How to prune asian pear

Late winter while dormant — January to March; avoid pruning during wet weather to reduce fire-blight risk. Train to an open-centre vase with 3–5 scaffold branches. Each winter, remove crossing, inward-growing, and dead wood, shorten laterals to 3–4 buds, and thin crowded spur clusters. Thin fruitlets to one per cluster (15 cm apart) in late spring.

Annually. Asian pear needs annual pruning to manage its naturally vigorous growth, thin dense spur systems, and maintain good light in the crown. Unlike European pears, Asian pears are often trained to an open-vase form. Fruit also requires heavy hand-thinning after petal fall to achieve the large, quality fruit this variety is known for.

Train to an open-centre vase with 3–5 scaffold branches. Each winter, remove crossing, inward-growing, and dead wood, shorten laterals to 3–4 buds, and thin crowded spur clusters. Thin fruitlets to one per cluster (15 cm apart) in late spring.