Presently, plenty of nursery trees are available. Cultural Program Production practices on pecans have been changing drastically over the last five years with more growers intensifying their production management level to include a complete spray and fertilizer program coupled with leaf analysis. A thorough spray schedule which would include 8-16 sprays per year is necessary. The fertilizer requirement at present is unknown for the area but would expect to have to make 2 to 3 applications per year. There is also a critical requirement for all minor elements.
Weed control is mandatory.
A potential pecan grower should be sure to determine what and when herbicides have been used on the acreage previously to see if the same herbicides are compatible with pecans. This document is Fact Sheet RF-AC020, one of a series of the Extension Administration Office, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. For information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension Service office.