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Post by ace on Apr 17, 2017 19:16:28 GMT -6
See a lot about apple trees. Does anyone plant pear trees? My neighbor has a bunch on his place he is wanting rid of (all small, too many) I was thinking of trying some.
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Apr 17, 2017 19:48:54 GMT -6
Post by smsmith on Apr 17, 2017 19:48:54 GMT -6
I plant pears. It's tough to find zone 3b/4a hardy pears, but they exist.
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Apr 17, 2017 20:01:48 GMT -6
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Post by Catscratch on Apr 17, 2017 20:01:48 GMT -6
I'm planting pears but they are to young for results and I'm in 6a...
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 18, 2017 6:10:23 GMT -6
I had two and cut one down last summer. I plan on adding a limb to the last one with a scion from Stu.
Tree ripened pears are great, but are hard to grow for me.
Stu needs to teach me how to grow them in this climate.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 18, 2017 18:27:41 GMT -6
I had two and cut one down last summer. I plan on adding a limb to the last one with a scion from Stu. Tree ripened pears are great, but are hard to grow for me. Stu needs to teach me how to grow them in this climate. The jury is still out here. In a few years I hope to be regularly eating a few different varieties of pears from my own trees |
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Post by ace on Apr 18, 2017 20:30:08 GMT -6
Do pear trees produce quicker than apples?
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Apr 18, 2017 20:46:53 GMT -6
Post by sd51555 on Apr 18, 2017 20:46:53 GMT -6
Tree ripened pears are great, but are hard to grow for me. You damn right there. My dad has some asian pear trees and those things are fantastic when they ripen on the tree. |
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Apr 19, 2017 6:11:15 GMT -6
Post by Sandbur on Apr 19, 2017 6:11:15 GMT -6
Do pear trees produce quicker than apples? In my climate, the question is, do the produce pears at all. I know of occasional trees that produce crops, occasionally. I think Riggs has found a reliable tree in Brainerd, which might have a better micro climate. We had a pear tree when I was a youth in Cass county. I think it produced two pears. That was about 50 years ago. |
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Apr 19, 2017 6:18:43 GMT -6
Post by smsmith on Apr 19, 2017 6:18:43 GMT -6
Do pear trees produce quicker than apples? Not generally. Pears typically take a couple more years to produce fruit than would most apple varieties of the same age. In zones 5b-7b pears may produce more quickly and reliably than apples...but I have no first hand knowledge. The old saying is "Plant pears for your heirs"....which means it takes longer for pears to produce, BUT once they start producing they can continue to do so for many, many years. |
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Post by badbrad on Apr 19, 2017 20:46:27 GMT -6
Matt are you planting pears to eat or for wildlife ?
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Post by ace on Apr 19, 2017 20:51:53 GMT -6
Matt are you planting pears to eat or for wildlife ? Both...possibly. I'm not even sure what kind he has. |
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