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Dwarf Bartlett pear tree HELP!

10 years ago

Help!

I’m new at this and this is the first fruit tree I ever planted.

I live in North Jersey. I bought a four foot Dwarf Bartlett pear tree on May 1st.

I dug a hole 2X the size of the tree ball and dumped in two bags of Espoma Organic Garden soil in it.

My soil is mainly clay. When I dump water in the hole it takes a while to drain but it eventually drains.

When I bought the tree it looked happy and healthy. It had some flowers and the start of tiny pears.

It seemed very happy for the first two weeks. A deer found it and chewed off half the leaves. I have since put a fence around it. The leaves started to droop and curl up after two weeks. From what I have read on the internet droop means not enough water and curl up means too much. I attached a picture of it. Most of the leaves look nice and green. A few of them have brown spots and a few have tiny yellow spots. All the flowers and fruit has shriveled up and died. I dump a gallon or two of water on it every day or so when it looks dry. Every week I put 2 tablespoons of miracle grow in the water. I bought one of those soil test kits. It says PH 7.0 Neutral to 6.5 Slight Acid, Potash K3 Sufficient, Nitrogen N0 Depleted, Phosphorus P0 Depleted (Test done before I dump the weekly miracle grow on it. Any idea what is wrong with it?

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