Pear

Pear

Pyrus communis

Plant out 4 weeks before your last spring frost. Space plants 180 in (457 cm) apart.

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When to plant

Timed from your frost dates, so it holds wherever you garden. Give yours and every step below becomes a date.

See the dates for your garden

Enter your average last spring frost and first fall frost. Every timing on this site turns into a calendar date. Not sure of yours? Your local extension service or a search for “last frost date” and your town will tell you; the app finds them from your location.

Last spring frost
First fall frost

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Bare-Root Tree Transplant

TreeRecommended
  1. Plant out4 weeks before your last spring frost
  2. First harvestthe first crop about 4 years after planting

Container Tree Transplant

Tree
  1. Plant out4 weeks before your last spring frost
  2. First harvestthe first crop about 4 years after planting

Growing pear

Spacing in the row
180 in (457 cm)
Between rows
240 in (610 cm)
Planting depth
Same depth as it grew in the nursery (hole no deeper than the root ball), graft union 2-4 inches above the soil line
Sun
Full Sun
Years to first crop
4
Mature height
12-20 ft
Hardy to
USDA zone 4
Life cycle
Perennial

Most pears need a second variety for cross-pollination.

Feeding

How often
Once a year, in early spring. Feed only if last year's shoot growth was weak; a vigorous tree needs none, and extra nitrogen invites fire blight.

Your pear, planned to the day.

Canopy turns these timings into dates from your own frost data, places every plant at its spacing on your garden map, and tracks it all the way to harvest.

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