Challenges and Tricks to Growing Pecans in California

摘要

Out here in California, we're relative newcomers to the pecan industry. There are some smaller plantings that were planted in the late '50s and '60s, but most of the commercial plantings didn't start going in until the mid-1970s. And the state's largestorchard wasn't planted until 1980. With that being the case, we've had the benefit of applying lessons learned from all the mistakes and research done by those that came before us as the industry moved westward from its original home across the Southeast. Perhaps themost important lesson that has been passed down through the years is that every stage of the growing season is the most important stage of the growing season.