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Pest/disease on pear trees
Peter Jackson4
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I have found some of the new leaves on my conferance pear tree have tightly curled (may be they have never opened) and seem to have red blisters on them. So far only a couple of branches are affected. I thought it may be leaf blister mite, but from the pictures of that that I have seen, this is different.
What is it and what should I do ?
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Could it be Pear Rust, a fungal disease spread by spores? The RHS advise removing all affected leaves. More here to help identify whether that's the culprit:
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/Profile.aspx?pid=236
Thanks BobTheGardener.
It is definately not pear rust. I had looked at the RHS site befere I posted my question.
I think now that it is leaf blister mite, because if I unroll the leaves, the blotches from the top look browny green, which fits with the pictures I have seen on another site.
I have cut the affected branches out, as I understand there is nothing you can treat it with.
Thanks for your interest tho'
Good luck with it Peter and let's hope that clears it up. Pears are definitely prone to more problems than apples in my experience. All we can really do is keep them well fed, provide a fairly sheltered site and the rest is up to them! I have a grafted 'family' tree, have some rust on the leaves of all three varieties it has grafted onto it but no sign of blister mite, fortunately.