Letter: Pecan Trees and Recharge Basins
Why not grow pecan trees between our recharge basins? It seems to me that we could recharge our groundwater and grow a commercial crop at the same ...
Why not grow pecan trees between our recharge basins? It seems to me that we could recharge our groundwater and grow a commercial crop at the same time. Our recharge basins appear to be totally exposed to the sun. Wouldn't shading the basins reduce some of the evaporation? The pecan tree is not native to Arizona; however, the Arizona black walnut is native and once grew along the Santa Cruz River up to and possibly through Marana. In Marana I have seen some of our lowest elevation remnant black walnut trees growing along irrigation ditches.