They survived the winter / myLot

United States

March 28, 2023 4:10pm CST

The two pecan saplings my sons gave me for Father's Day last year, that is. Both have sprouted leaves this spring. The photo is of the Pawnee Pecan sapling. It leafed out earlier and is sporting a finer look than the Elliot Pecan whose buds are just beginning to show signs of sprouting leaves. The trick now will be to keep them watered and healthy throughout what I expect will be a very hot summer. Are the leaves coming out in your area? For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, do your leaves change color in the fall?

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

29 Mar 23

How long to wait before you get some fresh pecan nuts

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

29 Mar 23

It will probably be a few years before we see any nuts from these trees according to the literature I read.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (21504)

• London, England

30 Mar 23

@DWDavis That's what I thought!

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

29 Mar 23

Not here yet. Those are nice to see

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

29 Mar 23

I was concerned the Pawnee Pecan wouldn't survive the winter. It is the smaller of the two. As it turned out, Pawnee leafed out over a week before the Elliot Pecan did.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

30 Mar 23

@DWDavis Different ones leaf at different times

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marguicha

@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

28 Mar 23

Our native trees have leaves that stay in the winter. And my eldest daughter told me to cover the soil around the trees so that the roots won´t be too cold of too hot. She uses leaves from the year before or grass.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

28 Mar 23

I did have mulched leaves piled around the roots, but recent rains washed them away. I will add more soon to keep the moisture in and the heat off as summer grows closer.

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marguicha

@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

28 Mar 23

@DWDavis I had forgotten the word. MULCH!!!

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148720)

• Roseburg, Oregon

31 Mar 23

I hope both of them stay healthy through the summer/

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

28 Mar 23

That looks very healthy, hope it continues to do well. Only a few leaves just starting to appear here.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

28 Mar 23

I expect most of our trees around here to be leafing out over the next few days to a week.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

1 Apr 23

Looks good. I hope you can keep it watered in summer. Nothing budding yet. We still have winter coming our way.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (97912)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

29 Mar 23

Best of luck with them, The one in the photo looks beautiful, I have not been out looking but then the trees in Florida don't always lose all their leaves,

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381802)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Mar 23

Our leaves do change colour but we don't have the wonderful displays that we see in photos from the US.

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