Pecans are ready to harvest when they begin to drop from the trees, usually around the time when the tree begins losing its leaves for the winter. Mature pecans have green husks which have turned brown and crack open. That’s how you know they are ready. To harvest pecans properly, be ready for them before…
Category Archives: Pecan Farming
Last month, covered part 1 of how natural pecans are harvested we discussed how to prepare for a pecan harvest and how we harvest pecans here at Stahmanns, but also how you can harvest them yourself if you have pecan trees on your property. Inspecting and Drying the Pecans Once you collect the nuts, you…
This is the fourth installment of our blog series a Year in the Life of an Estate-Grown Pecan Farm. This series provides you behind the scenes look at Stahmanns Pecans, one of the largest New Mexican pecan companies. This series will also include details about the harvesting of the fresh pecans to get them ready…
Pecans are ready to harvest when they begin to drop from the trees, usually around the time when the tree begins losing its leaves for the winter. Mature pecans have green husks which have turned brown and crack open. That’s how you know they are ready. To harvest pecans properly you need to be ready…
This is the third installment of our blog series a Year in the Life of an Estate-Grown Pecan Farm. This series provides you behind the scenes look at Stahmanns Pecans, one of the largest New Mexican pecan companies. This series will also include details about the harvesting of the fresh pecans to get them ready…
This is the second installment of our blog series a Year in the Life of an Estate-Grown Pecan Farm. This series provides you with an inside look at what goes on behind the scenes at Stahmanns Pecans, one of the largest New Mexican pecan companies. This series will also include details about the processing of…
This is the first installment of our blog series a Year in the Life of an Estate-Grown Pecan Farm. This series provides you with an inside look at what goes on behind the scenes at Stahmanns Pecans, one of the largest pecan farms in New Mexico. This series will also includes details about the processing…
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Stahmanns Pecans, one of the largest pecan farms in the world, has three major varieties of pecan trees that produce between eight and nine million pounds of bulk pecan nuts every year: Bradley, Western Schley and the Wichita. Of the three trees, the Wichita is planted widely and quite popular among pecan farms because…
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Flowering is a necessary part of pecan tree pollination because of its impact on the overall production of pecans. In order to produce a larger amount of high-quality pecans for harvest it is necessary to account for the way in which different varieties of trees will work with one another during the pollination process. What’s…
As far back as the 16th century, there were signs that nature knew how to care for the fruits of the earth. When Spaniards first arrived in New Mexico during this period, the tall and simple trees that delivered funny-looking wrinkle nuts, made them feel as if a unique treasure had been discovered. Little has…
Folks frequently ask why Stahmanns uses “Estate Grown” as the company tagline. In fact, estate grown is an increasingly rare business model among pecan growers – you encounter it perhaps more among vineyards than with pecans. The term means that we take care of the entire production process here on our farm. For example, we…