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Why is my pear tree dying around the blossoms?
Shortly after the blossoms fell on my pear, areas around the blossoms started to turn black and die. This is spreading. Although the dead areas tend to be on the end of the branches, there are ...
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How do I reduce the amount of fruit my pear tree produces?
I have a 10m peer tree that every year produces hundreds (thousands?) of small pears.
Every year the pears are destroying the grass underneath, and require a lot of work to clean.
Is there anything I ...
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How should I prune this overgrown pear tree?
I have a pear tree, which is very zealous. Whatever it decides to do, it does in excess. First in the spring it sends out all sorts of new branches--all of them vertical. I snipped them off after they ...
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How deep to dig for a new flowering pear tree?
Last year I planted 3 flowering pear trees. For those who have never heard of the tree (or do not grow these trees) they look like this:
For 2 out of the 3 trees it was very simple to plant the ...
