I often get questions about pecans, especially during the holidays with all the holiday baking. Many want to plant the trees as nursery and garden centers receive their annual shipment of bare-rooted ...

Fruit trees, pecan trees and other nut plants can be grown with great success and relatively few problems. However, I'm often asked about how to control pecan scab, peach leaf curl, borers and poor ...

Pecans are beautiful native shade trees that also make a delicious, healthy food; they are very popular in the Concho Valley and many of the questions that come into the Extension Office revolve ...

There’s nothing quite like pecans. With their rich, buttery flavor, these nuts are a staple of Louisiana culture and cuisine. If you’d like to produce your own pecans, November through March is an ...

Pecan trees and their hickory tree cousin are nutty buddies not from South Carolina. The pecan is the only nut tree native to the United States and is indigenous to North America. It is found along ...

Lots of folks want to know how to get their pecan tree to produce a crop each year. Unfortunately, it’s not practical or even realistic. Afterall, commercially produced pecans are mostly grown in ...

You’ve likely heard the following at some point: "When’s the best time to plant a tree? 20 years ago. When’s the second-best time? Now." It’s fireplace time, which means many of us are purchasing or ...

Many of the questions that come into the Extension Office are about pecan tree care. Pecans are beautiful landscape trees that provide a healthy, delicious food but they are not low maintenance. They ...

Q: Last night I weeded my flowerbeds and pulled a lot of St. Augustine runners up. Can I plant those? I have them in a pan of water. I’ll probably have more as I do more weeding. I have bare areas I’d ...

York County Penn State Master Gardeners celebrated Arbor Day by planting a historic pecan tree at the arboretum in John Rudy Park.