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Great for small spaces
Spring blossom and crops of sweet pears
Grow your own fruit on the patio or balcony
Specially developed for patio growing, Pear ‘Obelisk Column’ has a narrow footprint making it perfect for containers and small gardens. Grafted onto a dwarf rootstock, Pear ‘Obelisk Column’ maximises small spaces, producing good crops of large, rounded green fruits with a red blush. Enjoy harvesting these sweet dessert pears from your patio in October. An additional feature is provided by white blossom in spring, making Pear ‘Obelisk Column’ a stunning ornamental tree as well. Height: 1.5m (5ft). Spread: 1m (39in).
Estimated time to cropping once planted: 2 years.
Estimated time to best yields: 5 years.
Height Up to 1.5m (4.9ft)
Spread Up to 1m (39in)
Hardy Tree
patiokitchen gardencottage gardenswildlife gardens
full sun
1 x 18cm Potted Plant (Quince C Rootstock) (KF7112)
Fruit trees do not suffer weed competition well. Keep weeds and grass clear from within a 30cm radius of base of the tree. In spring, while the ground is moist, apply a mulch of well rotted manure or garden compost around the base of the tree, taking care not to mound it up against the stem. This will help to retain moisture throughout the summer. Feed and water apple trees during particularly dry periods.
Pruning fruit trees begins immediately after planting. Remove the central stem to just above the highest side branch. For the following 3 years, prune only the tips of the remaining main branches by one third in winter. Aim for about six main branches which will form the frame of your tree, with fruiting sub branches growing off of them. From the fourth year, some sub branches can be pruned out at the union where they join the main branch, to allow new sub branches to take their place.
In order to produce the best quality, largest fruits, the fruits should be thinned leaving two fruits remaining per cluster.
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