Most pear varieties are not as cold - tolerant as orchard apple tree trees , hold up only infrequent drops in temperature down to minus-15 degrees Fahrenheit . Late spring frosts and freeze can threaten your Pyrus communis craw , so you ’ll need to take extra measures to protect your pear tree tree diagram ’s bid bloom bud in late winter and other spring . Winter is also the sentence for a variety of maintenance and care tasks for your pear tree Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , include pruning , pest prevention and disease protection .

Step 1

lean a sprinkler beside your pear tree to keep the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree from freeze during later - wintertime frosts . hide the tree at night with a light cover to protect the pear Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , if the flower and leaf buds have already emerged . Remove the mantle during the day .

Step 2

Prune your Pyrus communis tree diagram in mid to late winter each year , remove all discredited or damaged growing , watersprouts , patsy and any subdivision that are low - hanging or touching the ground , crossing or growing inward . Prune away all sidelong increment to maintain the strongest " scaffold " branches on either side of the luggage compartment .

Step 3

turn out away all over - wintering canker on your pear tree that result from fire blight . burn away all of the pathological tree tissue , as well as 6 inches beyond the infected growth to leave only hefty , disease - free Grant Wood .

Step 4

contain fertilizing your pear Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in midsummer to allow the tree diagram to harden off and develop for the abeyant wintertime season . Also abridge back on any N fertilizers that you ’re applying the fence in lawn or landscape .

Step 5

Step 6

scan away all fallen leaves and remove all previous yield from your pear tree tree throughout the gloam and wintertime . graze up and destroy all the leave to check the spread of fungous disease , such as pear scab , powdery mildew , flame blight and pear trellis rust .

Tip

Disinfect your pruning tools when you ’re cut away diseased wood from your Pyrus communis Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Dip the pruning tool into a mixture of one part blanching agent to nine parts urine for about 30 endorsement .

Warning

Avoid plant your pear Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree in area that receive frequent spring frosts or where winter temperatures are often below minus-15 point Fahrenheit . Pyrus communis bud and flower too soon in the time of year , so late hoarfrost can severely damage the fruit crop .

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