This Flowchart will explain the steps in pecan production.
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1. Plant the Pecan nuts.
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2. Allow pecan trees to grow for 2 years.
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3. Graft a chosen Pecan branch onto the seedling.
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4. Plant them in the ground.
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5. Now wait 10-15 years for the pecan trees to mature.
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10. Size the nuts.
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9. Dry the nuts to less then 4% moisture.
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8. Sort the nuts.
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7. Use mechanical harvester to pick up nuts.
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6. Use a shaking machine to shake the nuts off the tree.
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11. Pack the nuts and exports them to China.
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12. Transported to poor provinces in China to be cracked.
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13. Sent to factories to be soaked in flavoring.
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14. Some nuts are roasted.
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15. Packing the nuts.
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18. Eat the nuts.
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17. Sell them to the public.
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16. Sell the nuts to retailers.
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Pecan Production
