YOU & YOUR PLOT
POORLY PEARS PERHAPS?
I have been planting various types of pear trees around my chicken coop area but they don't seem to be doing so well. As lovely as the colours are, the orange and reddish marks appearing on the leaves are concerning me.
Gina Ciotaki, Kidderminster
Your pear trees are suffering from pear rust, a very common disease of this crop. It looks more damaging than it is although in some years if very prolific it can reduce the vigour of
