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Posted: Jun/02/2009 7:29 PM PST
I'm fairly new to fruit and vegie gardening. It's amazing how many problems crop up on a regular basis and I need help with a few. I have a little pear tree and this is it's 2nd fruiting season. Last year we had about 7 or 8 pears. It didn't get much fertilizer or water. The pears were wonderful: sweet, good sized and juicy. This year, I added some organic fertilizer and watered more. There were at least 25 little pears developing-several clusters of 4 or 5 each. We went out last week to thin them a little and all had dropped off except 3. Those three look to be secure and growing but what happened? Any ideas? |
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Posted: Jun/03/2009 7:35 AM PST
I am glad you asked this question. I have a similiar situation too. I was told by someone that your tree was accelerating and concentrated on new growth and not the fruit so they dropped. I have no way of knowing if that is true at all. Didn't make alot of sense to me and still doesn't. So I will wait patiently with you for someone who can give a better answer. 
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Posted: Jun/04/2009 7:21 PM PST
Glad to hear I have company. Hope we get some input. 
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Posted: Jun/04/2009 9:25 PM PST
I dont know. Last year we bought an orange tree and the guy said not to let it bear fruit, it needed to put down roots. Ok.....so this year it was covered with blossoms, but they all fell off. I am blaming it on a wind storm. |
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Posted: Jun/05/2009 2:59 PM PST
Apples go through what is called "June drop". This is a natural shedding of immature fruits from flowers, that were not pollinated. Its entirely possible that pears do the same thing. |
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Posted: Aug/24/2009 5:09 PM PST
Here is a pic of two of them out of about 10 I have left. I had to pocket rocket the squirrel off of them and broke the branch above it so I pruned it..lol Attachments:  |
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