Bad Year For Nuts

Pale fingers hold a cracked open pecan, half of whose insides are blackened, the other half seem dry and withered.

On a pale hand, one whole pecan and one cracked open in half -- the flesh is blackened.

As mentioned before, acorns are amazingly scarce on the ground this year. The pecans are awful too. They look wonderful lying around, but most have this black stuff good on, or some white and black stuff. A few didn't have it but instead are all withered instead.

Last year I snacked on pecans out of the yard all the time. Haven't found a single good one this time around.

This could be stink bug damage but they don't usually ruin the entire kernel, just black spots on otherwise healthy looking meat. Could be a scab disease.

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