ussurian pear ready to transplant. the large pear seeds take off and grow quickly, I started some in community pots just to save on greenhouse space. pear is tricky to grow under lights or with close spacing, there's foliar disease that will turn the leaves black and defoliate if there isn't enough airflow, apples will get scab, pears get this. thinking I'll pot up and move them outside, even though we had ice on the pond this morning, a bit of frost should be fine, cold nights will slow them down but since they were started outside I think there's enough cold resistance

ussurian pear started in large plug trays. They can be a bit tricky to grow in trays or beds so I've had better luck in the first year as a plug. some of these are large enough to graft next spring, though most I think should grow another year in the ground. i'm growing 20:1 apples just because of rootstock availability in Canada, for zone 3 pears. basically they need to be seedlings, and basically you need to grow them yourself. I'm going to try some varied trays and small beds next spring as well, since stooling ussurian didn't produce results . some ohxf87 is possible though it's more of a zone 4 stock.