Korean Giant/Olympic Asian pear

The best asian pears I have eaten. It growing in zone 7 Nothern VA

[@TreehouseVineyard]

My Asian pears are only 4-5 feet tall and the squirrels get them before they ripen. Yours looks so good and I bet they taste so much better than what H-Mart sells.

[@ken2ny4]

Thank you. Korean giant definitely taste better than the store bought ones. We compared many times. It's not even a maybe. It's an always. Chojuro though, not so sure lol

[@seanpatterson8600]

Beautiful tree bro

[@Sidneytx]

I read Shinko needs a lot of heat to taste good. KG seems to be the best in taste and resists fire blight, and that tree is BIG. Good job, you'll be eating Asian pears for many months. Hope you get some muscadine videos done this year too!

[@ken2ny4]

Thank you for following along with me on my journey. The muscadines are amazing this year. I am waiting for them to get a bit more ripe before putting out the videos.

[@gofigure4920]

Hi, what is KG mean spelled out, please?

[@Sidneytx]

@@gofigure4920KG = Korean Giant, also known as Olympic.

[@GardeningwithZiggy]

Did you thin the fruit at all? Also, have you tried Hosui? Thx.

[@ken2ny4]

Yes I took off about 60%. No I have not tried Hosui. This one is so good. I was no longer looking for more. Also asian pear trees are kind of expensive

[@TIGERWOLF-X]

I'm growing 4 trees from seed that I got from a few asain pears I got from the store. I'm hoping two come out the way they tasted. They had a slight pineapple taste to them. They were so good. Question... why do you have those nets around your tree?

[@ken2ny4]

I don’t recommend growing them from seed. I don’t even like some of the released varieties. The net is for the birds

[@TIGERWOLF-X]

@ken2ny4 what would you recommend? Are those Olympics like those massive ones they sell at 99 Ranch Market? The ones they have are like $50 for 12 I think.

[@ken2ny4]

@@TIGERWOLF-X yes I highly recommend olympic/korean giant. Same tree with different name. I would still grow out the seeds to graft more trees. They can be expensive to buy. Grafting is easy and cheap

[@SuperBrown233]

Hello friend those Asian pear looks great, what did you used to spray it with and also what type of fertilize. thank you

[@ken2ny4]

Fungicide and pesticide. I use 10 10 10 to fertilize

[@SuperBrown233]

Thanks amigo@@ken2ny4

[@tammynguyen7929]

How do you keep the animals from eating them first? Please share what net are you using? Thank you

[@ken2ny4]

The squirrels and raccoons don't like my yard for some reason. I use bird netting to cover the tree and hornet trap to keep the hornets at bay

[@longislandminifarm2937]

What’s kind fertilizer u use? How often?

[@ken2ny4]

10 10 10. Once a month from april to july

[@ItsJustGardening]

Wow those are looking good. What do you sprayed with?

[@ken2ny4]

Just regular immunox insecticide from home depot

[@Fishsauce66]

When do you spray and how often? I just planted 3 bare root asian pears earlier this Spring (KG, shinseiki and hosui) and looking forward to the day my trees can produce fruits like your @@ken2ny4

[@ItsJustGardening]

@@ken2ny4 do you sprayed the whole tree?

[@ken2ny4]

I just spray the fruits

[@gooddrugsfarm9105]

Were you having problems with European hornets on this tree or mostly stink bugs? The European hornets probably destroyed 50-75 of our pears this season. We killed a few hundred but may have to consider spraying. We’ve been organic for 9 years I’d hate to change now.

[@FruitsForLife]

Hi do you want to exchange cuttings for fig cuttings.? Let me know thanks. Vinny

[@sonnyh7606]

So is Korean giant pear tree self-pollinating or does it need another asian pear variety tree to pollinate it?

[@ken2ny4]

I am not sure. That is why I am keeping chojuro around.

[@sonnyh7606]

@@ken2ny4 Ok, thank you. Do you think Korean giant pear tree would fruit if grow in Orlando, FL ? Is there a chance? Or too much chill hours needed that Orlando, FL doesn't have ?

[@zhenhuahuang1945]

Which is the best if pick only one up?

[@ken2ny4]

Olympic

[@mikeso5963]

How did you protect them from squirrels?

[@ken2ny4]

I throw a bunch of sunflower seeds in a big bucket of water

[@dkn.2480]

Is it on a standard or semi dwarf rootstock?

[@ken2ny4]

I have no clue. It doesn’t matter though. I chop it back every year to the desired height

[@erikjohnson9223]

Asian pears aren't compatible (without a foot+ of compatible European interstem, such as OHxF # hybrids used as rootstocks, also Warren and a few others) with Quince, which is used to graft compatible European pears and loquats. "Pyrodwarf" is a supposedly dwarfing Pyrus (pear) rootstock, but I have never seen it sold. The various OHxF rootstocks are at best semidwarfing. You'll need to summer-prune to control size.

[@jennybaez-cepeda4919]

Would you mind sharing your spray technique?

[@ken2ny4]

Fungicide in the fall and spring. Insecticide after flowers fall off. Once a month until July

[@jennybaez-cepeda4919]

@@ken2ny4 thank you so much for sharing you’re the first channel that I found that has great information on the Japanese bears. I have two and one got attacked by fire blight last year. I want to cry. What brand of insecticide you use?

[@ken2ny4]

@@jennybaez-cepeda4919 one of my asian pear tree also got fire blight. I cut it down. Now I am growing mostly Korean giant. I am using immunox from home depot.

[@jennybaez-cepeda4919]

@@ken2ny4 thanks for sharing

[@radhikamaddela9173]

What zone are you in ?

[@ken2ny4]

7b

[@erikjohnson9223]

My problem with Asian pears (other than Xinjiang, which have partial European and partial wild ancestry) is that they lack aroma and usually lack acidity, making them glorified water chestnuts (crisp/crunching, sweet, but boring). Does this have an aroma or at least acidity? I have heard Hosui (may not be blight resistant?) has a bit of butterscotch or caramel to it. Better or worse?

[@ken2ny4]

I think it's just your basic crisp, sweet and juicy type. There is no sourness except around the seed. These are harder crunchier than other type of Asian pears. Not rock hard like European pears though.