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Expert Tips: How to Grow a Pear
28.06.2023 13:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:25
Pear is a tasty and healthy fruit that you can grow in your garden. In the article we will tell you how to do it.
What should not be planted next to a pear
It is worth mentioning those plants that should not be planted next to a pear. Stone fruit trees: cherry, peach, apricot, plum, cherry plum and other “bad” neighbors for pears that suppress it and the distance between them should be at least 7 m. This is a walnut.
Where to plant a pear
The optimal place for pears is a platform closed by buildings or plantings from the north winds. It can also be located near the southwestern tip of the neighboring site. Winter varieties of pears, as the most sensitive plants, are placed near the southern wall of the house.
How to plant a pear
To plant pears, they dig a hole, mix the earth with fertilizers and fill up the seedling. You can not completely fill the root neck of the tree, it should remain a few centimeters above the ground. After planting, the tree must be watered.
Watering
When warm and dry weather sets in, seedlings and young trees up to the age of five are watered once a week in any way, but in sufficient quantities. For mature trees, the second watering is recommended after flowering in the phase of mass fruit set.
Fertilizer
Fertilizers when planting pears in the spring are brought into the hole, mixed with soil. Use peat, compost or mullein, as well as phosphorus and potassium. Mineral dressings are placed at the very bottom of the pit so that there is no contact with tender roots.
