Thanks! I planted 8 bare root pecans 7 years ago, but all of them died within a couple years. They had big tap roots but hardly any of the small feeder roots. I think they had Caddo rootstock.
I think I had Zinner and Lakota, but can’t remember the other two varieties. I got two pairs each of type I and type II varieties. They were from Plant Me Green out of Florida. I also got two pears from them that are still doing very well.
Edit: the others were Oconee and Caddo. Here’s the thread I commented about it.
Double edit: the pecan I planted for my Mom was from Atwood’s, a local farm supply store. It was a bare root tree with its roots wrapped in a big bag with a moist medium to keep them from drying out. I bet I dug a two foot deep hole to accommodate the monster tap root. Guess I did that one right.