I have 2 pear trees (one is Bartlet, can't remember the other) and an apple tree in my yard, as well as 2 peach trees.
Both pear trees were loaded with pears to the point that many branches were dragging the ground. Well, the deer took care of that long before the pears were even close to finished growing. I know deer ate a lot of them as I found where the branches had been chewed along with deer poop and a hoof print when we had all that rain.
Since these trees are out of control and about 20 to 25 feet tall, I figured the pears way up high were safe. Except they are all gone. Every last pear. There are none of the ground, they just all disappeared, and that was before they even ripened or finished growing.
Same with the apple tree.........gone.
My peaches are fine and I just took about 30 off of one of them. They are small, but sweet!
Anyway............I had thought about having someone come out and trim back the trees to a manageable height over the winter, but if something is eating all the fruit before it even has the chance to grow, I'm wondering whether or not to mess with spending the money.
Any clues as to what is eating the fruit 20 feet in the air? And/or how to correct that?
Both pear trees were loaded with pears to the point that many branches were dragging the ground. Well, the deer took care of that long before the pears were even close to finished growing. I know deer ate a lot of them as I found where the branches had been chewed along with deer poop and a hoof print when we had all that rain.
Since these trees are out of control and about 20 to 25 feet tall, I figured the pears way up high were safe. Except they are all gone. Every last pear. There are none of the ground, they just all disappeared, and that was before they even ripened or finished growing.
Same with the apple tree.........gone.
My peaches are fine and I just took about 30 off of one of them. They are small, but sweet!
Anyway............I had thought about having someone come out and trim back the trees to a manageable height over the winter, but if something is eating all the fruit before it even has the chance to grow, I'm wondering whether or not to mess with spending the money.
Any clues as to what is eating the fruit 20 feet in the air? And/or how to correct that?