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- What to do if the pear tree does not want to bloom?
- Pear trees carry at two-year intervals
- Error in pear care
- Is the pear tree in the right location?
- Tips & Tricks
What to do if the pear tree does not want to bloom?
Throughout the winter, the gardener looks forward to his blooming pear tree in spring and to a rich pear harvest in autumn. But the tree just does not want to bloom. What causes can be responsible?
Pear trees carry at two-year intervals
Many pears are subject to the so-called alternance. By this the gardener understands a two-year rhythm at the bloom. In one year the pear tree will not flower at all and next year you can hardly save yourself from pears.
Much can not be changed. Sometimes a cut in the summer after flowering helps to remove some of the new flowering shoots.
In very young trees, it takes several years to first flowering. If the tree is still very young, the absence of flowers may be related to age.
Error in pear care
Sometimes the weather is to blame, that no flowers are formed. After a very warm beginning of the year, the pear tree has blossomed. A sudden frost break during flowering freezes the flowers, so no flowers show on the tree.
If the gardener meant it too well when cutting trees, all young shoots may have been removed in summer.But flowers only form on these young shoots.
In very dry and very cold winters, it can cause the soil to dry out. If the drought is too severe, the tree will not bloom unless sufficient moisture is provided by pouring.
Is the pear tree in the right location?
Is the soil wet enough?
Is the soil humic and permeable?
Does the pear tree get enough sun?
Is he sheltered from the wind?
If your pear tree does not bloom, explore with the neighbors if their trees have flowers. If this is the case, there is probably a care or cutting error.
Seldom are pests responsible for the pear tree not blooming. Therefore check it regularly for pest infestation and diseases.
Tips & Tricks
Experienced hobby gardeners always remove all the flowers from young pear trees so that they do not bear any fruit in the first few years after planting. This gives the tree more power to form strong roots. The yield increases by this measure in the later years.