When is the best time to pollinate pear blossoms?
Pear blossoms have a cultivation history of more than 2,000 years in our country, with many types and varieties. Besides being ornamental, their flowers can also bear fruit through pollination for use. So in which month do pear blossoms usually bloom? When is the best time to pollinate?
1. The best time to pollinate pear blossoms
The best time to pollinate pear blossoms is from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the best pollination temperature is above 15-20 degrees. When the day's highest temperature is 30 degrees, pollination should be carried out in the early morning or evening to avoid the stigma drying out and scorching. If the climate is unfavorable during the flowering period, it is best to pollinate twice, which can greatly increase the pollination rate.
2. In which month do pear blossoms bloom?
The flowering period of pear blossoms varies from place to place, with blooming ranging from February to May, and the full bloom period of pear blossoms is 10 days.
Because pear trees are widely distributed, their phenological periods vary greatly. As far as the flowering period is concerned, pear trees in Sichuan bloom in early to mid-February, those in Yanbian, Jilin bloom in mid-May, those in Changsha, Hunan bloom in early March, and those in Beizhen, Liaoning bloom in early May. The pear blossoms in Shiping Village, Yongxin Town, Qijiang District, Chongqing bloom every March, and the flowering periods in different places differ by nearly two months.
For pear trees cultivated in the same region, the phenological periods also differ because of different types and varieties. From bud break to flowering, varieties of the Ussurian pear group are the earliest, varieties of the white pear group are slightly later, varieties of the sand pear group are later than the white pear group, and varieties of the European pear group are the latest, with a variation range of about 10 days.
In addition, friends who like pear blossoms can go to Zhao County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, from April to October each year to view pear blossoms, or they can go to Dangshan, Anhui, known as the “Pear Capital of China” and called the city with the largest pear planting area in China with a Guinness World Record, to enjoy them.