In the Vinnitsa region began to grow hickory - a nut native to North America. This is stated in the message of the Vinnitsa Regional State Administration.
SE “Gaysinsky Forestry” has been introducing white hickory into the forest crops for many years. forest crops.
White Hickory (Caria Pecan) is a valuable exotic from the nut family, whose homeland is North America. The US states of Texas, Iowa, Florida and Mexico, the slopes of the Appalachians. Walnut has practically no nutritional value, but gives life to beautiful wood.
In the Gaisinsky forestry (quarter 58) on an area of 1.2 hectares. 49-year-old hickory forest crops grow with a stand height of 18 m. By the way, here in the 70s, foresters planted another species from the walnut family - Siebold walnut.
Hickory Walnut White (Brown Pecan)
For some time, hickory plantations in the Gaisinsky forestry had the status of a seed plantation. Therefore, here you can notice the row spacing 5 m., Sparse rows.
“Such techniques allowed the trees to obtain a developed crown, which provides better fruiting and the corresponding quality of seeds. Over time, during the basic forest management, this plantation was transferred to forest crops.
But the Gaisin foresters continue to harvest hickory nuts for their own nurseries. in forestry, they prepared 10 kg. pure white hickory seeds, ”said Sergei Rudenko, chief forester at the Gaysinsky Forestry State Enterprise.
Siebold Walnut
White hickory grows in Sobolevsky forestry (Yavnoye tract, apt. 60). Small plantations have an area of 0.2 hectares. The age of the tree was established by taxis of the Ukrainian Forestry Expedition during basic forest management. Since then, it has already turned 123 years old.
