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| LuckyMommyof5 |
Posted - Oct 03 2013 : 6:42:14 PM
As I posted here earlier, due to a tornado actually ripping out a number of our trees over the Summer, we are now pursuing re-planting those areas with orchard fruits.
Today my daughters and I were driving past a nursery and saw a sign for 75 percent off. OF COURSE we had to stop and picked up two pear trees for only $12 each!! We got one Ayers pear and one Kieffer pear tree.
Anyone have any good experiences with growing pear trees?
We also have two plum trees we're going to plant. And I'm thinking of putting in blackberry bushes. I've become a little obsessed with growing out own fruit.
Farmgirl Sister #3243
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| SandraM |
Posted - Oct 28 2013 : 07:02:58 AM
We live in Michigan and have four pear trees. Bartlett-green and red.
We have two dwarf trees that started producing in two years and the full size a little longer.
Our biggest problem here is late frost. We have a couple of years with no pears because of that.
This year we got over 5 bushels and canned pear halves and made pear sauce with the smaller pears. We also use the fresh.
You can also dehydrate them.
I love pears and glad to have them.
Sandra
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Oct 13 2013 : 11:14:30 AM
A few years ago we planted two red delicious, one peach and one plum. They are only about 3 years old I think, and not producing yet, but growing. When we moved here, there were a few small trees already planted. This year we got pears from one. We do not have to spray the pears either. I can't wait for more harvest from them too. We didn't plant pears at first, because we could get them from a family member. However, his trees did not always produce, due to pruning or not pruning (cannot remember why), so we will be researching that as soon as we see fruit on ours.
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| Cindy Lou |
Posted - Oct 04 2013 : 1:25:58 PM
There aren't a lot of pears that flourish here in Minnesota. We have found the Asian type pears do the best for us. The fruits are huge and so tasty, almost an apple pear combination.
We haven't noticed more wasps and hornets by our blackberries. One variety, really a wild northern variety is really invasive. I'd suggest planting them at the edge of your area or you may be doing a lot of digging out of shoots. We tried the Doyle's which have huge delicious berries but they need to be laid down and covered with straw for the winter and the mice/voles really set them back a long ways this past winter.
Susan
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| LuckyMommyof5 |
Posted - Oct 04 2013 : 04:45:06 AM
That sounds great, Deborah! How is your Kieffer pear doing? I've read up that they are usually very healthy and almost completely immune to fireblight.
How is it growing blackberries? I've been thinking of getting special thornless varieties. I got a little nervous when I told my idea to a friend and she said she would never put blackberry bushes in her yard because she thinks they attract hornets, wasps and yellow jackets. This was the first and only time I ever heard this thought about blackberries, but I was wondering if anyone else had heard this.
We've had a big vegetable garden every year, but until we had extra room in the yard following the destruction of that storm, I just never even considered growing fruit - bushes or trees. Now I am exploring every possibility. And I can't believe what great sales I have been finding!
What breeds of apple and grapes do you cultivate?
Farmgirl Sister #3243
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