It is time to hedge your pecan trees. Jake and the crew out in Charlie have been busy hedging all the trees in the Home Orchard. This orchard is about 220 acres with about 8,000 pecan trees on it.
As you can see in the you tube video link below, we have come along way from hand clippers and ladders. We now have a 48,000 pound tree trimmer. This machine has six blades that are each 42 inches in diameter. The tree trimmer keeps all our trees cut about 35 feet in height. We also trim all the sides of the trees as well.
In order to have good pecan crop production, pecan trees need sunlight to penetrate the entire tree. Overcrowding and shading out cause reductions in crop sizes. For these reasons we prune and hedge our trees each year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSIghzOIlzE
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