| | John Walek, LSU AgCenter maintenance repairer master, thins the pecan crop at LSU AgCenter's Pecan Research-Extension Station using a nut tree shaker. Thinning the crop helps to improve the quality of the current crop and to increase the potential for crop production the next year. |
| | Depending on the nut size of the variety, the tree is shaken to remove 30 percent to 50 percent of the nut crop. |
| | | The shaker head clamps onto the pecan tree and shakes the tree. The practice of thinning is usually done when the nuts have 50 percent to 100 percent kernel expansion in the water stage. |
| | Green, immature nuts on the ground after shaking. |
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