In the midst of a hectic early November, I almost forgot to collect pecans from my young tree, but after driving over them a few times, I did eventually notice that they had fallen from the tree and were awaiting harvest. Of course, my epiphany came when I was rushing around doing other things and so I picked them up as rapidly as possible and filled my pockets. The ultimate result was this previously picked, pocketed, and photographed pile of perfect pecans placed on ProfessorRoush's kitchen counter. There are, for those who want to know, 83 pecans in this pile.
Last year, I gathered about a dozen pecans from the tree at harvest, the first year it ever bore fruit. If my crop proliferates at the rate of 83/12, or 6.92X per year, then next year I should harvest 574 pecans, and the year after I should get 3975 pecans, and then 27500 pecans in 2016, and 190348 pecans in 2017.
I think I'll stop counting after that since I'll literally be rolling in pecans. Or I can just start counting pecans by the dump truck load after 2017. Pecan paradise awaits.
What variety of pecan tree is it that is doing so well in Kansas, and how do they taste?
ReplyDeleteActually I have no idea of variety....this was a $10 potted 2 foot tall tree that I purchased from a local nursery just to see if they would survive here. The taste is so-so...I'm learning how important it is to remove all the shell "cork" to remove the bitterness.
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