I bought a little box of these at an outdoor Farmer's market. Mine are about golf ball size but ripe. How long does it take to grow from seed until a tree starts producing fruit? Could you do a care video on these? I'd also be interested to know where you can get seeds or seedlings for that giant variety you showed.
Great video. I have a Tennosui which is very similar to Hosoui but much more fireblight resistant. Hosoui is the pollen parent to Tennossui. Tennosui gets its fireblight resistance from its seed parent, Tennessee. I'm in SE Georgia, HZ 9A. There would be no point in attempting Hosoui here. My Tennosui is about finished for the season. It's even earlier ripening than most of my European type pears. I thought that I would mention it for the sake of your viewers who get too much fireblight pressure for Hosoui to thrive but would like to try a very similar pear. Tennosui is very new, and to my knowledge its pollinizer requirements remain untested. It blooms before but overlaps with Korean Giant. It blooms after but overlaps with LeConte and Tennessee. Of my trees I get best bloom overlap with an unknown strain mislabeled Orient. It bloomed with Scarlett, but Scarlett did not survive the fireblight pressure in my orchard. Tennosui is commercially available at multiple online nurseries. A way to tell if a pear is ready to pick or not is to simply tilt it up. If it snaps off without resistance, it's ready.
Thanks for sharing your time and expertise. Question: how effective do you find the fruit bags? If effective do you have a recommendation for size and brand of bags? Nice idea about tossing a few fruit on the ground.
The bags I use here worked very well. All of the fruits inside these bags were flawless. These bags are large enough to hold my Korean Giant to full size.
Growing from seeds is unpredictable. You may get fruits in 5 years, or it may take longer. Also, the fruit could have been cross pollinated, so you may not get the same fruit you took the seeds from. You can always graft onto your tree after a few years to make it fruit faster.
I had an Asian Pear tree growing at a house we had just bought, and the fruit was so so good. But I had to do the unthinkable (cut it down) because every summer it attracted a ton of European hornets. Flying around our house, deck, pool. That pear tree was its host. It was tough cutting it down, but after about 5 years of dealing with the hornets, we were fine to give it the axe. stragglers would even visit the stump! We saw a couple once in a while after that. I'm in VA, wondering if anyone notice the hornets?
I just posted a video review of the Tennosui pear which is a pollen offspring of the Hosoui pear. Tennosui is very similar to the Hosoui and may be the closest thing we can grow to a Hosoui in high fireblight pressure areas.
I stopped buying this variety at the stores because they are tasteless. Every variety of pear has a unique flavor except this variety. I do not know if it is me or what, but to me all they are is a sweetened pulp.
Your mistake is buying them at the store. Unlike European pears, Asian pears must be ripened on the tree. As with almost all produce you get in the store, they're picked early and are tasteless. The reason regular European pears still taste great at the store is because they ripen off the tree.
@@squidikka Okay, I think I can accept that, but understand this, I do NOT have a pear tree of my own. I can buy the "European" varieties in the store. They are almost always green but, unlike other fruits, they ripen on the shelf and a different variety of pear will taste different from the others. Asian pears have no individual flavor of their own, they just become sweet on the shelf. Clear now?
@@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj Not quite. Asian pears have plenty of individual flavor of their own, and they must be sweetened on the tree, not the shelf. This is why they taste bland at the store. It's like picking an orange off the tree too early. It will not ripen on its own. What you pick is what you get. European pears however, as you correctly stated, become sweet on the shelf, yes.
@@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj I'll reiterate as well. Whether you have a tree or not has literally nothing to do with what I've said. I corrected you saying "Asian pears have no individual flavor of their own, they just become sweet on the shelf." This is not true. Clear now?
Sound like a good pear. Good idea, giving the birds the ones on the ground. 👍
I bought a little box of these at an outdoor Farmer's market. Mine are about golf ball size but ripe. How long does it take to grow from seed until a tree starts producing fruit? Could you do a care video on these? I'd also be interested to know where you can get seeds or seedlings for that giant variety you showed.
You’re a great gardener
Great video. I have a Tennosui which is very similar to Hosoui but much more fireblight resistant. Hosoui is the pollen parent to Tennossui. Tennosui gets its fireblight resistance from its seed parent, Tennessee. I'm in SE Georgia, HZ 9A. There would be no point in attempting Hosoui here. My Tennosui is about finished for the season. It's even earlier ripening than most of my European type pears. I thought that I would mention it for the sake of your viewers who get too much fireblight pressure for Hosoui to thrive but would like to try a very similar pear. Tennosui is very new, and to my knowledge its pollinizer requirements remain untested. It blooms before but overlaps with Korean Giant. It blooms after but overlaps with LeConte and Tennessee. Of my trees I get best bloom overlap with an unknown strain mislabeled Orient. It bloomed with Scarlett, but Scarlett did not survive the fireblight pressure in my orchard. Tennosui is commercially available at multiple online nurseries.
A way to tell if a pear is ready to pick or not is to simply tilt it up. If it snaps off without resistance, it's ready.
Hi can starr, can I please please please have any strain seeds you've bred!
great stuff khang!
Did you grow your tree from a seed or from a nursery please reply.
Thanks for sharing your time and expertise. Question: how effective do you find the fruit bags? If effective do you have a recommendation for size and brand of bags? Nice idea about tossing a few fruit on the ground.
The bags I use here worked very well. All of the fruits inside these bags were flawless. These bags are large enough to hold my Korean Giant to full size.
Hi Khang, can you tell me how long does it take before I can get fruit from my Korean giant pear seeds I just try plant them this summer ? Thanks
Growing from seeds is unpredictable. You may get fruits in 5 years, or it may take longer. Also, the fruit could have been cross pollinated, so you may not get the same fruit you took the seeds from. You can always graft onto your tree after a few years to make it fruit faster.
Can I grow Asian pear from seed from store bought Asian pear in central Florida?
Yes, but it will take from 5-8 years before it will fruit. Also, due to potential cross pollination, you may not get the same fruit.
Awesome as always my friend.
@Khang Starr I haven't tried myself, but I have heard that a reason birds peck at fruit is for the water, do you have a bird bath?
I had an Asian Pear tree growing at a house we had just bought, and the fruit was so so good. But I had to do the unthinkable (cut it down) because every summer it attracted a ton of European hornets. Flying around our house, deck, pool. That pear tree was its host. It was tough cutting it down, but after about 5 years of dealing with the hornets, we were fine to give it the axe. stragglers would even visit the stump! We saw a couple once in a while after that. I'm in VA, wondering if anyone notice the hornets?
I just posted a video review of the Tennosui pear which is a pollen offspring of the Hosoui pear. Tennosui is very similar to the Hosoui and may be the closest thing we can grow to a Hosoui in high fireblight pressure areas.
Watching it right now!
I always eat the skin, russet or not. More fiber :)
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I stopped buying this variety at the stores because they are tasteless. Every variety of pear has a unique flavor except this variety. I do not know if it is me or what, but to me all they are is a sweetened pulp.
Your mistake is buying them at the store. Unlike European pears, Asian pears must be ripened on the tree. As with almost all produce you get in the store, they're picked early and are tasteless. The reason regular European pears still taste great at the store is because they ripen off the tree.
@@squidikka Okay, I think I can accept that, but understand this, I do NOT have a pear tree of my own. I can buy the "European" varieties in the store. They are almost always green but, unlike other fruits, they ripen on the shelf and a different variety of pear will taste different from the others. Asian pears have no individual flavor of their own, they just become sweet on the shelf. Clear now?
@@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj Not quite. Asian pears have plenty of individual flavor of their own, and they must be sweetened on the tree, not the shelf. This is why they taste bland at the store. It's like picking an orange off the tree too early. It will not ripen on its own. What you pick is what you get. European pears however, as you correctly stated, become sweet on the shelf, yes.
@@squidikka I shall reiterate, I DO NOT have a pear tree. I get my pears at the store which, rules out the Asian pear for me.
@@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj I'll reiterate as well. Whether you have a tree or not has literally nothing to do with what I've said. I corrected you saying "Asian pears have no individual flavor of their own, they just become sweet on the shelf." This is not true. Clear now?
ZORRAS MUNDIALES .