Thread: Fruit, Nut, and Vine Grafting, Tree Propagation, Tree Care

My Topworked Pecans are scraping the ground with Pecans. This will make me a nervous wreck during storms. If we get a Hurricane heading our way right before it gets here I will prune off some of the weight. Rather loose a crop than loose a limb or worse the entire tree. If you play "Find the Pecan" in the pictures they are everywhere.

I'm a Bachelor for a few days so staying busy. This year I collected a few gallons of Mayhaws from our trees but they are young or topworked and the production wood is young so I harvested and froze the fruit.

Yesterday I pulled them all out, about 4-5 gallons and put them in the biggest pot I have along with a gallon of distilled water. Setting the stove to a low-medium heat I just walked away from it for 1/2 the day (fruit was frozen to Zero degrees).

After they finally thawed and came to a simmer I cooked them for 1 hour then let them cool completely before starting the straining process. The fruit is pretty much mush so you don't want to squish them just pour the entire pot thru a colander first. Once the heavy solids are removed I strain the juice thru a series of colanders with finer & finer mesh wire till this juice pictured is the result. I will pick this back up during the jelly making process.