Question about planting pecan nuts to get a tree.

I last did this about 25 years ago and it worked. Soak the nut for a week or so and then put 4 or 5 of them in a bucket of soil. When they sprout, cull down to one. Let it grow awhile and then transplant. It worked great. These are native pecans but about 2 or 3 times the size of the nuts off of my neighbors native trees.

I've been trying it again for the last couple of months and it hasn't worked. No matter how long I soak them I get nothing. The nuts are from the trees that I successfully "cultured" but just aren't sprouting. According to pecan sites on the web, I'm doing it right.

I'm planting them indoors. I know nothing about photo periods. Could that have a bearing?

One of the nuts cracked and started a root. So I put it down into some soil. It somehow pushed up to the top of the soil and died.

What am I doing wrong?

Last edited by Dave Davidson1; 03/01/15 06:54 AM.
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