Hello!
I have a barlett and moon glow both planted in 2020 about 20 feet apart. This year both trees are experiencing some kind of issue.
I also have 15 apple planted at the same time and receive the same water, but they look fine.
I see no signs of bugs.
Anyone have any ideas?
Looks to me like Pear Leaf Curling Midge… Clark or someone will likely diagnose it better.
Herbicide damage?
I agree with Everett, herbicide drift/damage would be my first guess.
That is a real possibility as the trees are about 75 yard from a bean/corn field.
The apple trees are also close and appear unaffected. This still check out?
My very strange pears
Hey, Adam! Welcome to the forum! Check out the above link. Your pears look similar.
@thecityman would probably have some good insight!
Agree with what has been said already. Welcome to the forum!
Got it! Thanks!
Possible Pear leaf curling midge on newly received seedling: I have not found a live insect yet, but… I received a SummerCrisp pear bare-root seedling from the Pacific Northwest that has leaves that sharply curl upward and have black and chewed-out margins. IIRC some leaves were starting to come out when it arrived and they already looked that way. After a month of only a few more leaves opening and looking the same curled stunted shape, I sprayed it with insecticide Bifenthrin and with Neem oil and also with fungicide Chlorothalonil because I didn’t know what was wrong. Then it started actually sending out many more shoots with nicely shaped leaves. 2-3 weeks later some new leaves started curling again.
I leaning toward Pear Leaf Curling Midge Disease and I don’t think Minneapolis normally has this disease. Should I even keep it? It already has a bad codominant leader shape started, but that can be fixed. Otherwise how often do I need to spray? Honestly I got too many plants this year. If threw it in a bonfire, then I would order a Meader Persimmon from OGW and have the tree I really wanted but was out-of-stock during pre-order season. My new Shipova from a different vendor has normal-looking leaves.
How often does a person normally have to spray Cedar-Apple Rust & insecticide on pear in the upper midwest? I refuse to grow apples due to spray schedule.
Almost looks like it needs some minor elements. I’m sure others who know a lot more than I do, will chime in. I would try a drench with a good all purpose fertlizer with minor elements.
