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Last year was a frustrating pecan year for many – the early first freeze in October caused a lot of shucks to not open up, reducing yields. Pecans are a beautiful tree and a delicious crop but ...
This pest primarily attacks pecan but other trees including persimmon, sweet gum, and Bradford pear can also be hosts. I will give a description of fall webworms and give control recommendations.
Spring is a good time of year to make plans for irrigation, fertilization, and pest control for pecan trees.
It is important to know other forms of pests that can infect a pecan tree’s nuts, the information of which can be found at the Cleveland County OSU Extension Office.
While aphid infestations normally don't make pecan trees look visually worse, crape myrtles seem to lack some of that ability to just shrug off an aphid infestation.
Pecan trees are being invaded by a pest, so a quarantine is now in effect.
The tree itself is cast iron as I’ve never seen a pecan tree die from insects or diseases. Darrell Blackwelder is the retired horticulture agent and director with the North Carolina Cooperative ...
Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service in McLennan County is hosting a ‘Pecan Field Day’ for Central Texans Tuesday to teach them how to improve their pecans ahead of harvest season.
During the fall, we get many questions about problems with pecans. I hope this article will help you prevent or at least understand the nature of the common pecan problems.
So now is the time to plant that pecan tree you've been wanting. But keep this in mind: Pecan trees grow to be very large — up to 60 feet tall and 40 feet wide. At a minimum, pecan trees should ...