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Growing Pecans Can Be Rewarding Dear Plant Doctor: I have a question I wouitl like answered. I planted a pecan tree in my yard over 10 years ago. Soon alter (about a year), the tree was run over by a lawn mower and cut oil at ground level. A sprout came out front the trunk and has now made a tree about 15 feet tall. "ITiis tree has never bloomed. Is this tree worthless since it came from a sprout? If so, should I remove it? What arc all my options? Answer: The sprout that emerged is an adventitious shoot generated by the root slock. Seedling pc an or hickory arc predominantly used for understock or rootstock in most pecan grafting operations. Mature seedling pecan (Caryu illinoensis) trees -vill often produce gtxxl yield.* but the nuts will often be small in si/c and ol inconsistent quality. Most seedling pecan trees will reach rcproducuvc maturity be tween 10 and 20 years after plant ing. You have several options you should consider before you remove a 10-year-old pecan tree. The pecan is one uniquely American crop that world markets seem to be unable to satisfy. Pecan trees offer shade, wildlife habitat and delicious nuts. However, growing pecan trees THE PLANT DOCTOR c\ C. H RUCK J _ %? WILLIAMS Fx tension Area -w w Turf Specialist can Ik a frustrating experience. Here ;ire a lew basic tacts thai shoukl make pecan culture more fun. I. Numerous varieties of pecan are available. Because of the unusu al pollination habits of the pecan, varieties should be matched lor op timum nut prtxluction. For example, the cultivar Cape Fear produces pollen before the stirna (Icinalc flower) is receptive. A single Cape Fear pecan tree will not produce a very large nut yield unless another pecan pollinates the female flowers. 'lite Stuart pecan produces a re ceptive female llower at the same time Cape hear has viable pollen. Also, Stuart produces viable pollen at roughly ihe same time as Cape Fear female Rowers arc receptive. In a good year the two cultivars cross pollinate each other's flowers. The take-home message is to plant compatible pecan varieties. l-.xtension publication Pollination Requirement* of Pecan Varieties, Leaflet No. 35!), describes ilic best pairing of varieties lor |K>llinalion purposes. 2. All pecan cultivars must be (?railed to cither seedling roolstock or hickory nx>t stock. From personal experience, I can tell you gralting pecans is very, very difficult. One option you have is to grail a desir able variety on lo the sprout you currently have growing. Commercial pecan orchards gralt new varieties on old trees through a process known as "topworking". 1 would recommend you consult with U*al nurserymen to locate an indi vidual thai is expert in grading and have them lopwork your tree. L H'gh yield, early nut produc tion for the home gardener can only be achieved if soil fertility and pests are controlled. Improper or inade quate fertilization is often the cause of poor nul yields. Pick up a copy of Pecan Management Around the llome , Horticultural Information Leaflet No. 351, at the county coop erative extension office. 1 am sending you some of the previously mentioned literature about pecan culture. Hope this helps you decide how to handle your tree. Send your gardening questions to The Plant Doctor. P.O. Box 109, Bolivia. N.C. 2X422. PHOTOS CO*THf?gTfO Pilot Club Inducts Members Elects Officers The Pilot Club of the Smith Brunswick Islands inducted four new members and elected officers for 1991-92 at its Auk. 20 meeting in Calabash. Pictured in the top photo (from left) are new members Helen lMUgis%.h, Honnie Adams, Mary Harrelson and (Una Hritton. Shown below ( from left ) are new officers Nellie Westbrook, president; Harbara Huss, director; Sue Chapman, director; Frances Warner, recording secretary; Helen Ixiugisch, vice president; Wendy Milazzo, treasurer; Martha Jo Hall, president-elect; and I'aye Allen, corresponding secretary. Director Rita Canfield is not pic tured. ill* Brunswick County Artists' Work To Be Focus Of Art Guild Festival Work b) Brunswick County art ists and craftcrs will he featured at the Oak Island Art Guild's second annual arts and crafts festival Sat urday, Aug. 31. The festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Middlcton Park, Long Beach, with a Sept. 1 rain day, said Phy II i> Riley, organizer. "It will he a fun day in the park for all," she predicted. Some national-known artists will be among the exhibitors, including Ortrud Tyler, known for her ab stracts and marsh scenes; Ervin Webb, known for her tropical flow ers, birds and portraits; Ellen and Arthur Jones, watercolors; and Jean Jones, seascapes. The guild's 70 members will ex hibit and demonstrate their artistic bents. Entertainment will include a Dixieland style jazz band and a folk singer. Also, teen-age author Alicia Conn ol Long Beach will be ai the lair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. auto graphing copies of her t*x>k, Till Caswell Fell. Foods will lie available from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Eastern Star, Senior Citizens of Long Beach and Si. Philip's Episcopal Women. "There is so much uilent in Brunswick County," said Ms. Riley, "that this is an opportunity to meet the artists and craftsmen, sec good art and buy at affordable prices." TNext Medifast Classes Start September 5 Call today to sign up. Marilyn J. Boehm. M.D.. Ph. D. 919-754-5581 Village Pines. Shallotte 919-754-9949 THE CAPE FEAR FOOT CENTER SOCHI BRUNSWICK ISLANDS MI-DICAI. I'ARK IIWY. 17 SOUTH AND UNION PRIMARY SCIIOOI. ROAD Professional, Thorough and Gentle Foot Care ?Heel Pain / Heel Spur ?Bunions, Corns, Calluses ?Warts, Ingrown Nails 'Insurance Forms Filed For You ? Blue Cross Costwise Provider I)r. 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