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Do my trees need pollinator?

17 years ago

I moved from Thailand 3 yrs ago. I bought house in Gig Harbor,Wa in 07. I start to enjoy do gardening at my house(about 0.50 Acr) but i don't know much about it. I planted Chujoro Asain Pear last year, and i didn't know i have to buy more for pollination. I planted Sargent Crabapple last spring. Yesterday i just bought 3 in 1 Cherry tree(Rainier,Sweetheart,Lapin) and Hollywood flowering plum( not plant yet).

We have a few wild apples and 4 flowering plum in my neighbor.

So 1. Do i still need to find a tree that can pollinat Chujoro Asain Pear?

2. Can Chujoro Asain Pear has cross-pollination with other trees that i have? ( my friend who live in Tacoma,Wa she have one asain pear and one apple. Both tree yilded a lot of friut.

3.Do i need to buy more tree to pollunate a 3 in 1 Cherry tree that i has?

Thank you.

Comments (10)

  • 17 years ago

    You are probably alright on everything. The cherry is certainly fine. Sweetheart and Lapins are self fertile. They will pollinate themselves, each other, and the Bing. All the asian pears I've seen set way too much fruit. I won't buy a pollinator for it.

    The Fruitnut

  • 17 years ago

    Thank you so much for your advice.
    So have seen the the asain pear's tag that require pollination. It's ok? If i don't.
    I don't mine if it not give me a lot of fruit. My family only 3 people.
    Thanks again

  • 17 years ago

    The bees never visit my asian pears and still they set huge crops. Yours might be different but I doubt that. If you have room for another you might try Olympic also called Korean Giant. Lots of people like it.

    The Fruitnut

  • 17 years ago

    In case if i will wait and not plant another pear and wait to see if it will produce some fruits. My asain pear still young only one yr.
    How long it will start to get fruit?
    Is it ok? if i will buy Korean Giant to plants later if the old one yild the fruits?

    Thank you so much.

  • 17 years ago

    In case if i will wait and not plant another pear and wait to see if it will produce some fruits. My asain pear still young only one yr.
    How long it will start to get fruit?
    Is it ok? if i will buy Korean Giant to plant later if the old one doesn't yield the fruits?
    Thank you so much.

  • 17 years ago

    Asian pears bear at a young age. Certainly by the 3rd leaf. If it blooms and doesn't set fruit then, yes, buy another. You could also graft another onto your tree. But even if yours isn't self fruitful, there is likely another around to pollinate it.

    My experience is that unless there is a bad freeze, Asian pears set 5 or 10 times more fruit than you want. You will need to thin heavily if you want large, high quality fruit.

    The Fruitnut

  • 17 years ago

    Thank you so much. That is help me a lot.

  • 17 years ago

    I don't just thin their fruit. When I prune Asian pears I usually remove half the spurs and I still have to thin as much as mentioned.

  • 17 years ago

    Yes, I've taken to thinning out about 50% of the spurs on Asian pears as well. Maybe not every year but when they start looking really thick. It helps at thinning time. This is the fruit I least like to thin because the leaves can be so thick you can't really see what you are doing.

    When you plant you may worry about pollination. After thinning you start cutting out fruit spurs.

    The Fruitnut

  • 17 years ago

    Wow! I'm excited. It's sounds like I will have a lot of fruits from my garden in future:)
    Thank you
    Beney1969