Pear is the second most popular fruit tree among our gardeners. It is available in almost every garden. Its disadvantage can be considered that it grows very quickly.
Pear seedlings of different varieties, planted in a small area, eventually cover all other crops from the sun. In order to maximize the rational use of the garden area, you can apply the vaccination method of cultivation. Then you can get a variety of varieties and save space, since the trees in this case are quite compact.
In addition, it often happens that by visiting a nursery of seedlings and buying a good variety, the gardener does not get any result, as the plant dies. The fact is that the pear absolutely does not tolerate wetlands. If the groundwater level on the site is too high, it is also worth trying to plant the pear in another fruit and berry crop, more stable in this regard.
The vaccine can be given to aronia or ordinary mountain ash, irga, hawthorn, quince, undersized apple tree. So, let's see how to plant a pear in a mountain ash. This is not too difficult to do, but the process requires some accuracy. A pear, unlike an apple tree, generally tolerates the vaccination very well.
First of all, of course, we need to plant the mountain ash itself. The vaccine is done in the second year of its growth. This is the most optimal time. You can, of course, think about how to plant a pear in an adult tree, but in this case the probability of a positive result is lower. As source material, you can use both wild and varietal mountain ash. As for the pear, its variety can be almost anything. These two plants are very compatible with each other. If the pear variety is not suitable for grafting on mountain ash, an intermediate method is used, when a compatible cutting is grafted first, and then, on it, the one that is needed.
You need to start work either in early spring or in the second half of summer, during the period of secondary sap flow. The pear stalk is inoculated with the method of scattering at a height of about 20 cm from the root neck of the mountain ash. The thickness of its stem in this place should be at least 6–9 mm. When deciding how to plant a pear in an adult tree, you need to choose healthy, well-leafy branches.
Finally, a few useful tips:
- In the resulting mixed crown leave at least 25% of branches of mountain ash.
- Since the trunk of the pear is thicker than the rowan trunk, over time, an influx forms at the site of vaccination. With a strong wind, the tree can break. To remedy the situation, in the second year, young rowan seedlings are planted next to it and grafted onto the stem of the pear, using the ablution method. The result is a very interesting octopus tree.
- For normal development, pearing requires dusting. Therefore, at least three different varieties of this fruit tree should grow on the site.
- The disadvantage of vaccinating pears on mountain ash is that the latter reacts very poorly to a lack of moisture. At the same time, in dry years, fruits can change their taste qualities not for the better. In this case, you need to water the resulting tree well.
So, we examined the question of how to plant a pear on a mountain ash. As you can see, this process is not complicated, but has some of its nuances. With a certain amount of accuracy, it is not difficult to grow a pear in this way.