Pear Tree Grafts

[TreesuitSC]

Need your help. I have some “wild deer pears” I want to graft to a different variety.

I know when grafting persimmons to wait until it puts on small leaves.

Is that the same with pears? I may have waited to late. The persimmons take longer but the pears have already set flowers and leaves.

 

[Turkey Creek]

You will probably still be alright if they are done very soon. You can always just select a portion of those upright branches in your picture to graft over. If they fail your "root stock" will still survive and you can retry next Spring.

 

[Telemark]

I graft pears into May and June.

 

[TreesuitSC]

Thank you!

 

[gunfun13]

You will probably still be alright if they are done very soon. You can always just select a portion of those upright branches in your picture to graft over. If they fail your "root stock" will still survive and you can retry next Spring.

Or T-bud late summer

 

[BrushyPines]

I am in the same boat as you. The pear I am wanting to graft looks very similar to yours right now. I've held off on grafting due to possible late frosts occurring. I will probably graft the tree in April or May. The videos I've watched on bark grafting have said as long as the bark is slipping, the graft has a chance to take. Seeing this thread has me worried that I've waited too late lol. I am in North MS, zone 7.

 

[Bluestone]

I grafted 6 wild callery pears over to known varieties last weekend in 7B southern VA. Seemed to be the right time based on what I have read, trees weren’t quite as far along as the pic above, but pretty close.

Im sure you will be fine if you do it now. I wondered about late frosts, but remember for the first week or two the scion is still dormant and shouldn’t be impacted.

 

[Lucky_P]

Y'all are fine... June in MS may be getting a bit hot, but you're not too late right now, by any means.
I'm up here just north of the TN/KY line... thinking about doing a few pears... but I know to hold off... too much likelihood of a freeze yet... and my frost-free date is still over a month off. Gotta bide my time a bit yet.

 

[TreesuitSC]

We are in the Lowcountry of SC and we have seen some warm temps so far. A few days in the 80’s.

Next week they are calling for some below freezing mornings. Going to be rough on my pears and blueberries.