Time to Plant

It is time to plant replacement or new pecan trees if you have a mind to do so. This time of year is when Jake and the guys plant all our trees. We buy our trees from Womack Nursery (www.womacknursery.com). This year we are planting about 2500 new trees to start another orchard located on some more land we bought in Charlie, TX.

We are mostly planting Pawnee trees but we will be trying other varieties as well such as the Waco, Kanza, and Oconee. One new such variety is called the Lakota. According to the Womack website, the Lakota is the "newest USDA release. A cross between Mahan and Major. Lakota is very resistant to scab disease with medium susceptibility to yellow and black aphids. Lakota has performed well in tests in northern production areas of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. Bears quick and heavily. Kernel is cream to gold in color. Shells easily to full halves. Nut is oblong oval with and acute point and rounded base (59 nuts per lb.) and 62% kernel. Vigorous tree, upright growth habit. Wind resistant tree with strong limb angles."

All our trees are approximately 5 feet tall and we use bare root for planting. Because pecan tree roots can dry out quickly and suffer from damage, we have a small window to get all our planting done. The guys out at the orchard are putting in long days to get all the planting done. These trees should be in production in about 8 years.