Wanting to plant first asian pear tree and more....
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Comments (10)I would never delay planting because of the existence of any weed in a small planting- I've never encountered one that formidable although knapweed is not in our roster here in southern NY. A 4" layer of wood chips can work wonders for most weeds and glysphoshate with a wick stick can supplement if necessary. For you purposes you would be better served with Betufolia IMO. Cally could work too, although a test winter might test it. Fowler nursery can probably supply you with what you need if they aren't sold out yet. You could also purchase the rootstock only and graft to the varieties you want. Pear grafts easily and scions grow very rapidly. I've never believed in using size reducing rootstock for Asian pears even where drought resistance is not needed because the species can easily be maintained as a very small tree on any rootstock simply by aggressive pruning once the trees come into bearing....See MoreAsian pear spray in first year
Comments (14)I bought a 20th century Asian pear and lost it completely to fireblight in it's second year. I didn't know that they needed such maintenance until mine was affected. It flowered it's second year, was so beautiful, and then it all just turned black down to various parts of the trunk from blight. Now I have a Shinko (bought it for it's known resistance), and a 4 in 1 variety (Shinseiki, 20th century, chojuro, Hosui) tree that both flowered their first year after planting bare root. Luckily none of them got any blight last year....See MoreAsian Pear Tree not Leafing Out
Comments (11)I've posted here about my 20th century Asian pear which is having the same problem. It was planted 16 months ago and sprouted many leaves, then dropped them all in about Oct. It broke dormancy long after everything else had flowered and leafed out. Long enough for me to suspect it was dead. It finally put out a few clusters of leaves toward the beginning of april so I knew it was alive. It has done nothing since. Several branches with great looking leaf buds but no leaves. The leaves that had grown are healthy looking, maybe a little cupped. There is one more bud that looks to be pushing a leaf out in the last few days. I was thinking about hitting it with some miracle grow in diluted form (nitrogen) to see if it spurred any growth. Full blown summer is about to hit and if this little sucker doesn't get more leaves on it, the sun will roast the trunk....See MoreShinseiki Asian Pear - First Harvest and Impression
Comments (5)Grafting is much easier than you think. Especially with pear. This spring was my first attempt at grafting. I did a partial top working of my dads apple trees and had 17 out of 19 grafts take. I also grafted 5 rootstock with 4 being successful. The benefit of grafting or top working the tree is that you already have a nice strong established tree in the ground and it will be able to supply plenty of energy to the grafts. If your tree has 4 scaffolds you can cut each scaffold branch back and graft 4 different varieties. It's really quite easy as long as you take your time. You could actually leave one shinsieki branch as a nurse branch and after a year or two you might realize they taste better when properly thinned and ripened. Another option is t-budding or chip budding. It can be done soon and can give your grafts a nice jump start for next years growth....See Morerovobay
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