Holes in the pecans

Jim in NC said:

The squirrels here never gave the birds a chance to get any. The only ones that fell here are the pops.

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Jim
I use to have a problem with squirrels until I started inviting them to bar b que's as main guest. Sent them a 22 invite( hard to refuse an invite like that) . Also invite them for fried and baked squirrel. For the big old gray's ,they're a little tougher, so they get invited for squirrel and dumplings.

It's worm problem here as the birds ( mostly blue jays ) will peck a hole in the shell and just eat the worm. Many times you can find the worm hole if you look.

mgood said:

I didn't realize pecans were established as far north as You are; are You able to get a good production there' I know the vareties are different than here. Choctaw is probably the King here with possibly Wichita running second or third.

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Yeah our pecans are smaller then south of us. We have pecans trees in the area that have been there for as long as I can remember. No one really knows what type they are. Colby is a very good one for our area, although there are many different varieties being sold by nurseries. I do have a Stuart pecan, but usualy it doesn't produce many good nuts. This year with the long growing season it appears that it will be a good year for it. I have 5 trees and all are young,oldest is 15 years,so they're still not at peak production yet.