three sided pecans?

[Lee Barner]

I've been picking up and shelling pecans lately and have come across something I have never seen before: pecans with three sections instead of two halves. anyone else seen this? I've picked up pecans from under these trees for years and never had any like these. lee

 

[Rustyt1953]

Signs and wonders.

 

[billwill]

Lee, do they glow in the dark? Never seen a 3 sided one before

 

[lkabug]

Rare, but not unheard of.
Are all the nuts from the one tree three sided?

 

[Lee Barner]

maybe one in 30 to 40. probably nature's way to confuse squirrels. lee

 

[BC38]

Mutant Mercedes pecans (the end looks like the 3-pointed Mercedes emblem)
I know, I'm cursed with a weird and overactive imagination

 

[muddocktor]

How far away do you live from the nearest nuclear power plant, Lee.

Oh wait, Oak Ridge is located in TN, right? How far away from there?

 

[Lee Barner]

doc, about as far away from Oak Ridge as I can get and not be in MO. lee

 

[ACORN]

I knew a guy once....

 

[vt_shooter]

Interesting Lee. I wonder if anyone at your state's Agricultural Extension Service might be interested, or can offer any theories.

 

[UncleEd]

This thread tops all nuttiness.

Moderators should close it.

 

[brucev]

Been around folks who grow lots of pecans. One fellow shows me some pecan trees he had that grew three different varieties of nuts on a single tree. His father did that by grafting. Real sight to see!

Get a couple of buckets of those nuts. Plant them. Later you should be able to isolate out some seedlings that will reliably produce the three sided pecans. Market them. People always are looking for something different. Doesn't have to be better. Just different. That's why folks who own and enjoy S&W's are sometimes known to buy Rugers ... and Colts. Sincerely. bruce.

 

[REM 3200]

I've been picking up and shelling pecans lately and have come across something I have never seen before: pecans with three sections instead of two halves. anyone else seen this? I've picked up pecans from under these trees for years and never had any like these. lee

Interesting. Looks like they got mixed up with Walnuts.
I have never seen any like them before.

 

[BigBoy99]

See, now you are seeing the results of "Global Warming"!

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

We lived at a place that had pecan trees, and I saw a few like that. No big deal, tasted just like the others.

They are higher than a cat's back around here this year.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Lee you need to get a nut pick and clean out all that shell gradoux in the nutmeat creases. Then dip those puppies in dark chocolate flavored with grand mariner. Allow to cool and then package is a container and let me know when you are done. I'll send you my address and you can send them to me.
Gary

 

[Old_Cop]

Climate change.

 

[Grayfox]

Mutant pecans??? Its a sign of the Apocalypse! Load up and hunker down!

 

[Watchdog]

I've been picking up and shelling pecans lately and have come across something I have never seen before: pecans with three sections instead of two halves.

Not sure I'd eat any of 'em. Might have some weird side effects.

 

[meaneyedcatz]

Your tree is nuts!!!