Pears are one of the most popular orchard trees worth having on any sizeable plot, both for the delicious fruit they produce and the attractive blossom. May is a good time to make sure that pollination has been successful. If your fruit has not set this season the cold weather could be blamed, frost not helping and pollinating insects are not as active during colder tempertures.

If it is a regular problem it is probably because there is not a suitable pollinating partner in the vacinaty. With the exception of “Conference” which can pollinate itself, all pears need another tree from the same pollination group nearby. This means it will be in flower at the same time and the bees can transfer pollen from one to the other with just a short flight in between. This will cause the fruit to set once it has give the fruit trees roots a generous liquid feed of a high potash fertilser, like tomato feed with added seaweed.continue reading Tend to Pears

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