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Conference Pear on North Cornwall Coast anyone?
dannyson
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in Fruit & veg
New to the North Cornwall Coast I am in a steep learning curve for all of my gardening having come from the 'temperate climate' of Hertfordshire. Just one example...... the newly planted pear (having been 'acclimatised' for a year in a pot a just a couple of miles or so inland) - flowered like crazy and put out fresh green leaves - all to have been decimated by relatively mild winds of late - blossom and and 'fruit' all dropped and leaves turning black. The cherry, apple and plum trees are looking good.... getting used to being 'cordoned' against the same South West facing fence as the pear is... .... but early days..... just wondered how your pear tree is if you live in a similar situation....?
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Well - anyway - visited Newquay GC and questioned the staff who had no idea why my pears had failed .... 'more likely with plums' they said - so bit the bullet and bought another same pear .... last chance ...... 3rd time lucky maybe - a bit bigger and a bit ore expensive of course ..... we'll see what happens :-}
..best of luck with that... it's so nice around the Padstow area...Daymer Bay and along that coast... been there many times...
..I think with gardening in Cornwall...shelter from the prevailing winds is most important... when I was there I was lucky in having a high natural hedge barrier...otherwise you have to make your own of some sort...for fruit bushes, roses and so on....much like anywhere close to the sea I suppose...
6 foot high fences (I know they can create a 'back wash' as it were) - nearly all round - so we shall see....