Asian
Pear Trees
- Frost Protection Exhibit
Asian Pear
tree: Our
pear trees
produced heavily
after they were hit
by frosts. Spray our microbe tea on plants before bud
break to protect them from late frosts.
This exhibit illustrates
how a single application of
Natures Own Growing System
Microbe Tea sprayed
onto the plants once before bud break will protect blossoms
from late frosts. 1/2 cup
Yucca Extract
was added to every 5 gallons of diluted Microbe Tea
mixture. The diluted tea was then sprayed on the
trees before bud break. Late frosts had very little
effect upon the blossoms or fruit set.
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Natures Own
Growing System Tea Brewer
products provide the soil life which transform nutrients into
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Biosol Mix,
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Lime, Calphos (soft rock phosphate), and gypsum fertilizers
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that kind of system is put into action in your gardening efforts,
higher yields
and quality can be expected
from your fruit trees.
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Asian pears comprise a large
group of pears that are crisp in texture and, when mature, are
good to eat as soon as harvested or for several months after
picking if held in cold storage. This ready-to-eat feature may
make them more acceptable to some people than European pears
that are usually served when soft and juicy, which takes about
a week to occur after removal from cold storage.
Asian pears
do not change texture after
picking or storage as do European pears such as Bartlett or
Comice.
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We had frost every
night for 7 days and these early morning pictures show leaves
and blossoms iced up. This amount of frost generally causes
blossoms to turn black and drop. No fruit would set.
Many people had no fruit this year (2004) because of these frosts.
Frost Picture 1.
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Frost Picture 2.
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Frost Picture 3.
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After a week of
frosts every night for 7 days, the blossoms are doing well. |
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After a week of
frosts every night for seven days, very few blossoms turned
black and dropped to the ground. These are all in good
condition and fruit set was very good. |
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The poles are to
hold up the branches so they didn't break. This tree was
in full bloom when two late, hard frosts occurred. The
frosts had no affect upon the tree. A few blossoms were
brown at the edges, but no blossoms fell as a result of the
frosts. None of our friends had pears this year (2002)
due to those two late hard frosts.
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We didn't thin the
fruit on this tree because we wanted to see how the tree would
produce. Thinning would have resulted in larger sized
fruit. We had no insect or disease problems with the fruit
or leaves. No preventative pesticides were applied to
the tree.
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How to:
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We amended the clay
soil where the tree was planted with a bag of inexpensive potting
soil. One cup of Planters II trace mineral fertilizer
and two cups of biosol forte 7-2-1 organic fertilizer was also
mixed into the soil. A tablespoon of BioVam was applied
to moistened plant roots. As soon as the snow melted,
we sprayed the tree and the soil around the tree with Natures
Own Growing System Tea once a week. We applied 1/2 cup
of unpreserved Yucca extract to the tea. A quart of Natures
Own Growing System Tea + the Yucca was applied to everything
in 2,000 square feet... including our two pear trees.
Some of the leaves were torn by hail storms. No damage
was found from insects or diseases.
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Tea Brewing Kits. |
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