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Pear tree trouble
Wendy Blackham
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So my cherry tree has died. Now my pear tree seems to be doing the same sort of thing. It lives in a large pot, it's fed & watered, but the new shoots have died and some of the older leaves are dying too. I have taken some photos but can't work out how I can put them on here. Any help would be good. The tree is 3 years old, it did have about 6 pears on it, but they fell off.
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To post a picture on here you need to click on the green tree icon on the toolbar above where you type your post, and then follow the instructions to upload a pic from your pc. Sadly it doesn't work for phones - yet
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you Dovefromabove. Not a brillaint picture, but better than none.
Can anyone help please? I don't want to lose this tree too. Thanks
it could be a fungal infection of the new sappy growth? cut it back to green, nice looking growth and hope that it regenerates, and bin the cuttings - don't compost them if its a fungus it'll survive the composting process.
also fruit trees never do well in pots (no matter what the garden centres tell you) they just get too much of a fluctuation of hydration (too dry then too wet and back again) and nutrients. much better in the ground.
Thank you, I will chop the dying bits off.