Pecan trees, HELP!!

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We have a bunch of pecan trees. Most are really large.
They are producing, but not an insane amount.
Maybe its an off year...
Anyway, what should we do to fertilize the trees to help ensure a bumper crop next year?
 
Get some miracle grow fertilizer spikes and put them in now and again in the spring. Use the nut producing tree spikes. Home Depot carries them. Trim the trees in the fall after the leaves drop. No more the 25 % of the canopy. Pecan trees do have a reputation for producing more every other year.
Shoot the squirrels.
 
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If they're near your home or over concrete you care about...harvest them with a chain saw.

I hate those damn trees
 
Leadchunker said:
Get some miracle grow fertilizer spikes and put them in now and again in the spring. Use the nut producing tree spikes. Home Depot carries them. Trim the trees in the fall after the leaves drop. No more the 25 % of the canopy. Pecan trees do have a reputation for producing more every other year.
Shoot the squirrels.
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Bingo,, That has been my experience throughout my lifetime. We had 3 at my homeplace and it was every other year like clockwork
 
Pecan is very good bbq wood, so if you trim your trees, keep that in mind.:D
 
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Tent and bag worms are a pecans worst enemy. Watch for worms and get rid of them when you get them. They bore a small hole into the shell and it’ll be hollow when it falls to the ground.
 
We fertilize each tree using eight 2’ sections of 1” schedule 40 pvc pipe we prepped with a sharp digging end and six 1/4” holes cross-drilled every 1” inch at a 90° rotation. We drive them in about 10’ from the tree’s base and fill with ordinary 10-10-10 fertilizer and cap it off. The fertilizer will slowly be dispersed and absorbed over time. Check the level every so often to see if it needs refilling.

Also every 2-3 years we have an arborist check and trim any dead or weakly fed branches so the strength goes to the best producing limbs.
 
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Burt Gummer said:
Tent and bag worms are a pecans worst enemy. Watch for worms and get rid of them when you get them. They bore a small hole into the shell and it’ll be hollow when it falls to the ground.
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Bag worms can be treated with a Bayer product. It comes in a blue container, milk jug size, for about $60. Granulated form with measure cup. Treat this year for next year.
 
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