Florida Hickory

General Fruit Growing
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Anyone familiar with Florida Hickory, Carya floridana? I would like to know at what age it starts to produce nuts? I’ve been looking online but haven’t found anything.

Thanks
Dean

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Hickory is pretty consistent with 15 to 20 years for first nuts from seed grown trees. Juvenile phase is a huge hurdle for breeders.

Pecan is a bit different as some selections have been made for precocious bearing. It still takes 10 or more years for most but some trees produce nuts in 5 to 7 years. Pecan on average grows about twice as fast as an average hickory of other species.

Do you have sand hickory growing?

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I don’t. I just saw the name ‘scrub hickory’ and thought maybe it was smaller and might start producing sooner. I would plant some if it were true.