Is there anyone with knowledge of growing these pears please? I live on the Costa Blanca, Spain, and have clay soil, which is quite dry. I bought two Nashi pear trees and my three questions are, what soil type do these pear trees like? Will they grow in clay soil? One tree was in fruit when I purchased it, the other was not. However, after dropping all its leaves, the non fruiting one then started to flower, but produced no fruit. A month later the fruiting one did exactly the same! If they are flowering at different times, does this mean they will not be pollinated? Any advice welcomed, especially as they are delicious pears and I was looking forward to a yearly crop!
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Clay should not be a problem for you. It’s pretty much clay here and they are doing great. Just don’t let them dry out. The flowering irregularities is from stress. That will settle down and get in order in the coming years.
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Thank you for responding with the information. I’ll plant them in the garden and will look forward to fruit, hopefully next year.
Hi Patricia.
First of all, a question .
In which town on the Costa Blanca do you live?
I live in Villarrobledo in the province of Albacete, and like you I have calcareous-clay soil (heavy and with high Ph).
The Asian pears " nashis " are not compatible in grafting with quince rootstock, like the European type pears , so you must graft them on Pyrus Comunis rootstock ( " peral franco " , or pear tree born from seed ) , it is compatible in grafting with Asian and European pears , is resistant to heavy soils and resistant to terrain with high Ph.
You have it available in many nurseries in Spain like these:
https://www.augustaviveros.com/frutales-a-raiz-desnuda/portagrafts-peral/
https://www.vivetirso.com/portagrafts
A very important fact.
“Pure” Asian pears are not as tasty as hybrid varieties.
Of the pure varieties, I recommend grafting these:
- Chojuro
- Yoinashi
- Hosui
- Niitaka
- Nijisseiki
But hybrid varieties are much better, especially these varieties:
- New World
- Benita Rafzas
- Reddy Robin
- Maxie
- Piqa-Boo
Patricia, for any questions you have, you have me here.
Regards
Jose
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Thank you Jose for the information.
The trees are in pots and are about 2 metres in height. When is the best time of year to plant them in the ground? I have a terraced area of garden where there is a lemon tree, nispero, and a fig tree that did not fruit. It is south east facing.
The trees were not labelled with variety, only “Nashi”. However, they were very tasty and so they could be hybrid. I bought them from a small garden centre in Javea where I live.
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