How Much Do Pear Tree Saplings Cost? A Detailed Guide to High-Yield Planting Methods

The pear tree is one of the main fruit trees in our country. Besides being eaten fresh, it can also be processed into canned goods, pear wine, dried pears, preserved pears, and more, and it is very popular among people. So how much do pear tree saplings cost? How do you plant them for high yields?

1. How much do pear tree saplings cost?

Pear tree saplings are not very expensive, generally costing between 2-5 yuan per plant, with the exact price affected by the pear variety and the specifications of the sapling.

Standards for high-quality pear saplings:

1. Purity: the purity requirement must reach 98% or above.

2. Grade A saplings have a trunk height of 100-150 cm or more, and within the shaping zone of 70-100 cm there are 6-8 or more robust buds, with a thickness of 0.8-1.0 cm or more, a full, round trunk, and mature branches. The underground part must have 5 or more thick lateral roots, with a length of 15-20 cm or more (measured root thickness of 0.3 cm or more, robust branches, evenly distributed, with many fibrous roots, a well-healed graft union, and no serious mechanical damage.)

3. No large or small foot disease, no crown gall, no grape phylloxera, no woolly apple aphid, and no other pests or diseases.

4. Do not choose replanted saplings from plots that have been used for raising seedlings for two or more consecutive years, and even less should you choose saplings that were treated with 920 or smeared with growth hormones such as “Pear Ba” during the seedling-raising process.

5. Saplings cultivated by the root-cutting method, with 5 or more lateral roots, have a higher survival rate after planting than single-root saplings, with strong disease resistance, high yield, and stable yield, making them the only choice when buying pear saplings.

2. How do you plant pear trees for high yields?

1. Establishing a pear orchard

Site selection and planning for the orchard: a pear orchard can be developed on flat land, hills, mountainous areas, or riverbanks, but conditions such as transportation and irrigation should be considered. After the orchard site is selected, the orchard should be divided into several plots of 2-10 hectares according to the terrain, topography, roads, channels, and shelterbelts. On hilly slopes, the long side of the plot should be parallel to the contour lines as much as possible, which is beneficial for soil and water conservation and convenient for management. Pear trees can be planted from after the saplings lose their leaves until before they sprout. The planting density should be determined according to different terrain and plots, with a general plant and row spacing of 3 m × 4 m.

2. Planting techniques

Dig holes at set points according to the plant and row spacing. Generally, for sandy soil, the hole should be 80 cm wide and 50-60 cm deep; for rice paddies, a hole 80 cm wide and 40-50 cm deep is sufficient. First place 30-40 cm of rice straw, branches, or green manure into the hole, add topsoil and tread it firm, then apply 50-80 kg of organic fertilizer (pig or cow manure) or 10 kg of pure chicken manure, which must be decomposed, and add 1-2 kg of calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer (superphosphate can be used in alkaline soil) and mix it with soil to fill in, shaping it into a mound. Before planting, the thick roots of the pear saplings need to be cut back by 2-3 cm to promote the growth of new roots, and the film at the graft union should be removed to avoid affecting the growth of the trunk. When planting, the graft union should be exposed 5-10 cm above the ground, the soil around the roots should be firmed by treading, and water should be poured generously immediately. In wind gap areas, support stakes need to be set up to prevent lodging.

3. Soil, fertilizer, and water management techniques

(1) Soil management

Deep plowing and soil maturation is a basic measure in pear tree yield-increasing techniques. The time for deep plowing and soil improvement is generally after the fruit is harvested in autumn and before leaf fall in winter. The methods include expanding the holes, deep plowing the whole orchard, and deep plowing every other row or every other plant. The depth of deep plowing is generally 30-40 cm. Where conditions permit, alternate-year plowing can be adopted: in years 1, 3, and 5, dig deep trenches about 0.8 m deep and wide on both sides of the original holes, and in years 2, 4, and 6, dig deep trenches on the other two sides, combined with applying base fertilizer. Generally, 100 kg of pear fruit requires at least 100 kg of organic fertilizer (pig or sheep manure), mixed with 2.25 kg of phosphate fertilizer.

(2) Fertilizer management

In addition to base fertilizer, generally four timely topdressings should be applied during the growing period. The first is the post-bloom fertilizer, applied in mid-to-late April, to promote the growth of branches and leaves, flower bud differentiation, and fruit enlargement; 8-10 kg of Jiamei Yinglilai can be applied per mu. The second is the fruit enlargement fertilizer, applied twice from mid-May to early June, with 15-20 kg of Jiamei Yinglilai per mu each time. The third is the post-harvest fertilizer, applied from late August to mid-September, with 10-15 kg of Jiamei Yinglilai per mu, to increase leaf color, prolong leaf lifespan, and restore tree vigor.

In addition, 2-3 applications of Jiamei Brain Platinum can be made in combination with pesticide spraying; foliar topdressing has a very obvious effect on promptly restoring the tree's nutritional level. Under normal circumstances, the annual fertilizer application for pear trees in full fruit period should not be lower than the standard of one jin of fertilizer per jin of fruit. For the package fertilizer, balanced fertilization should be carried out according to a nitrogen : phosphorus : potassium ratio of 1 : 0.5-0.7 : 0.8-1.0, mainly using Jiamei Yinglilai and Neijiade.