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Deb, are you in z4 or less (short summers)?  Then I'd leave it be.  If soil 
is dry, defoliation now may cause winter dormancy-- I hope a z3 grower will 
comment.

Definitely don't fertilize.


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Bruce Hansen"
To: "North American Fruit Explorers"
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Salvaging young pear tree
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 11:27:00 -0400

Water it thoroughly once a week. It will sprout new leaves.


  -----Original Message-----
  From:  Deb Schneider
  Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 11:21 AM
  To: nafex
  Subject: [NAFEX] Salvaging young pear tree

  I have a pear tree planted early this spring that was visited by an
escaped goat.  She managed to strip the leaves before I caught her.

  Is there something I can do to help this tree survive and regrow (in
addition to putting a fence around it to keep goats out)?  Extra water?
Fertilizer?  Thanks.

  deb