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Pears finally fruiting, so do I need to remove some fruit?
Nollie
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We have had this house for nearly three years and not one of the half a dozen pear trees (unknown variety) we inherited have fruited, or even flowered. This year, one flowered and we have three small clusters of tiny pears, finally! Is it worth reducing each cluster to two in the hope that we might get a couple of pears growing to maturity, or is this not necessary when there is only a total of eleven babies?
Here is a pic of a wee cluster and the tree for reference:
Here is a pic of a wee cluster and the tree for reference:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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While the tree tree is still young I reduce the number of fruit it carries even more in July just allowing one fruit per main branch for the first couple of years’ fruiting and increasing over the next two or three years until I think the tree can decide for itself ... although for my espalier I always check that it’s not over-burdening itself.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.