pear tree drying up
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pear tree drying up
I have two pear trees, of different varieties , about twenty years old in my back yard. Since the past two years some branches on only one of them die. I cut off the dead branches; but more die eventually - the leaves get brown and die. What is the cause? How can I remedy it?
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Well, it could just be old age. Some varieties of pear trees only last 15-20 years. Some will last 45 or even 60 years, but will not bear fruit that long.
Do you know the varieties?
Are these fruit-bearing or ornamantal?
Do you know the varieties?
Are these fruit-bearing or ornamantal?
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Hi Ghelp,
Do you see any black growths on the branches where the limbs die off? I'm thinking of some type of canker.
http://plant-disease.ippc.orst.edu/d...fm?RecordID=47
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/tfipm/european.htm
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Do you see any black growths on the branches where the limbs die off? I'm thinking of some type of canker.
http://plant-disease.ippc.orst.edu/d...fm?RecordID=47
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/tfipm/european.htm
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fire blight
I did some researsch and I think that the problem is fire blight. The symptoms of fire blight is the same as my tree has. Management is a mix of pruning, spraying with bordo and application of a weak bleach.
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