pear tree

[hamsterqueen]

I planted a bare rooted mini pear tree (conference) about a fortnight ago,watered in well, firmed teh soil and added blood, fish and bone. it took well, leaves grew and I even had some blossom. We have had almost constant rain since.

Just gone to look at it and the leaves look really floppy and 'sad'.
Normally I would water it, but not sure if it needs any more. I don;t want to drown it..

any ideas?

[SimonCole]

Yes, water it. It will not drown in bare soil.
My guess is that the wind and temperatures have sapped some of the moisture from it.

[slooky]

Hamsterqueen
we planted 2 pear trees a couple of years ago at about the same time and they needed quite a lot of watering despite the weather that summer. yet the plums put in at the same time coped really well. Keep going when you get pears it is worth it