Nut and fruit trees

[farmer2009]

I am thinking about trying to put in some new trees. I was thinking Pecan trees but don't know much about them. Thought the vast knowledge here might. Also what kind of Apple trees do good. Had some but they were Cooking apple and we prefer to eat them raw.

 

[kg7il]

Me too. Up my way, pecans are out of the question, but we grow good apples around here. In fact, the apples, plums, and the like do quite well.

I just haven't bit the bullet and picked the locations on the property. Every year slides by without fruit trees

 

[randy41]

i think pecans are grown in warmer places than western KY, like further south.

 

[rsallen]

All nurseries have temp range charts for your location as well as the same ranges for different varieties of the trees you're considering.

Consult those charts before deciding.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

Fujis, Cortlands, and Gala are all nice crisp, firm, juicy, reddish eating apples.
Granny Smiths are great for baking. (Supposedly Fujis are good baking apples too.)
McIntosh and Delicious make good apple sauce, and probably good cider too. (I find they don't stay firm and crisp very long, which is why I don't recommend for eating or baking.)

Only wild nuts worth eating around NH are hickory nuts, and they're a lot of work. I have about a dozen American Chestnut trees (courtesy of the American Chestnut Cooperator's Foundation) that might start bearing in a couple of years if they turn out blight resistant. I think they're third generation, pure American crosses. They are NOT the Chinese hybrids that the ACF is doing.

 

[Soggy Bottom Outdoors]

Consider Posey and Pawnee varieties of pecans for KY. It can be done, but you may not get a crop every year.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Consider Posey and Pawnee varieties of pecans for KY. It can be done, but you may not get a crop every year.

We grow lots of pecans in Oklahoma; they should grow in Kentucky. Don't know what varieties, but there is a native pecan that produces well, although they are small compared to the big paper shell varieties. I have one nice pecan in my back yard that the squirrels are claiming by adverse possession; it's probably been producing 5 or 6 years, but I have never gotten one pecan. The squirrels, however, have gotten every pecan that ever came of age. That's ok; may have to make squirrel part of the table fare some day.

 

[EMB5530]

I'm not sure the variety, but here in Eastern Kansas Pecans grow very well. I have recently started about 50 from seed and my father has at least 100 that are about 20 yrs. old and about 35' tall now. Lots of places recommend zinc sulfate for the soil but around here I don't think it is needed as a late chemist friend of the family said that "The clay in this part of the US is loaded w/ it"

Good luck w/ your pecans, and all other trees you plant. I love to plant and grow fruit and nut bearing plants, it is a very rewarding process. Just have to be patient:tree:

 

[Western]

All nurseries have temp range charts for your location as well as the same ranges for different varieties of the trees you're considering.

Consult those charts before deciding.

I agree with this. Most producing trees require a certain amount of "chill hours". You would be best off checking with you're local Agriculture agent/department for recommendations. Fruit and nut trees are an expensive, long term venture. Took me 3 seasons to finally decide and find the ones that grow best in my neck of the woods.

You may want to look into you're state Gensing program and see what that is about, could be a money maker for you.

Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Ginseng Marketing

 

[Western]

All nurseries have temp range charts for your location as well as the same ranges for different varieties of the trees you're considering.

Consult those charts before deciding.

I agree with this. Most producing trees require a certain amount of "chill hours". You would be best off checking with you're local Agriculture agent/department for recommendations. Fruit and nut trees are an expensive, long term venture. Took me 3 seasons to finally decide and find the ones that grow best in my neck of the woods.

You may want to look into you're state Gensing program and see what that is about, could be a money maker for you.

Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Ginseng Marketing