Y’all. I have planted so many sticks in the last couple days. Haha!
@XanHart nice!!! one of my two pears is struggling with blight. The other is a moonglow, which is disease resistant and doing great.
I’m excited about the moon glow. How old is your tree?
@XanHart three years old I think. I got it from Stark Bros and it has done fabulously. My cherry suddenly died after the first year...it was very weird. I suspect the blight pear is going to have to be replaced after this year. It is not doing well.
Starkbros is bae fersher.
I bought a honey sweet pear that got the blight last year.
They are in their growing phase so I’m not worried about fruiting yet. But. I hope it gets some height.
@XanHart I feel like every pear that Stark Bros listed as a pollinator for the Moonglow was susceptible but I need to go review. If I can find a pollinator for it that is disease resistant, I'll replace Blighty McBlight Pear
@XanHart FWIW I have moonglow and honeysweet....now I wonder which one is actually sick..
Best there is is moderate resistant. Looks like Seckle pollinates with moonglow.
@XanHart in your opinion is it worth trying to save the blighty tree or is it a goner?
Well. From what I read. There is no cure, only control. Cryin shame but you might want to pull it and burn it.
But. I am not an expert. That’s @Kurtroedeger lol
@XanHart @Kurtroedeger maybe better to start over now than waste time trying to save it. stark bros has free ship today.
@Kurtroedeger @XanHart I would assume the new tree should be planted in a different location and the existing blight site should be abandoned for awhile?
@Kurtroedeger @XanHart Thank you both for the assistance this morning. I have ordered a replacement tree :)
@Foxthorn
Well my extension office says moonglow and honeysweet have moderate resistance.
Rip my bartlet though.
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