Growing Pecan Trees from Seed 

A little update, The pecan trees are starting to sprout up, Have an almost 50% germination rate so far with more coming up every day! will do an update video soon!

Squirrels put theses pecans in my raised garden beds and by spring I have pecan trees sprouting without any effort. I just pull them out and put them in a large bucket

Ours have been planted from seeds by squirrels. They started producing in about 10 years. The first summer we saw the catkins blooming we were so ecstatic but everything was covered with yellow pollen dust. This year we had a bumper harvest. The fresh nuts are so tasty. In the meanwhile, take care of your trees with pecan fertilizer, zinc spray and good pruning. We also throw some alfalfa feed pellets around the tree trunks too. Happy planting!

Thank you. I have collected many fallen pecans. Cracking and Shelling them became much easier after they were allowed to open air, inside, dry for 3-4 weeks. I also have had the most success by using a set of 10 Inch Groove Joint Pliers to crack them.

I'm so happy to be seeing videos again from you on all your channels! Glad you are staying safe up there 💜

Thank you for great video. From South Africa

Thanks for the video mine has grown up very well

Until today, I had yet to see how these delicious nutritional snack make it onto the shelf of my local grocery store. Thanks for the video :)

Thank you for sharing and taking the time to post the video. It is very helpful. Plan to give it a try next March. Thanks

Thank You for posting this video

Thanks for making this video man!!

i found its easyer to start them in larger pot 6 in deep so you dont have to keep moving to bigger pots may damage roots i give tap rppt more room to grow dont fill cup full of soil to start leavean inch or so so you can add soil for support as it grows taller

thank you very much for the wisdom

great video, just what i needed to know. thank u much.

Thank you😊

Thank you so much👍

Thanks God bless. I am going to try it in 2021.

New sub here thanks for sharing god bless thanks for the info

How do you have hybid Pecans ??? What were they crossed with ??? Or are they just cross bred between other Pecan varieties or cultivators ??? Thanks 👌

Any trays you do if you make a box the size of the tray out of quarter in screen metal mesh no more squirrel problems make em about 4 or 5 inches higher than the trays give room for plants to grow.

On accident I was growing some tomatoes and beans I left them next to a pecan tree it was starting to give pecans three got into my pots and around November I saw something in one of my tomato’s so then I pulled it noticed it was a pecan and replanted it it died so I was sad about it then one day u went to check in my farm and I saw to others right now I’m planning of transporting them in February I’m pretty glad I think it was the climate of Houston that helped them grow

How do you describe this type of seedling trays you are using. they are big and deep

Can i do that now in may

Can you use store bought rsw pecans to grow trees?

What soil do you recommend for planting?

What month of the year we can germinate pecan

can i do this in the summer?

can you soak and plant the ones from the grocery store?

Does the cracked part face up or down?

What do you mean you floated them? Explaining this in the video would've helped.

How do you graf them

Question, but first thanks for the inspiration I have 5 pecan sprouts about a foot high now, but when I first attempted, I used everything you did in your pecan videos, same trays, same fertilizer and mix ratios of perlite and peat moss. I did three trays like this and in all three they started to sprout, but I could not keep my peat moss mix moist. I would water it before and after work but it dried incredibly fast and killed all the sprouts, did you ever run into this issue and if so, how do you keep the trays with that mixture moist?

im thinking about using a4 in pvc pipe they come in 10 ft sections i will cut at 12 inches that will give me ten (12inch pots ) so my tap root will have room to go down i will connect all the sections togeather standing up for supportas they grow it will be easy to remove these to plant in orchard with tap root intact

Planted pecans in March. They are about 10-14” high. Have then in 6” pots that they were planted in. Question. Should the seedlings be planted in ground until I sit them out in the fall?

Is it important when putting seed in soil to have one end up and other down?

I found a bag of pecans at my local rural king store, the were in an onion type sack- do you think they may grow? I’m assuming they were not roasted. What’s your guess? Should I try the water method to see if they sink?

does it matter which direction the crack points?

Do you use the pecans that float or sink?

Good Pecans float or sink?l in water??

Hi! I just identified some leaves from plants that appeared out of nowhere in my front yard - four of them and they are growing very quickly - identified on a plant identifier app as pecan trees. Is this possible? I am in Northern California. The leaf, with its pointed tip and serrated edges, looks exactly like the leaf of the pecan tree in photos. I have no idea why these trees would be going growing here except that I did feed pecans to wild turkeys for a while a few years back. Any ideas? Thanks

you will find your tap root coiled up like a spring by useing those tiny plastic pots pecans are not like other plants the have a very long tap root for support as they mature may be 8-10 ft long stright down starting in a big pot gives the tap root room to grow i put mine in a 5 gal bucket good for a couple years or more that i dont have to keep fooing with it leave alone wet when it needs it dont let it dry out after about 6 months from seed leave it out side year round one other thing i see people do is plant the seed standing up i need s to be laying flat the reason is the root and stem grow out from same crack in seed one goes up one go down if it on its side if not one of will go into a uturn not good later in life-------good luck

I was hoping you would explain the process from the very beginning. I noticed you said you pixk pecans from the fall prior and kept them cool with a little moisture in the fridge. Didn't you soak them overnight?

Does a pecan tree from a seed have to be grafted before it will produce pecans? Planning to plant pecan nuts 3rd week in March. Thank you for the video and insights. Thanks fir sharing.

when do you pick them off the ground

Do you water the seeds? how often?

How long did it take to sprout?

is the seed good if it floats or if it sinks in the water

I live in zone 9a. Can I plant if I get some off the tree?

Someone told me a tree grown from seed/pecan will not produce pecans. Is this accurate?

Wheres the follow up?

those pecans look real small the ones ii plant are about 1-3/4 long paper shell

My pecan never sprouted

Hello sir do you send pecanut seed

Pecan trees from seeds

some plant nurserys cut the tap root to fit in mailing package bad news they all died that tap root is very important to a pecan tree its not just for suport if you notice the first thing that comes aout of the shell is the tap root every thing else is secondery

some more info on sprouting pecans no matter what pecan seed you plant it will not make that pecan because the pecan (dna ) isin the tree not the seeds so with in mind you graft your favorite pecan on to the one you planted after several years it will produce your favorite nuts then-- look at pecan tre as an invest in the future it will pay dividens down the road if you want something farily soon plant a peach tree some bear 3rd yr so if buy a 2 yr old tree you may get peaches next year

Entirely brushing over the stratification? Unless you have a vid already?

Around here we call them seedlings. Not a very good market nut.

pity no questions were answered

When I plant pecans they turn into Chinese plum trees, not pecan trees. Why is that?

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youre gonna have to speak like im 5 years old

Thank God you had only a handful of nuts. Too much time spent on planting all those many nuts. Can you please zoom in on which end of nut to push in the soil? Too much tedious talk. Thanks.