Many have grown, worked and studied pecans for 100 years with change coming with each generation. In the last 40 years, dramatic change has occurred yet many questions continue and new production systems will come. Here are some of our major concerns.Alternate bearing has and will continue to bring unstable prices and profits to pecans. Many causes influence "on" and "off bearing. Water is a factor, C/N ratio is a factor, and now we feel hormones are a factor. There have been at least 4 PhD dissertations directed toward understanding alternate bearing, yet we cannot control it.
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