Bradford Pear Problems

[Jasonborrego]

I planted two Bradford Pears about a month ago, one is healthy and the other has brown edging on all it leaves. Is it a disease that's effacing the tree or maybe transplant shock? I posted some photos of the healthy and unhealthy tree.

 

[ropensaddle]

Could be fire blight but give us a picture of the ground root interface.

 

[Jace]

Transplant shock, IMO.
Maybe some over watering involved too...
Hopefully the hole that was dug had the same soil put back into it.(not drowning the roots)

Bradfords are pretty resistant to FB.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Bradford Pear is best fed through a chipper

 

[ATH]

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Bradfords are pretty resistant to FB.

??? They are riddled with it around here - especially this year.

 

[Urban Forester]

They have little to no resistance here either. Primary infection this year around here has been off-the-charts.

 

[Jace]

Last year we had fireblight pretty bad here in the Midwest, but the Bradfords fared quite well in comparison... Very little infection. I was just going off of the extension offices' info. that they are moderately resistant, but not immuned.
Guess they're not all together even moderately resistant (in some cases atleast).
In regard to pruning, will you guys major cut them back this dormancy? Or not at all, and just spray next spring? Looks to me like one cannot effectively prune out the infection without going beyond pruning standards. Or atleast that's what I ran into personally this past dormancy..

 

[arborgeek]

Around here Bradford's have FB all of the time. Best way to take care of this, or a Bradford for that matter is with a horizontal pruning properly placed just above the root flare.

 

[Urban Forester]

I inject them with oxytetracycline. Works great if only primary infection. Once cankers form, pruning combined w/treatment is only real option.

 

[Raintree]

By the looks of that lawn, I would also guess over watering.