Pecan varieties resistant to heat shock

Think of this in terms of advising someone on apples to grow. Would you say to grow only the largest apples? What if the largest apples don’t happen to be the most productive or the best tasting? The same is true with pecans. Take Mohawk and Mahan off of your list. They are extreme alternate bearers making a huge crop of low quality nuts one year and no nuts at all the next year. Kiowa can do the same, but it is somewhat recommended because it is a productive tree for the first 20 to 25 years. Gloria Grande has problems with kernel quality.

https://pecanbreeding.uga.edu/cultivars/alphabetical-list.html

I went through through the pollination spreadsheet to see which varieties are most likely to produce a crop in your area. Here is the short list: Avalon, Caddo, Creek, Kanza, Lakota, and Pawnee. The major concern is whether or not they can mature a crop in your area given the relatively short growing season. Pawnee and Kanza are good pollination partners and mature in the shortest season.

If you have Microsoft Excel, please pull a copy of the pecan pollination sheet. It will save a lot of time figuring out details about specific varieties. Pecan pollination chart

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