Thankful Thursday
I am so thankful for this amazing tree that is located down at the farm, and for the many hundred others that look just like this.
These trees are at least a 100 years old.
By looking at the trunk of the tree, you might say "there is no way that this tree is that old."
Here ↓↓↓↓ is the reason why!
100 year-old pecan trees managed strictly for graft wood (scion wood) have small trunks primarily because they are subjected to continuous, severe, and intentional pruning, which prevents them from developing a large, mature canopy and trunk structure.
You can see in this close up photo the many twist and turns on the branches of the tree... These are caused due to the yearly cutting of new growth for graft wood. ...... throughout the past 90 or so years.
A simple pecan is planted one year, the next year the tree that shoots up from the pecan seed is grafted with the wood that comes from these specific trees .... the third year, the tree is ready to be sold.
I'm thankful for these old trees because they provide for our family...
Thousands of pecans are grafted each year and thousands of pecans trees are sold each year.
Shug.... 🌿
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What a cool tree! I've never seen a pecan tree before.
ReplyDeleteIf you hadn't told us this was a pecan tree, I'd never have guessed, Shug. My folks had lots of pecan trees where they lived for a time, but they were allowed to simply grow like any other tree. Blessings!
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