All winter the gardener looks forward to his blooming pear tree in spring and a rich pear harvest in autumn. But the tree just doesn't want to bloom. What causes could be responsible for this?
Why isn't my pear tree blooming?
A pear tree may not bloom for various reasons: biennial cycle, young age, unfavorable weather, improper tree pruning, insufficient soil moisture, incorrect location or pests and diseases. Check these factors and adjust care accordingly.
Pear trees bear fruit every two years
Many pear varieties are subject to so-called alternation. The gardener understands this to mean a two-year flowering cycle. One year the pear tree has no flowers at all and the next year you can hardly save yourself from pears.
Not much can be changed about it. Sometimes pruning in the summer after flowering by removing some of the new flower shoots helps.
For very young trees, it takes several years for the first flowering period. If the tree is still very young, the lack of flowers may be related to age.
Pear care mistakes
Sometimes the weather is to blame for no flowers being formed. After a very warm start to the year, the pear tree has started to bloom. A sudden onset of frost at flowering time causes the flower bases to freeze so that no flowers appear on the tree.
If the gardener meant too well when trimming the tree, all of the young shoots may have been removed in the summer. However, flowers only form on these young shoots.
In very dry and very cold winters, the soil can dry out. If it is too dry, the tree will not bloom unless sufficient moisture is provided through watering.
Is the pear tree in the right location?
Is the soil moist enough?
Is the soil humus and permeable?
Does the pear tree get enough sun?Is it protected from the wind?
If your pear tree isn't blooming, check with your neighbors to see if their trees have blossomed. If this is the case, there is probably a care or cutting error.
Pests are rarely to blame for the pear tree not blooming. Therefore, check it regularly for pest infestation and diseases.
Tips & Tricks
Experienced hobby gardeners generally remove all flowers from young pear trees so that they do not bear any fruit in the first few years after planting. This gives the tree more strength to develop strong roots. This measure increases the yield in the later years.
