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Post by Tig on Sept 13, 2017 14:08:56 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 14, 2017 8:56:34 GMT
Seen this many times if FIL's pear trees - comes from the different types of the Junipers. It certainly is the Gymnosporangium sabinae fungus.
Not a nice one to have and can weaken a tree badly. Not sure what one does these days as FIL has been dead years. Quite a bit around this year in the neighbourhood as well...
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Post by Tig on Sept 14, 2017 14:33:19 GMT
At first I thought it was some kind of insect gall RF, it was interesting to find what it is. There are no junipers in any of our neighbouring gardens (we used to have a small one but it came out several years ago), according to what I read the spores can travel for miles in the wind though, so I will have to keep checking it next year. At least I found them before the spores dispersed.
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Post by Rosefriend on Sept 14, 2017 15:01:28 GMT
At first I thought it was some kind of insect gall RF, it was interesting to find what it is. There are no junipers in any of our neighbouring gardens (we used to have a small one but it came out several years ago), according to what I read the spores can travel for miles in the wind though, so I will have to keep checking it next year. At least I found them before the spores dispersed. At FIL's the neighbours had some but you are right the wind can take the spores miles...normally the only thing is to bin the tree - we had to take a fantastic Conference tree out - must have been 40 years old - in the end it didn't bear well and branches started breaking off...sad.. |
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 18, 2017 7:33:57 GMT
I have it in my old pear tree and do nothing There are too many infested trees about and loads of conifers so the spores will always be about.
I think one can spray but the means are too heavy for the ends I think so I leave it.
Frosts barring I do get a good harvest.
The blobs do not get into/onto the fruits. It is just the leaves they stick to.
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Post by Dutchy on Sept 18, 2017 7:37:30 GMT
p.s. They say a pear tree over 30 years old will die back anyhow.
Mine is over thirty, has the spores and is growing like mad.
It did flower for a second time this August after the frost got the first flowers in Spring. Mind you the mini fruits I have on now need to come off as they only weaken the tree and will not become edible.
Yet another task....
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Post by bagpuss on Oct 29, 2017 9:53:10 GMT
Just found this post Tig. My pear has the same problem and I have been picking off any affected leaves and burning them. It didn't stop the tree from fruiting for the first time, but I will be keeping a close eye on it. |
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