Plant a pear tree today!

[delmar]

Plant a pear tree today! You won't regret it. Pears are by far, the most trouble free fruit tree to grow organically. You plant them, water them, once in a while till they get started good. Then when the fruit is ripe, you knock it off with a long poll. (The wire part of a paint roller helps) Then you enjoy! They are bug resistant, thrive among fungus. Just good eating.

Eat them whole. Make pear sauce (like apple sauce) and they are great dehydrated.

[Raw Angel Mom]

How long they take to produce fruits?

I wished i would live in a climate that i could have tone of fruit trees, lol...

[delmar]

How long they take to produce fruits?
Fruit and not trees take several years to get going, depending on the variety. I have heard of pear trees bearing good fruit in 3 years but I think 5-7 is more realistic. That is why I said to plant it today. It also depends if you do your homework on trimming it back the first year and stuff.

I wished i would live in a climate that i could have tone of fruit trees, lol... What part of the country do you live in. You need to be in the south for citrus, but there are many fruit trees that do fine with cold winters.

[garden granny]

I've been wanting to plant fruit trees but was unsure what would be the easiest to grow here in zone 7 (Tennessee). Can you give me some instructions on planting, such as do you dry out the pear seed first, or do you buy the seeds, etc. ....thanks.

[The Sproutarian (Mr Raw)]

l get my organic pairs from the local farm, but there are also pair trees that grow wild only five minutes walk from my house. So no need to grow them.

[streetsurfer]

Good suggestion Delmar. What variety do you grow? I am in near the same zone. Wondered if you grow asian pears in this region.

[delmar]

Good suggestion Delmar. What variety do you grow? I am in near the same zone. Wondered if you grow asian pears in this region.You know I never really took the trouble to figure that out. The were here when we bought the property, more than 10 years ago. They had a lot of broken branches and stuff so I trimmed them both back kind of hard. A local tree trimmer that I had get the maple tree limbs off my roof told me they were worthless and I should just cut them down and plant new trees, but I have never had a year in the last decade when we didn't have more pears than we eat and some to sell or give to friends.

I do think it would make sense to plant some new ones just to make sure we never do without as these trees are old and could some day give up the gost.

[delmar]

I've been wanting to plant fruit trees but was unsure what would be the easiest to grow here in zone 7 (Tennessee). Can you give me some instructions on planting, such as do you dry out the pear seed first, or do you buy the seeds, etc. ....thanks.
No, I'm afraid I have never started a pear tree, but I love the fact that someone did, years ago.
I was considering just buying some saplings from a local nursery, but you raise a very good point. Why not try saving some seeds and starting some that way? It doesn't cost a thing to try growing from my own seeds!

[streetsurfer]

I'm drawing on memory here from way back, but I think I've heard some arborists don't believe Bradford pears are a good tree. It may have to do with weak crotches being common among them. That can lead to structural damage to dwellings so they'd rather see them replaced with stronger variety or another species.

Growing from seed is not usually the way fruit trees are done. They are usually grafted onto a hardier rootstock so they can prosper and live a healthy long life.

Research this before making any decision....I could be wrong.

[MysticTree]

Personally, I think, apples trees are a better bet than pear trees.

And Streetsurfer is right, you really don't want to growing from seed unless you have space to raise hundreds or even thousands to point of production. Seeds are not a good way to get a reliable fruiting crop.

[delmar]

I have 3 apple trees and 2 pear trees. I love apples but so do the bugs. If you want to be organic without eating any worms, pears are the way to go.

[delmar]

I'm drawing on memory here from way back, but I think I've heard some arborists don't believe Bradford pears are a good tree. It may have to do with weak crotches being common among them. That can lead to structural damage to dwellings so they'd rather see them replaced with stronger variety or another species.

Growing from seed is not usually the way fruit trees are done. They are usually grafted onto a hardier rootstock so they can prosper and live a healthy long life.

Research this before making any decision....I could be wrong.That may be the reason my tree trimmer said I should cut mine down and replace them with a "nicer variety". I have lost some limbs because of the weakness you describe, but my pear trees are far enough from the house that I don't worry about that. My trees are, in fact, ugly but I just know I get a lot of pears every year.