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#298012 - 10/16/09 07:32 PM Gardening Newbie (Pear Tree)
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Hey everyone, my name is Tony Coiro and I've got a couple questions regarding my recently acquired pear tree sapling. A little background, my entry into gardening was for slightly less than noble reasons, a friend of mine told me to grow a pair, so being an incurable troublemaker, I decided to take him up on his advice. Bought the sapling on ebay, soil and a "planting urn" from walmart all for like $34. The friend that told me to grow one in the first place has now bet me $35 that I can't actually grow a pear. So, being that I am standing to make a dollar in about 5 years, I'm taking good care of the tree.....I think. I've picked up a few gardening books and am starting to read them. It's all actually very interesting stuff. Anyway, I noticed today that several leaves were turning brown and 2 had fallen off. Is that a sign of under-watering? Too much sunlight? Parasites? Chuck Norris? Any advice would be great. Thanks in advance.
Tony Coiro

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#298013 - 10/16/09 07:50 PM Re: Gardening Newbie (Pear Tree) [Re: Tony_Coiro]
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Hello, Tony.
Welcome to the forum.
I'm not sure what zone you are in. I don't know if you are growing your pear indoors or out. But I do know that pear trees are deciduous so they lose their leaves normally at this time of year in the northern hemisphere.

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#298022 - 10/16/09 09:35 PM Re: Gardening Newbie (Pear Tree) [Re: Tina]
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Wow, I can't believe I didn't think of that. Yes, it is being grown indoors. Also, since I am beginning to become intrigued by gardening, is there anything I can plant/start on now? I am in college at Purdue (relatively central Indiana) and I am pretty restricted to what I can plant indoors.
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#298024 - 10/17/09 05:26 AM Re: Gardening Newbie (Pear Tree) [Re: Tony_Coiro]
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What you can plant depends on how much light you have available. As we are in the fruit growers forum, I'm thinking strawberries. You could grow them in a window that gets decent light. You probably wouldn't get enough to feed a whole dorm but they can be fun to watch develop.
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#298035 - 10/17/09 07:21 AM Re: Gardening Newbie (Pear Tree) [Re: Tina]
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You can also buy patio bluberry bushes that put out a ton of blueberries and can be grown indoors if you have enough light. They taste just like outside blueberries.
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