How to Grow Early Crisp Red Pear? Detailed Explanation of Planting Techniques and Management Key Points

Early Crisp Red is a new type of fruit that has swept the market in recent years. Its peel is red, making it easy to distinguish from ordinary pears, and its nutritional value is extremely high. Every year after it reaches the market, demand exceeds supply. So now many people have seen its economic prospects and want to try growing it.

Planting Techniques for Early Crisp Red Pear

Dig holes and plant. It is advisable for the planting hole to be about 1 m deep and 1 m wide. Place organic matter at the bottom of the hole and return soil to a depth of about 50 cm, then apply 25~50 kg of organic fertilizer, preferably fully decomposed high-quality farmyard manure, combined with organic fertilizer specially used for pear trees, with an application rate of 1000~3500 kghm-2, and add 1 kg of calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer in acidic soil or 1 kg of superphosphate in alkaline soil, cover with soil and firm it, then plant. When planting, use the method of “one lift, two presses, three layers of soil”, straighten and evenly distribute the root system of the seedling, ensure the roots are intact, and backfill soil to the root collar of the seedling, ensuring that the soil at the root collar is 10~20 cm higher than the surrounding ground. After planting, irrigate thoroughly immediately to ensure the roots are fixed in the soil and supplied with water, and finally cover the 1 m2 area of the hole with a layer of fine soil or plastic film.

Water Management for Early Crisp Red Pear

1. Irrigation. Early Crisp Red Pear has 5 water-requiring periods in a year (budding water, flowering water, fruiting water, pre-harvest water, overwintering water), and the amount of irrigation each time is different. Generally, the water content should be maintained at 50%~80% of the field maximum water-holding capacity. Irrigation periods are respectively in spring, early May, mid-June, mid-August, and early November, combined with timely irrigation according to soil drought conditions. Irrigation methods can use water-saving methods such as drip irrigation or sprinkler irrigation, and grass or film can also be spread around the tree disk to achieve moisture retention and water storage.

2. Drainage. Orchards with high groundwater levels and heavy clay soil should avoid water accumulation to prevent root damage due to poor aeration, so drainage ditches 30~40 cm deep must be opened in the orchard. After excessive watering or heavy rain, accumulated water should be drained as soon as possible.

Common Pests and Diseases of Early Crisp Red Pear and Control Methods

1. The pear starrily worm is a major leaf-eating pest of pear trees. Its larvae damage flower buds, flower buds, and leaves. It can occur twice a year, generally with one control treatment each in March to April and August to September. When overwintering larvae emerge from dormancy is the suitable control period, that is, from the stage when pear tree flower buds show white to the stage of inflorescence separation. Commonly used pesticides include: 50% parathion emulsion 1500 times liquid, 50% phoxim emulsion 1000 times liquid, 50% fenitrothion emulsion 1000 times liquid, 50% malathion emulsion 1000 times liquid, 50% dichlorvos emulsion 1000 times liquid, and 20% fenvalerate emulsion 3000 times liquid.

2. The pear fruit sawfly (commonly known as flower borer, white borer) only damages pear trees. Adults lay eggs inside the calyx. The larvae initially feed in a ring within the base of the calyx, and after the damaged area turns black, they bore into the fruit core, causing young fruit to dry and drop. Before fruit drop, the larvae crawl out and damage other young fruit. This pest produces one generation a year and overwinters as mature larvae making cocoons in the soil. Adults emerge and lay eggs from late April to early May. The peak egg-laying period is from pear tree inflorescence separation to the bud stage of petals. In mid-to-late May, larvae bore into fruit and cause damage.

For control, the adult's habit of playing dead can be used by placing cloth under the canopy and shaking adults down to kill them, or manually removing egg-bearing flowers and fruits and pest-infested young fruits during the egg-laying period. 10 to 15 days before pear flowering, when adults emerge from the soil, use 25% parathion 300 times liquid, 25% phoxim 300 times liquid, or 40.7% chlorpyrifos emulsifiable concentrate 600 times liquid for ground spraying, focusing within 1 meter around the trunk.

Harvest Time for Early Crisp Red Pear

1. Comprehensively determine the harvest time according to fruit maturity, use, and market demand. Harvest maturity should be 80%~90%. For long-distance sales or storage, it is advisable to harvest at about 80% maturity; for short-distance sales, it is advisable to harvest at about 90% maturity.

2. Pre-harvest preparation. Organize harvesting personnel; harvesting personnel must trim their nails flat or wear gloves when picking. Prepare grading sites, tools, containers, and machinery.

3. Harvesting and storage. Harvest in batches, picking large fruits first. Handle gently during picking and placement to prevent bruising and scratching of the fruit. Transport to the grading site in a timely manner, avoiding compression and other mechanical damage, and after grading, pre-cool before storing in the warehouse.

Early Crisp Red has a very wide range of growing conditions. Except for very cold places, it can be planted in most areas of our country. After a bumper harvest, the fruit is very storage-resistant. Whether eaten raw or cooked, or made into canned food, its fruit is a very good choice, so if you put care into cultivation, the later returns are still very considerable.