A bit too early

My pear is leafing out much too early this year. It's going to spend the next month moving into and out from protection.

Very early indeed! Was it in a greenhouse or something?

It still is a great tree though

leatherback wrote:Very early indeed! Was it in a greenhouse or something?

Nope. It has been out on my bench all winter -- which has been fairly mild, but we have some cold weather on the way.

It still is a great tree though :D

thanks

JimLewis wrote:My pear is leafing out much too early this year. It's going to spend the next month moving into and out from protection.

I said it before, and I have no problem repeating it, still one of my alltime favs in here...
quite a rare thing to see, a pear bonsai, a good one even more rare

everything is starting to wake up for me...a couple are already covered in new leaves...my climate is a bit different, but this is too early even for here...

jim my larches last year popped way to early too and they would be going in and out of protection i call that the bonsai shuffle

Very nice looking tree Jim, is the deadwood natural or man made?
Graham

When it was a twig, I took a sharp knife and split the trunk, starting just above the first branch. I held it apart for an entire growing season with a small block of wood. I've carved it into a hollow since.

For once, it was an experiment that worked.

Do you have any picture of the tree with fruits Jim? Or you don't let them grow?


Thanks
João Santos

I have to get flowers first, and it has never bloomed for me. The tree grew from a seed under its full-sized parent, which bloomed profusely along my drive where I used to live, but in the many years I've grown this one, I've never had even a flower bud. Don't know why.

The fruit on its parent tree was hard and about the size of a golf ball (and probably tasted like one, too.)

OK

Just asked because I have a little pear tree that i don't know the species, that has a small green tasty pears.

Just air layered it last year from the mother. Now we have to wait for it to settle down a bit

My Chinese Quince and a couple of my maples have started showing some green. They are now repotted and kept in temp. above freezing. Some of my other deciduous trees are still dormant like crabapple, elm, and hornbeam.

My U. Parvifolias have been leafing out for the last two weeks and my maple buds are ready to bust out. Pine candles are starting to swell as well. It has been on average a way too warm winter in Dallas TX..

Tim Ahlen
Zone 8b

Joao Santos wrote:I have a little pear tree that i don't know the species, that has small green tasty pears.

The domestic pear is Pyrus communis var. sativa. The variety you describe is probably what we call Seckel pear. It is the most common cultivar for backyard amateurs in this part of the country because it stays small and is disease resistant.

Unfortunately the periodic global warming season has failed to arrive here yet. I'm anxious.

When a tree grew from a seed, you are not sure to have the same colours of flowers , because of the mix of genetics characters of the father and the mother .
I f you want to have the same characteristics, cutting or air layering are better, flowers appears one or two years later.
With a seed, 10 or 15 , 20 years are necessary

Well, Pears won't have the flower-color problem. White with a touch of pink is what pears do.

With a seed, 10 or 15 , 20 years are necessary

Well, this little tree germinated about 1990. It was dug in '93 or '94, and has been in a bonsai pot since 1995, so it should be about ready!

bonsaisr wrote:

Joao Santos wrote:I have a little pear tree that i don't know the species, that has small green tasty pears.

The domestic pear is Pyrus communis var. sativa. The variety you describe is probably what we call Seckel pear. It is the most common cultivar for backyard amateurs in this part of the country because it stays small and is disease resistant.

Hi,

Just googled p. communis sativa and it's not the one.
When mother or daughter fruits, I'l post a picture

Thanks

andre_f wrote:jim my larches last year popped way to early too and they would be going in and out of protection i call that the bonsai shuffle

Mine popped early as well. We had an unusually early warm spell followed by hard frosts. I still left my larch outside without any ill effects.

Ever considered thread grafting to get some nice flowers Jim?

marie1uk wrote:Ever considered thread grafting to get some nice flowers Jim?

No. I figure time will eventually do it. I just hope I'm still here.

What would I graft?

All my stuff leafed early. Hopefully I won't have to do too much moving, I've set up the greenhouse, and unless things go below 28 I'll be okay with that level of protection.
My favorite two Nashi bonsai I've seen we're both at Bill Valavanis's IBA. Bradford and other fruiting sports of Callery pear at so common, I went out and bought several large grafted garden trees and started big layers. Here's hoping.
Here are links to Bill's two pears, if memory serves, the first is in Ikkou pot, and the second is in an old Canton ware pot, Russell can chime in about that one ;-) (he had another that the top was being layered on, I didn't get an image).
http://japanesepots.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/20130225-234224.jpg
http://japanesepots.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/20130225-234244.jpg
Ryan
Http://JapaneseBonsaiPots.net/