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When to pick Pears

  • 19-09-2014 8:22am
    #1
    Sgt Pepper 64
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,627 ✭✭✭


    had my best ever year for pears but now at least half have fallen off.
    When should I be picking the ones hanging on?


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  • #2
    Hesh's Umpire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 732 ✭✭✭Hesh's Umpire


    It's my first year with anything resembling a crop after two and a half years so very happy!

    I was advised to start picking them around now and that they will ripen in the fruit bowl/basket.


  • #3
    Red Hare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭Red Hare


    I'd suggest keeping them in the fridge and then ripening them as needed in a fruitbowl. If you put them all in a bowl they will all ripen together and you will have a glut of pears. I had a bumper crop this year also - Yum Yum!


  • #4
    Supercell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,544 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    I picked mine weeks ago here. I treat them like apples (rightly or wrongly i dunno), if they come off easy in the hand they are ready for picking, rinse and repeat.
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  • #5
    mister gullible
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 463 ✭✭mister gullible


    If a pear is allowed to fully ripen on the tree it becomes 'gritty'. Best practice is pick them before ripe and allow to ripen off the tree. If you're not sure when to pick suggest you wait until you see one early ripe one and then pick all the rest.


  • #6
    juneg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭juneg


    pear and lemon jam is a lovely jam to make


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  • #7
    pwurple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    juneg wrote: »
    pear and lemon jam is a lovely jam to make

    That sounds nice, what are the qtys? Equal weight pear and lemon?


  • #8
    juneg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭juneg


    pwurple wrote: »
    That sounds nice, what are the qtys? Equal weight pear and lemon?

    no I'll post up a guide to quantities later


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