My poor pear !

We are having our garden refurbished and I had no choice but to move my lovely pear tree. It was in full bloom at the time looking rather pretty it is a very good croper. It has been in its new position for two weeks, the blossom completly wilted which I rather expected,but this week a lot of the leaves have dropped and looks very sad.Does anyone think it can be saved and if so how? I have been keeping it well soaked but our soil is very sandy. :(

 

I think you're doing all you can- if you got a good sized rootball it should recover. Any attempt to dig it up again and put compost etc in would probably just make things worse. Two weeks isn't very long!

 

Thanks Liz, I will just have to put in a special request tonight

 

Of course to transplant a fruit tree in full bloom cannot go unnoticed...As far as i know fruit trees are transplanted in autumn, when the plant is "resting" and preferably during crescent moon.
Also, did you keep the roots well protected in the soil, so that they were not over exposed to the air? I hope so, but anyway , I think that there is no reason to worry about the tree after only a couple of weeks.

 

dalbui - transplanting at tree in flower at this time of year, I would have been very surprised if it hadn't dropped its leaves - some or all. Just keep it watered through the year and I mean a bucketful every week, and you may find it produces new leaves this year with any luck and flower again in spring.

 

Hi Miraflores, are you a regular moon planter? We are very small band!

 

Yes, I know it was the wrong time of year to move the tree but I had no choice. The soil is very sandy in the garden so there wasn't a lot of soil around the roots when I lifted it.Keeping it well watered the rain is pitching in as well. I don't know anything about moon planting, perhaps you could enlighten me.

 

Hi Liz,
I am not a planter at all (yet), you will be surprised to know.
But I took after my parents the interest for seeds plants and trees which I hope to put into use in the future.
At the moment I am just very busy running after children all day long!
But I can assure you regarding the moon (and I will find out more for you) there must be some truth in choosing the appropriate moon phase, as many proper farmers in Italy (I am Italian) follow religiously the moon phases as if it makes a lot of sense.
I will write some more...

 

Just thought I would update on my 'poor pear' it now has small buds growing on the lower half of the branches I am so pleased, the thing is should I do anything with the top half of the branches which have nothing on them?

 

Glad to hear it's recovering! Leave it until late Autumn and prune it then. You may find that buds will grow further up the branches as the tree settles down.
If you're having hot weather, keep it watered!

PS I like your sparkly avatar.