Questions tagged [pear]
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How to deal with suckers on a Bradford Pear Tree?
I have two Bradford Pear Trees at the front of my yard. They were planted ~1997. (The HOA requires all lots in the development to have them.)
Little sprouts that keep popping up from the ground ...
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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 tree ...
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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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What would cause branches in the middle of a pear tree to die?
I had a really nice pear tree. Last year I saw a dead branch in the middle of the tree so I cut it. But this year there are a lot of dead branches in the middle of the tree. I'm afraid I'm doing to ...
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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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What's the best way to renovate mature pear trees?
Of the descriptions about renovating mature fruit trees this seemed useful: Fedco Trees Tips for Renovating Old Apple Trees
These images show trees that are fuller than the ones I am dealing with:
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Fruit thinning - is that really required?
I have some multi-varietal fruit trees (primarily apples and pears) that are starting to fruit in bunches of 3-4 per cluster. I am debating whether I should thin these clusters to 1-2 fruits (breaks ...
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Why is my pear tree blooming in September?
We have a pear tree that is producing ripe fruit now (it is early-September). The tree is doing what I've never seen before: There are blossoms on some of the branches! Is my tree dying? It looks ...
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What are these red/orange spots with protruding "spikes" on my pear tree?
Admittedly I haven't paid a close attention to this tree for a few months but the other day I spotted several of these spots on my pear tree. So what gives?
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How do I control suckers on pear trees?
I have several ornamental pear trees of which one keeps producing suckers. I have tried cutting them off as low down as possible and have even resorted to weedkiller but they just seem to keep coming ...
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Fertilizing multi-variety fruit trees
I have a few fruit trees (apple, pears, oranges, grapes) and need to fertilize them. What is the best way to fertilize them? I am planning to use a mix of chicken manure and horse manure. Do I need ...
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What are the consequences of espalier on a non dwarf tree?
I read a recommendation that espalier should be performed with trees grafted onto dwarf roots.
What challenges or problems can I expect if I don't use a dwarf tree?
If it makes a difference, I'm ...
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What are these raised brown sections on the backs of the leaves on my pear tree?
I have this brown stuff growing on all the leaves on my pear tree in my garden.
Does anyone know what this is? I think it might be some plant disease.
Does anyone have any advice on fixing this?
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Suspecting pear fireblight but not sure.Any help appreciated
We have several fruit trees in our garden but having fruiting problem only with a pear tree.It is maybe 8 years old, every year has fantastic blossom but after the flowers turn into tiny fruits they ...
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Should I pinch early pear blossoms to encourage stronger tree and better season?
I have a young pear tree that has several varieties of pears grafted on it. It is starting to blossom. Should I pinch these early blossoms? Will the tree divert resources to making more leaves and ...
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Pruning overgrown pear tree
I just moved to a new house and discovered I have a few fruit trees. At the end of fall I found a pear on one... Looked to me like a Bosc pear but not sure. I want to bring it back and hopefully enjoy ...
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What is the proper way to prune a pear tree?
I have a pear tree which I planted about ten years ago. It has done relatively well. It produces fruit on a yearly basis (I don't know if I'd call them exactly edible, but it does produce). The tree ...
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Can you coppice a pear tree?
I've heard of coppicing apple trees, but if you coppice a pear tree, will it grow back (and does the variety matter)? This is with regard to standard-sized pear trees (without a different rootstock). ...
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What is this foliar/fruit disease on our pear trees?
This year both of our pear trees (especially our dwarf Bartlett) have a new foliar disease that I've never seen before. It looks a lot like edema with the bumps, but with a lot more discoloration and ...
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Why would Comice pear tree stop flowering?
I bought two bare root pear trees six years ago, a Comice and a Bartlett. I bought the Bartlett primarily to serve as a pollinator for the Comice. I grew them in containers for the first year (I ...
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Training Fruit trees to form low fences
I recently visited a country estate in the UK. The gardens had a number of large beds and the paths through these beds where all lined with low (2 foot or so) fences to create the barrier. The really ...
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What's the name of this pear cultivar? (green skin with brown coating)
What's the name of this pear cultivar? It has a green skin but it can have a coating in brown color. On Wikimedia commons, the ones looking closer to this are "Bojniczanka.jpg" and "Pyrus a1.jpg". Is ...
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Plucking fruit off young fruit trees?
I planted some apples and other fruit trees (plum, peaches, apricot, pears, cherries), and they are grafted on dwarf or semi-dwarf rootstock (or else are naturally semidwarf?).
I'm getting close to ...
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Does a Pear tree get more fruit on the side facing the sun?
We have a large (more than 12 meters high) Pear tree in our garden.
I have the feeling that it gets more fruit on the south facing side (I live in Sweden, so that would be the side facing the sun). I ...
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How can we salvage a poorly pruned mature pear tree? [closed]
I just had a company prune my mature pear tree yesterday. But I think they did it all wrong. I asked for the top to be trimmed down as much as possible and prune around power lines and over our ...
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Pear trees, time from blossom to harvest?
I have some very old pear trees. The orchard has had 75-100 years of neglect. There has been no irrigation. Julian normally has little to no rain May-Sept but this year there was rain n May and two ...
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Save the Aristocrat Pear tree
I planted an Aristocrat Pear tree about a month ago. It was droopy when I got it but thought it was due to being in the pot for too long and not getting enough water. I figured it would get better ...
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Why did my new pear tree snap hours after planting?
I bought a new pear tree, Williams Bon Chretien, from a local garden centre yesterday and put it in the ground following the instructions. Watered roots while in its pot before planting, dug the hole ...
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What's wrong with this Manchurian pear
I've got a number of Manchurian pears which seem to get brown leaves recently. They're being watered automatically for ~15min every night. I can't see any pests on/around the trees.
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Leaf disease - new leaves on pear tree dying - able to identify from photos?
Does anyone know what is killing these leaves on this pear tree (Comice pear if that matters) and how to treat it?
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How to protect apple pears from getting lot of bugs?
Last year we had a decent produce of apple pears. But most of the fruits had at least one black spot on the surface. All of those fruits had some sort of bugs inside the fruit. The year before that ...
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What's causing our pear tree to die off in the summer and thrive in the winter?
We have a small pear tree in our garden that is displaying an odd behaviour.
In the middle of the summer, all the leaves turned brown and fell. We assumed this to be a disease, such as Fire Blight or ...
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Pyrus Calleryana 'Chanticleer' aka Ornamental Pear tree, ALL leaves are browning and curling ?disease?pest?autumn
Its autumn here in Sydney Australia. Temps are dropping to below 20C by day 9-12C night. I have 5 Pyrus Calleryana 'Chanticleer' aka Ornamental Pear tree in the front yard, 6 years old 4m tall, never ...
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BLACKENING on edge of pear tree leaves & shoots
I can’t figure out what this is on my dwarf pear tree. I’ve looked around the plant and can’t see any pests. The tree is 3-4 years old. I have had the tree for two years.
It’s 3-4 years old and ...
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Pear leaves going dark brown without usual signs of blister or fire blight
We have about seven pear trees of various varieties, both Asian and European. Our Flemish Beauty is getting these dark brown leaves.
There are just a few -- about thirty or so -- and none of the ...
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Manchurian pear suckers - relocation
We have large established Manchurian pears throwing suckers. Can I remove and relocate Manchurian pear suckers?
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Pear tree deficiencies - weak looking growth
I have never seen this before. Tree looks weak, the only thing that had changed this year was few grafts that woke up early on in the season and grew vigorously. Could they have depleted some ...
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Determine species of pear and harvest time for this location (Central Texas)
I'm finally getting into gardening and realize it takes a lot of invested time to learn even a fraction of what there is to know. This pear tree below is the only one on my property, planted about 10 ...
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What is wrong with my pear trees [closed]
I just planted two pear trees and two apple trees this year. At first, all four started putting on leaves and looked healthy. Now, the apple trees are thriving and the leaves on the pear tress are ...
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Pear tree leaves
Planted in the ground, this is the 4th yea. With the beginning of spit was healthy and lots of blooms.
Suddenly some leaves started becoming black.
Any idea why?
Thank you
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