Pear Tree Fire Blight

[KY wild]

I try to buy pear and apples that are disease resistant as possible but you are at the mercy of information that you can gather. I planted 10 pear trees from The Wildlife Group 7 years ago and have had a several pears the last three years but they have really developed into nice and loaded trees this year. Went to the farm today and Becton and Gate are both full of fire blight. I only bought pears which were advertised as never seeing fireblight in them, but I know the word immune was not used just never seen. The other varieties are standing amongst these two and seem clean. My point of this post is no hard feelings but If you are conscientious about avoiding trees that will get fireblight then I would avoid these two.

 

[bigboreblr]

I had some fireblight in my bartlet lat yar. I cut out the bad spots and sprayed copper on it. I pruned the tree hard this year and it came back. Seems to be ok.

Spray them, prune out the bad, topwork with those good varieties next year.

That is the downside to "deer" trees. Not much info to go on. Tons of commercialy grown varieties to have a nice late dropping orchard. Hoping my olympic will be a good one. Had very little roots, but seems to be waking up ok so far.

 

[SwampCat]

My remaining moonglo has it this year. The other one was so bad last year I pulled it up. A kieffer also. Another year or two, not going to have any pears left. I have a shinseiki been pretty clean but did did not set a single fruit this year

 

[KY wild]

My remaining moonglo has it this year. The other one was so bad last year I pulled it up. A kieffer also. Another year or two, not going to have any pears left. I have a shinseiki been pretty clean but did did not set a single fruit this year

Do you fertilize your pear trees? I did lightly this year and I am sure it is part of my problem

 

[SwampCat]

Do you fertilize your pear trees? I did lightly this year and I am sure it is part of my problem

Yes, I do.

 

[homerj]

Fertilizing fruit trees stimulates lots of lush, tender growth. That is exactly what fireblight loves.

 

[Baker]

I've bought lots of every kind of pear tree that grows in the south many advertised as blight free. None of them have been blight free. had a landscape architect over the other day and asked him if he was aware of any blight free pears...No. The occasional tree seems to avoid it but the same variety next to it may not. All this in the hot, humid, rainy Deep South.

 

[KY wild]

I've bought lots of every kind of pear tree that grows in the south many advertised as blight free. None of them have been blight free. had a landscape architect over the other day and asked him if he was aware of any blight free pears...No. The occasional tree seems to avoid it but the same variety next to it may not. All this in the hot, humid, rainy Deep South.

Yea, I also have had two hail storms this spring, I fertilized a little and it has been warm and wet, perfect storm. It still hurts my feeling after babying for several years to get them exactly where you want them. $%^&&*()(&.

 

[bigboreblr]

Yea, I also have had two hail storms this spring, I fertilized a little and it has been warm and wet, perfect storm. It still hurts my feeling after babying for several years to get them exactly where you want them. $%^&&*()(&.

The more you know about habitat, the more you appreciate a simple rye foodplot.................. That hail would just be water for it in 30 minutes.