September 7th, 2010 • 15:09
How Do You Know When A Pear Is Ripe To Pick Off The Tree?
A friend of mine is letting me garden in his yard and there is a pear tree there and pears are starting to rot and drop off the tree. The pears are all still “Hard” and they are smaller than the kind you buy in the store, so I’m not sure when a pear is ripe to pick and allow to soften in the house.
My only guess so far is that they are good to pick when their button (The bottom of the pear) starts to turn brownish because it seems that the pears that are rotting on the tree rot from the button up… So pears that are fully green or blush from the sun are not yet ready to pick, right?
I’ve never seen a pear tree before so I’m really guessing here.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Sep 7th 2010 • 19:09
by HandBana
A friend of mine is letting me garden in his yard and there is a pear tree there and pears are starting to rot and drop off the tree. The pears are all still “Hard” and they are smaller than the kind you buy in the store, so I’m not sure when a pear is ripe to pick and allow to soften in the house.
My only guess so far is that they are good to pick when their button (The bottom of the pear) starts to turn brownish because it seems that the pears that are rotting on the tree rot from the button up… So pears that are fully green or blush from the sun are not yet ready to pick, right?
I’ve never seen a pear tree before so I’m really guessing here.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Sep 7th 2010 • 20:09
by B.B.B.
My mother picks her pears while they are hard and lets them ripen on a shelf I think in a brown bag and they are delicious pears don’t ripen on the tree.