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Container pear tree recommendations..?
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RainbowsInTheSpray
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On my travels recently I've seen small pear trees growing successfully in patio containers and giving quite an impressive crop. Has anyone here been so lucky and maybe able to recommend a variety?
Dwarfing rootstock grown, I assume.
Dwarfing rootstock grown, I assume.
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Ok, I get the idea - nobody here likes pears!0
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Lol, wish I could help you but... I don't like pears! 😹Just my opinion, no offence 🐈0
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It's not the flesh but the skins I don't like and they're such a faff to peel for cooking. Then there's the whole ripening palaver.
Growing up we had a prolific pear whose fruit never ripened and wouldn't poach into edibility either so that put me off for a start and frankly my adult experience hasn't changed my mind.
I notice that both Delia and Nigella like them in chocolate puddings which do sound okayish but I'm not big on milky chocolate either so ........0 -
I like pears but unable to help as mine are in the ground & not suitable for patio containersConcorde + mystery red one that should be Doyenne Du Comice but isn'tEight out of ten owners who expressed a preference said their cats preferred other peoples gardens0
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