brown leaves and lumps on my pear tree leaves
neil bacon
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can anyone please give me some advice on how to treat this.. ive noticed on the leaves on my pear tree brown spots which also have a lump on them
many thanks if anyone can help....
neil
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Hi Neil
That looks like pear rust - info here https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=236
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Are there any Juniper bushes nearby? It shares out its lifecycle between pears and junipers.
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
Regular inspection and removing any affected leaves (orange spots) you see over the growing season will keep it under control. Don't let the leaves get to the stage where the lumps on the back form as those will release spores which will affect more leaves.
On very young trees with not many leaves I've had great success by just cutting the affected part of the leaf off, unless it was near the base of the leaf in which case the whole leaf was removed.
hiya guys thanks for the replies.
. ive been taking the leaves off as soon as ive been seeing them. pansyface there are no junipers. growing anywhere me . so im not sure where this has come from. is there any kind of treatment i can use as to be fair the tree is 4 years old and has for the first time ever has given me a crop over the past 4 years its only ever bloomed but given no fruit but this year ive had about 30-40 really good size fruit..
Just keep picking the leaves, or bits of leaves, off. I do if I can reach them. I have a juniper bush which I like and want to keep because it makes a nice fullstop to the flowerbed. So the pears just have to put up with old warty features.
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.