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Just got and planted my Christmas gift from work yesterday. A dwarf pear tree, can't wait for spring to plant lavender, rosemary, strawberry and other flowers around it. But the rest of the garden is still a bit messy
Very nice!
Is hard to tell from the picture but it's not buried too deep, is it? Even on young trees there's a root flare that should be on the soil line
I can't stress enough how important this comment is. Improper planting won't kill it immediately, but will cause failure to thrive and the tree can eventually decline/die.
I've been slowly learning things like this as I've been planting. Just trying to share the wisdom!
Another thing I learned is that you shouldn't prune stone fruit trees (peach, plum, etc) until late winter/early spring because it makes them susceptible to disease. I believe it's fine to prune pomme fruit trees (apple, pear) whenever though because they always have flowing sap (or something like that)
Thanks
I just checked. It's still on the same level as it was in the pot. Guessing that's okay?
I would pull the dirt a away from the trunk until you find the main flair. Alternately, you can plant the whole thing a bit proud (eg sticking out of the hole some).
Often times trees bought in containers have been potted too deep and/or have girdled roots.
Thanks! I did just pull a bit more dirt away from the trunk
No problem! Ideally, the root flair would be the highest point in the surrounding area. If it's a low point it will fill in eventually. Thankfully, you're starting in a raised bed so it shouldn't be too hard to remove a bit more dirt if you need to.
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Very nice! I have a dwarf pear I planted in my front yard. When it blossoms, it’s very beautiful. It’s my favorite plant in I own (I have a lot). If you are too late to eat the pear or just not interested, bury the pear in dirt and you will have another one in a year. I have the original and 3 babies in 2 years.
Does it only produce a single pear per season?
Mine is still quite small. It produced 2 pears the first season and only 1 the second season. I think the number will go up as it gets bigger. But it had 100s of blossoms both years, so it could be a pollination issue.
Is it supposed to be decorative or provide fruit?
The tree should provide some fruit. The flowers and herbs I want to plant around it are more decorative and for the bees.
Just a little spot that I enjoy seeing and will hopefully give some fruit.
Iirc pears can be a bit fidgetty because there needs to be a compatible tree in the neighborhood so you get it pollinated. I don't know how much of a problem it is in practice.
It's a self pollinating variety, but if a other tree is nearby it will have more fruits. My old neighbours had 1 appel tree and 1 pear tree that where also self pollinating. They had fruit almost every year.
I'm also looking to get a appel tree and self pollinating is one of the things it needs to be. I have room for only 2 small trees and rather have 2 different fruits then 1 but more. But as I understand self pollinating variety work but if there is a compatible species nearby you get more fruits. But I will see how much fruit it will produce if any.
What variety of pear? That's a really nice gift!
Just a conference pear on a dwarf stock.
At end of year we get a 200 points on a website from work. You can then pick 2 smaller gift at 100 points or a bigger gift for 200 points like this tree. But also candles, socks and other kind of things.
But on the gift website there was no info about the variety expect that is was small and it stayed small. There was also not a lot of info in the package. But on the card it says it's a conference and dwarf stock.
Will it have enough space for it’s roots?
It's a dwarf variety that in theory can even grow in a large pot. Here it got a raised bed of 100 by 80 cm and it can even grow in the native soil.
The raised bed is placed on tilled soil/grass, with cardboard on top. So I'm thinking it will be alright, but I'm not some kind of garden master.