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Macadamia vs Pecan

Both are Nut. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.

Macadamia Pecan

Measure Macadamia Pecan
Season Perennial Perennial
Sowing window Jun–Jul Dec–Jan (planting)
Days to harvest 5–7 yr 6–8 yr to bear
Spacing 8 × 6 m 10 × 10 m
Soil pH 5.0–6.5 6.0–7.0
Water 1000–1500 900–1300
Temperature °C 16–30 15–30
Seed rate Nursery 100 plants
Yield 2.5–4 t 1.5–2.5 t
Watch for Nut borer, husk spot Scab, aphid, shuck decline

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Everything in the same group, on the figures that decide what to plant.

Crop Sow Days pH Temp °C Yield
Almond Dec–Jan (planting) 4–5 yr to bear 6.0–7.5 10–28 1.5–2 t
Hazelnut Dec–Jan (planting) 4–5 yr to bear 6.0–7.0 10–24 1.5–2 t
Chestnut Jan–Feb 5–7 yr 5.0–6.5 10–24 2–3 t
Macadamia Jun–Jul 5–7 yr 5.0–6.5 16–30 2.5–4 t
Walnut Dec–Jan (planting) 6–8 yr to bear 6.0–7.5 10–25 2–3 t
Pecan Dec–Jan (planting) 6–8 yr to bear 6.0–7.0 15–30 1.5–2.5 t
Pistachio Jan–Feb (planting) 6–8 yr to bear 7.0–8.0 15–35 1.5–2 t

All 538 crops, with every column → The sowing year →