Jun 15,

The mix looked really good (from a landscaping perspective:)). After this I went to the local Joe Randazoo nursery and purchased a flowering pear tree, fairly large for only 29 bucks.

I placed it on top of the good soil and then covered it with more good soil mixture and fertilized it and added a tree. Sep 21, Dig outward from the trench, following the roots that connected with the Bradford pear tree stump.

Remove all of the dirt from around the roots and pry them upward from the soil using a pry bar.

But, the observant gardener can keep this problem from getting out of hand.

Comb through loose soil with a garden rake to remove tiny, hair-like roots that you may have otherwise missed. Excavate the pear tree in the early morning hours, on an overcast day if possible to minimize shock and reduce the tree's amount of water usage. Draw a circular line in the soil surrounding the. Sep 21, Dig out your pear tree from its current location.

Start digging at an area twice the size of the root ball you estimated earlier. Work into the soil with your shovel, slowly working in toward the estimated root ball.

As you slowly expose the pear tree's roots, you'll be able to see where to dig. Dig the hole to fit the root system instead of pruning the root system to fit the hole. Plant the tree at the same depth that it was grown in the invade all parts of the pear tree, including the roots, shoots, leaves, flowers, fruits, branches, trunk, and entire trees (Fig. 6). Pear trees require full sun to produce the most fruit.

Prune annually to keep the tree healthy, productive and looking its best. It can take 3 to 10 years for trees to begin flowering and producing fruit. Mature pear trees are large and produce a lot of fruit in a short window of time.