I’m officially tired of pecans.

danielsumner · #1 10/25/12, 05:47 PM

I’m officially tired of pecans. I took 110 pounds to be cracked. Ended up with 65 pounds of shelled nuts. Put 15 pounds in my freezer and sold 50 pounds. It’s a lot of work. I think I will just sell the rest of my nuts to the wholesale buyer. They are only bringing $1.10 wholesale, last year it was over $2.00. A lot were put in cold storage and that is now keeping prices low.

watcher · #2 10/25/12, 06:10 PM

Gota tell this.

When I was a kid we moved and the first thing my dad did was plant some pecan trees, several pecan trees (in case some died [none did]). He said he wanted to live long enough to eat some of the nuts from the trees.

After many years he had a tree produce. It had THREE nuts on it. I swear the man would go out there and talk to those three nuts. I used to joke to mom about the four nuts. Anyway he went out there one day and discovered a @*#&^#$ squirrel had gotten them. If he could of he would have killed every squirrel in a 10 mile radius.

In a few years he was hoping the squirrels would eat more because the front yard was ankle deep in pecans.

KIT.S · #3 10/25/12, 06:19 PM

Would it be cost effective to sell them to folks on HT? I'd love to have pecans. There are hazelnuts and walnuts locally; wanna trade? How many pounds do you think would fit in one of those bigger flat-price boxes? I don't mind cracking them myself.
Kit

kimmom2five · #4 10/25/12, 06:59 PM

I wish I had pecans, they are so expensive here.

danielsumner · #5 10/25/12, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by KIT.S

Would it be cost effective to sell them to folks on HT? I'd love to have pecans. There are hazelnuts and walnuts locally; wanna trade? How many pounds do you think would fit in one of those bigger flat-price boxes? I don't mind cracking them myself.
Kit

I've sold some shelled on the barter forum, but have not thought of selling any whole. Good question about the big box. I'll fill one tomorrow and see how much it weighs. Shipping might me more than the nuts.

Daniel

Silvercreek Farmer · #6 10/25/12, 07:53 PM

A few years ago I had a massive craving for pecans. I found some on Craig's list, bought five pounds, ate them for weeks, and haven't craved them since!

LisaT · #7 10/26/12, 06:08 AM

Seriously,
I would be interested in Pecans as well. Shelled or not! Let us know if you want to sell some and shipping.

Thanks
Theront

DaynaJ · #8 10/26/12, 10:08 AM

I would love to have some. Their anywhere from $12.00 to $20.00 a lb here. Let us know!

crispin · #9 10/26/12, 10:21 AM

I would also love a couple of LBS of Pecans.

watcher · #10 10/26/12, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by danielsumner

I've sold some shelled on the barter forum, but have not thought of selling any whole. Good question about the big box. I'll fill one tomorrow and see how much it weighs. Shipping might me more than the nuts.

Daniel

USPS has those 'if it fits it ships' boxes which you pay a flat rate to ship what ever you can get in it.

Copperhead · #11 10/26/12, 07:44 PM

If I was ankle deep in pecans . . . I'd be finding some piggies!

LadyJane · #12 10/26/12, 09:38 PM

Yes, please let us know! I'd be very interested in buying pecans. I haven't had any for several years. We have our own English Walnuts but I love pecans.

Ranchermom · #13 10/26/12, 11:01 PM

We also had a wonderful crop this last year, I froze some, I vacuumed some in cans and bags. I traded with the good folks here for jams & jellys from all over the states. I bartered $672 worth of raw milk from Sept til now from a local dairy. I got them cracked at a local pecan place & shelled them myself in front of the tv-Bought myself a camera and saving up for a Berkley water system next that will probably be it I am about to run out my bartering pecans. This yrs crop I bet I only get a can full.

Old Vet · #14 10/26/12, 11:25 PM

What type of pecans do you have? Native or large ones paper shells and the like. I used to grow Money Makers and Stewart and some paper shells. Had about 1000 trees to pick up from but I had lots of machinery to do it with. I only got tired of pecans in February when the last bag was gone. Made more money from pecans than any other crop that I raised.

Ken Scharabok · #15 10/27/12, 02:12 AM

From eBay listings for shelled pecans looks like you can get 9-11 pounds (unshelled) in a medium flat rate box.

danielsumner · #16 10/27/12, 03:59 AM

This is our first year full time here, so I've been working at getting the property under control. "Ranchermom" Our trees didn't go gangbusters like they did last year, I'm getting good nuts, but a lot fell early with their husks still on, or fell green. Several of the trees are in the woods. I've been cutting the brush and other trees around them. By next year I'll have the ground around them cleared and hopefully some irrigation run. These are all old trees, one is a seedling that is probably a hundred years old, it huge. It has these small round nuts that are so good, but a pain in the behind to shell.

"Old Vet" I have Stewarts, a couple of Money Makers, Paper Shells and a couple types of seedlings A couple of my favorite trees are half in the yard and half in the pasture. I don't have a tractor yet and the guy that was supposed to cut it, didn't do it. So I only got half the nuts from those trees this year. I'm not going to crawl around it the grass and weeds picking up nuts, I might get a hold of something other than a pecan. The nuts I shelled where from three Stewart trees that I think have the best flavor. The rest I picked up I sold to the Pecan Market. We have had a lot of wind this week, so about all the nuts are down. The paper shells didn't do anything this year. Last year I was up here in November before I retired. I just raked up the paper shells and scooped them up with a shovel. They brought big bucks, almost $2.50 a pound.

Ken, I was able to get about 10 pounds of whole nuts in a large flat rate box. I get $1.10 at the pecan plant. So If I charge $1.40 to $1.50 for the nuts, with the $15 shipping, a box of nuts would be about $30. I think that is outrageous. I'm going to look next year at UPS and see if it would be cost effective to ship whole nuts.

Daniel

anahatalotus · #17 10/28/12, 01:18 PM

Put them in a pretty bag ans sell them way over priced on etsy as a 'gift bag' perfect for the holiday season...

plowhand · #18 10/28/12, 05:03 PM

Seedlings are most desired by some of the local companies for candy and such because they say seedlings have a higher oil content. The bigger nuts always seem to bring the higher prices . It was common in the past for people to pick up enough pecans to pay their property taxes ,just from yard trees.