Lake Fork N East Texas Zone 8b area hobby orchard and vineyard. We grow 24 different varieties of Muscadines, Paw Paws, Thornless Blackberries, Asian Persimmons, Jujubes, seedless Che, Mulberries, Asian Pears, Satsumas, Calamondins, Kumquats and other Citruses. We also grow a small vegetable garden of Cherry Tomatoes and UC 157 Asparagus.
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Blight and rust are big issues in No Texas; my Asian pears suffer from them, 2 apple trees have died on canker as well; I've had to chop my Kieffer Pear in half, loaded w/ fruits bec of blight. I'm to the point it's not worth it to do pears or apples in N Texas. I have bought a lot of plum trees recently. Lots of rain in North Texas – I know. Peaches ripened early as a result and smaller fruits. I have a giant Yellow Long Neck fig tree, with protection it survived the DFW winter. But it is so big, the branches now crawling on ground – that's okay – Japanese-style winter protection is to lay them low in ground – and I wasn't even trying. The branches did on their own. Lots of fruits.
Yes. Fertilizer is a blight magnifier x10. I learned my lessons this year.