freeze in the shuck where you live. UGA also has a lot pecan info for scab resistant varieties. They’re the pecan capital and scab is horrible there. Here’s a list of pecan nurseries pecans.uga.edu/content/dam/caes-subsite/pecans/docs/pecan-nursery-list-rev-may-2019.pdf
@oldriversfarm16092 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!! You need to buy grafted trees. Very good information above
@rdking80018 ай бұрын
I want to plant a pecan tree this spring, I heard you need two to get nuts? Are they sexed trees or just any two? Or maybe it’s not true?
@walterdavis80853 жыл бұрын
Do you need two trees to produce pecans
@staziakviking33882 жыл бұрын
Pecans are pollinated by the wind. They recommend a type 1 to pollinate type 2 and vice versa. Within 150 feet of each other.
@jessetadlock48183 жыл бұрын
I wanted to add also that the smaller pecans have a better taste to me also because they have more oil in them!
@oldriversfarm16093 жыл бұрын
100% agree. We keep a bunch of the smaller ones to eat thru out the year.
@mandiegarrett17062 жыл бұрын
You are very blessed Thank you.
@oldriversfarm16092 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@richardweyland11611 ай бұрын
Good information. Could possibly use some editing.
@katiebradford9751 Жыл бұрын
I’m in Texas and it’s practically sinful to say “Pee-can” here. It’s “Puc-con” or you lose your Lone Star card.
@rg15992 жыл бұрын
Pu can here in Texas.
@bettywhittenblanchard67185 күн бұрын
How to harvest green pecans that have not opened.
@frederickbierweiler8020 Жыл бұрын
necessity the mother of invention
@danielbaker60643 жыл бұрын
pee-cAn Ga - LA
@johnhendrix4034 Жыл бұрын
Where do you get the picker from.
@oldriversfarm1609 Жыл бұрын
Bag a nut .com
@jamee_mareeАй бұрын
Anyone know which method is fastest growth - seed, cutting, or nut?
@geraldrakers474610 ай бұрын
Pa can😊
@agirlandhercows5013 жыл бұрын
this is cool we do not grow pecans
@oldriversfarm16093 жыл бұрын
They are a really interesting crop. I think as far north as they grow is Kansas Oklahoma. Kentucky/Tennessee. Thanks for watching
@danbaggs3619 Жыл бұрын
PEEKEN NC
@cismoore2817 Жыл бұрын
I say pecon not pecan... Missouri
@brianm7287 Жыл бұрын
Puh-kahn. Texas.
@davidpuia2564Ай бұрын
What is the age of those pecan tree?
@oldriversfarm1609Ай бұрын
@@davidpuia2564 these trees were planted in 1935
@davidpuia2564Ай бұрын
@@oldriversfarm1609 😲🙏💕 I want this type of tree for squirrel hunting
@oldriversfarm1609Ай бұрын
@@davidpuia2564 the newer varieties take 10-13 years to produce a nut, squirrels love them