Pear Trees
Last post 11-06-2012 9:56 PM by Anonymous. 2 replies.
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11/06/2012 01:59 AM
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- plumbob
- Newport S Wales
- 10 Jun 2012
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Last year my pear tree had an abundance of fruit, this year it only has about 2 or 3. My apples, plumb and other pear tree are fine. Any suggestions as to why my one pear tree has failed to produce?
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11/06/2012 09:03 AM
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It would be useful to know the variety and age of the tree but this sounds like a case of "biennial bearing". Many fruit varieties are susceptible to this, and it means the tree will have alternate heavy and light cropping years. In effect the tree takes a year off to recover from the heavy crop. There is not much you can do right now this year, but if I am right then this time next year the tree will have a lot of fruitlets, and you should thin them out aggressively. That will prevent the tree over-cropping next year, which should in turn restore it to a more normal regular annual cycle. The other possibility is incorrect pruning, but since your other pear tree is doing fine I don't think it is a pruning problem.
www.orangepippintrees.co.uk
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11/06/2012 09:56 PM
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- 07 Nov 2006
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Whilst I share the concern of our friend's dilema. As I hav emade known before. Mike is no a fruit -man.
The benefit of this forum ,'My Garden' Expert and novice. WE can all learn something new, relating to our hobby or profession. I certainly have learned from the reply of my fellow member. Thank you.
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