Blight and rust are big issues in No Texas; my Asian pears suffer from them, 2 apple trees have died on canker as well; I've had to chop my Kieffer Pear in half, loaded w/ fruits bec of blight. I'm to the point it's not worth it to do pears or apples in N Texas. I have bought a lot of plum trees recently. Lots of rain in North Texas - I know. Peaches ripened early as a result and smaller fruits. I have a giant Yellow Long Neck fig tree, with protection it survived the DFW winter. But it is so big, the branches now crawling on ground - that's okay - Japanese-style winter protection is to lay them low in ground - and I wasn't even trying. The branches did on their own. Lots of fruits.
Your North Texas weather is the same as central Arkansas. Except I live on the edge of the White River. True river bottoms like nowhere else. Lots of rain and flooding. I'm over pears. I only like Bartlett's anyways. I want apples I won't give up.
Yes. Fertilizer is a blight magnifier x10. I learned my lessons this year.
I only fertilize citrus. Stone fruit trees I don’t fertilize at all because of blight!
Blight and rust are big issues in No Texas; my Asian pears suffer from them, 2 apple trees have died on canker as well; I've had to chop my Kieffer Pear in half, loaded w/ fruits bec of blight. I'm to the point it's not worth it to do pears or apples in N Texas. I have bought a lot of plum trees recently. Lots of rain in North Texas - I know. Peaches ripened early as a result and smaller fruits. I have a giant Yellow Long Neck fig tree, with protection it survived the DFW winter. But it is so big, the branches now crawling on ground - that's okay - Japanese-style winter protection is to lay them low in ground - and I wasn't even trying. The branches did on their own. Lots of fruits.
Your North Texas weather is the same as central Arkansas. Except I live on the edge of the White River. True river bottoms like nowhere else. Lots of rain and flooding. I'm over pears. I only like Bartlett's anyways. I want apples I won't give up.
I trim a lot of blight on my Asian pears. This year is the first time they looked healthy and putting growth.