A great result! The organza bags are being used by lots of people now, not just for pests, but as a measure of protection against UV damage. I watched someone cover every bunch of grapes with a turquoise bag, they do the job. I don't think I will have the same results here, not only given the adverse weather, but the neighbours disease contaminated trees have spread the dreaded lurgy to my nashi tree. The diseases transfer from Apple/ pear to the nashi, something that I hadn't really thought about. Great to see you enjoying that fruit!

@lyonheart84

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t think the bags would actually stop a squirrel or bird, I think it simply makes them less obvious as fruit without further investigation. For me the main success is stopping wasps in their tracks that are definitely the most destructive pests in our area, they wrecked 90% of my parents , plums, greengages and grapes, but it’s not practical to bag hundreds of fruit, I can only do it when I only have a handful

Am delighted your first Nashi pear from your own tree was the nicest you'd ever eaten. Excellent result, particularly as it was grown here in the UK. Congratulations.

@lyonheart84

3 жыл бұрын

I had one off this tree last year but I picked it 2 weeks earlier because of bird damage, this one was even better

Lovely size and colour Brett. I have never tasted this much ripen one. It's even better without skin. Easily peel off with potato peeler. ( just my choice) 😀. So happy that you got a descent fruit.

@lyonheart84

3 жыл бұрын

The skin was fine, probably no different to an apple, I guess like most fruit, ripe straight off the tree is totally different to unripe from a shop

Looks good size Brett well done mate👍

@lyonheart84

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I was delighted with it, but when the tree produces more no doubt they will be smaller 😁

@shamsgardeningcrafts

3 жыл бұрын

@@lyonheart84 is that a grafted tree Brett? Am trying to grow a seedling that will take ages to fruit🤔

@lyonheart84

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes grafted, I only grow grafted varieties of cold climate fruit, growing from seed is a waste of time as they rarely come true to type and I’m not prepared to wait 7 or 8 years for flowers to find out if a fruit is no good ( I’m too old lol )

@shamsgardeningcrafts

3 жыл бұрын

@@lyonheart84 true see if I could find a scion and graft it on later on when the seedling branches are mature 😊

@lyonheart84

3 жыл бұрын

Yes best use for seedlings is as rootstocks but I must admit I can’t be bothered when I could source a 5 foot bare root tree of a named variety for under £20 that will flower and fruit within a year or so, I’m lazy lol

Recently planted one. Can't wait to taste it. How long before it will bear fruit?

@lyonheart84

Жыл бұрын

Depends on the age and size of the grafted tree you bought ? If its 5 foot and already has some side shoots you could get flowers next year. Mine are slow growing as I have them in containers

@tubolard23

Жыл бұрын

@@lyonheart84 My first tree died I think from a random heat wave of 90 degrees in the middle of winter, so I'm trying again. So far it's only been about 2 months and it's grown 6 inches. It's almost 4 feet.....so hopefully next year there will be something. I like the shingo asian pairs, but wasn't able to find locally. I hope these taste as good.

@lyonheart84

Жыл бұрын

90 degrees in winter , you must surely be in California or Florida . I guess Asian pears don’t like extreme heat but it should be ok there if it doesn’t cook, perhaps some shade is beneficial

Where did you buy this one from? Decided to rip up half the lawn and plant a few fruit trees instead 😅

@lyonheart84

3 жыл бұрын

If I remember right this one came from agroforestry.com but there are plenty of online fruit tree sellers here that list Asian pears of various varieties, just search on google

Brett is this pear variety disease resistant? I have a 12 year old pear tree and it suffers from pear rust and other fungi. Really a shame since it has a about a hundred pears on in May but gradually 90% of them fall off by the start of August.

@lyonheart84

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not 100% sure but I think Asian pears suffer from less diseases than the European pears so certainly worth trying one

Another beauty to eat 👍🏻

@lyonheart84

3 жыл бұрын

This was a good one 😁

Look bloody tasty mate.

@lyonheart84

3 жыл бұрын

Really good one thanks 👍

I never liked Asian pear especially the skin, bit hard and bitter taste for me but I never tried ripen one. I prefer British one but after watching this video, I really want to try a ripen one like this.

@lyonheart84

3 жыл бұрын

I've eaten hundreds over the years that I've bought ( I like the fact that they keep for weeks in the fridge) but I've never tasted one that was this nice even in Hong Kong. The skin was neither hard nor bitter

@soby123

3 жыл бұрын

@@lyonheart84 Great to know 👍👍

@SobrietyandSolace

Жыл бұрын

@@lyonheart84I used to work on a city farm in London which recently closed after 50 years. Nobody told me here was a b orchard around the back as no one ever bothered packaging or selling the fruit, they didn’t even bother giving it to the animals but left it to rot. I had not a clue that there was randomly an Asian pear tree weeks before I left the job and moved. I’ve had plenty of supermarket ones that were disappointing but this thing was by far one of the best fruits I had ever consumed in all my 30 years. Crazy sweet, mildly acidic in the middle, so juicy. I was so angry that no one at the farm was even attempting to do anything with them yet they were struggling for money!

@lyonheart84

Жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear a city farm closed. I assume that’s not Mud chute farm as I think that’s not closed ? Amazing that they had fruit trees where you were and they weren’t used 🙄

@SobrietyandSolace

Жыл бұрын

@@lyonheart84 Oh god I hope Mudchute hasn’t also closed! It was Newham City farm. It was doing badly for a long time as I had to work there a full 5 months completely unpaid which wrecked my long term relationship as I had to borrow money to eat and get to work (this later broke down and I ended up homeless)I was asked to cancel hospital appointments due to constant staffing issues, I wasn’t given any uniform but worked 7 to 16 days in a row so always had dirty clothes etc. but at the same time I really was blessed to be able to work with the animals I did. The area really needed the farm as well because of all the crime… These farms are part of London’s heritage. The Harness Horse Parade used to be on Clapham Common back in the day. They’re so important as Green oasis in the city and teaching people where their food comes from as visitors were genuinely shocked by me eating wild blackberries, tried to feed cows sausage rolls, tried to feed the horses woody nightshade, mistook geese for swans, ducks for penguins, ferrets for meerkats and a goat for wolf! Also had a grown adult argue that a cow wasn’t a cow because it was brown instead of black and white. I despair for the next generation of city kids! Yeah I was livid especially as I told them about a company I saw an ad for on the train in to work that partners with farms and does all the packaging and selling bit for them for a percentage. But no they told me to shut up and leave the apples to rot. I don’t think anyone even knew what the Asian pears were! But I remember the taste so strongly… I WISH I kept seeds, but I didn’t have a garden or anything of my own at the time.