I have not. Pecan is a type of hickory, but grows faster than trees like shellbark hickory. I've seen pictures and videos of when it's been done and the pecan bulges out weirdly above the graft. It can make for a weak, unsightly tree. I would graft the pecan variety you want on pecan root stock.

A lot of grafted nut trees look very different from between the rootstock and the graft, often because of major differences in bark texture.

Hickory scions perform more quickly if put on a pecan root stock. They get nuts much more quickly.

Hican scions do better on pecan root stock too. Hicans are crosses between shellbark hickories and pecans. They can get significantly bigger nuts than both parents. Some hican nuts are so big you can only hold 3 or 4 in your hand.

Keith

I've still been gathering nuts a few times a week.

These are all selected, named varieties of black walnuts, I collected today. The large nuts in the grey bucket and roller are Hare, a large easy to crack nut. The smaller looking nuts are Hay, a thin husked, thin shelled large nut. I'll plant many of these nuts. Both trees are self fertile, but they may not grow true to seed, because they can be pollinated by trees that are up to 250 feet away. I'm hoping they are all better than most wild nuts.



These are button bush seeds I collected last week. I'll plant them, but also plant cuttings in the Spring, which will reach saleable size more quickly.



Has anybody else been collecting any nuts or other seeds?

Keith

I don't believe you picked any of those nuts.

It tried bud but I just couldnt get the camera far enough to get everything in the photo.

That's a large heavy nut. I found one like that under an overpass, in a creek I used to catch minnows out of. What size bolt does it fit on?

Keith

Iirc, it’s for a 2 1/4 or 2 1/2 inch bolt.. I used to make studs that were 12” long and threaded on both ends, it went into a big metal shear at our local scrap iron dealer..

This is how I clean my nuts.

I put the hulled nuts in a 5 gallon bucket of water on a paint/mud stirrer.



I let it run for around 10 minutes to loosen and knock off the fibrous debris on the nuts.



I pour the nuts in a milk crate, that sits on a barrel top, with a big hole cut in it. I then rinse them to wash away the debris.



There's still a fair amount of fiber on the nuts. I float test them by adding water. I pull out the floaters. They aren't good for planting, but are often good to eat still.



I then repeat the process. The nuts don't need to be perfectly clean, pretty clean is good enough. Black walnuts ready for drying.




Heartnuts ready for drying.



Keith

The initial drying of the nuts starts outside. It will go until about dark. The rest of the drying will be inside, to avoid rodents and sun damage.



The hulls have juglone in them, which is toxic to many plants. Walnut use juglone to reduce competition. Juglone quickly breaks down when composted. The composted hulls are extremely high in useable nitrogen, which plants need to survive. The hulls will get covered with raw poultry manure. The next level will be rabbit manure. The top level will be soil, from already composted material, which I will plant in.




Keith