Good thing that you are using Bud 9 instead of M9. M9 is very brittle and disease prone.They have done some trials with bartlett, bosc, ect. On tall spindle and they produced really well. They said the fruit size was a little smaller but figured with better thinning it would increase. I have never heard of it done with asian pears but I'm gonna try. I bought a bunch of big mother trees ,7 foot well branched , several varieties. They were like $50 a piece. And I bought a bunch of rootstocks. I'm gonna make my own trees. The rootstocks are only $1.85 a piece and I can also manipulate the branches when they are small. I might start making my own apple trees as well. Bud 9 rootstock can be bought for $1.85 as well.
hosui, chujuro, 20th century, Korean giant, and maxie red, and also some bosc and bartlet just kinda of a trial of all and then I can graft the ones I like and of course buy more nursery trees as well.Which varieties of Asian Pears are you growing?
If your area requires extra heat for ripening, then lowering the wires will help a bit.
You can use the lowest wire to mount your drip irrigation if watering is required.
It will allow the hose to be off the ground for grass and weed management.
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I've just been leaving the drip line on the ground. I use one line for 2 rows..I water 1 row and then move it across the Isle to the other row and water that one. I use the house well to water my trees because I don't have enough drip line to run it off our irrigation wells.. When you turn them on you have to have somewhere to go with all the water. I think I would need 1500 foot of drip line to handle the water. Or it will blow everything apart. I don't have to irrigate that often since I mulch them good.
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