Yates  Gardening | Garden Products & Garden Advices | Lawn, Plant, Flowers, Vegetables, Organic
  • CONTACT US
  • JOIN / SIGN IN
  • Ideas & Plans
  • Products
  • Plants
  • Lawn
  • Problems
  • Garden Calendar
  • Community
  • Where to buy
  • Search

Search for products and articles

Ideas Overview  

  • Project guides & articles
  • Kid Gardening
  • Recipes
  • Videos
Seed Finder

Seed Finder

Garden Calendar

Garden Calendar

Garden eMagazines

Garden eMagazines

Products Overview  

  • Seeds
  • Fertilisers & Tonics
  • Compost & Soil Health
  • Potting Mixes

 

  • Lawn Care
  • Weed Control
  • Disease Control
  • Garden Pest Control

 

  • Home Pest Control
  • Books, Sprayers & Propagation
  • Water Saving
  • Indoor Plant Care
Organic Gardening

Organic Gardening

Brands

Brands

Plants Overview  

  • Vegetables
  • Herbs
  • Tomatoes
  • Fruits & Citrus

 

  • Roses
  • Flowers & Ornamentals
  • Indoor Plants
  • Succulents

 

  • Trees & Shrubs
Garden Calendar

Garden Calendar

Problem Solver

Problem Solver

Lawn Overview  

  • Lawn Care Tips
  • Lawn Problems

 

  • Mowing Advice
  • Lawn Repair

 

  • Varieties of Turf
  • Lawn Watering Tips

 

  • Lawn Care products

Problems Overview  

  • Problem Solver
  • Ask an Expert

Your Community  

  • Yates Garden Club
  • About Yates
National Gardening Week

National Gardening Week

Growing Community

Growing Community

Budding Young Gardener

Budding Young Gardener

Yates Account

Join now

Create a Yates account today!

Sign up to join the Yates Garden Club for monthly e-mails packed with seasonal inspiration, tips for success & exclusive promotions.

Plus if you’re a Garden Club member you can take part in the Yates Growing Community - a blog to share successes, get advice & win prizes in fun challenges along the way!

Sign In

Forgot password

Enter the email address associated with your account, and we'll email you a new password.

Back to login
Home Plants Fruits and Citrus

Pear

  • How to grow
  • Common problems

Share

Share this article on social media

common-problems-pear-1

Codling Moth

Young caterpillars may feed on leaves and/or small brown holes in fruit with frass on outside

Show More

Solution

Destroy infected fruit. Remove flaking bark from tree trunks. Some larvae can be trapped by placing cardboard around trunk. Spray with Yates Success Ultra.

Yates Success Ultra Insect Control - Concentrate

Yates Success Ultra Insect Control - Concentrate

Helps control common caterpillars, thrips, codling moth and tomato potato psyllid. Contains spinetoram derived from beneficial soil bacteria.
common-problems-woolly-aphid

Woolly aphids

White, fluffy insects over trunk and branches.

Solution

Yates Nature's Way Organic Citrus, Vegie & Ornamental Spray

Yates Nature's Way Organic Citrus, Vegie & Ornamental Spray

Unique organically certified pyrethrum and plant-based oil combination insecticide, with twin modes of action against garden pests.
caterpillars-1

Caterpillars

Leaves rolled, folded or webbed. Fruit is blemished.

Solution

Yates Success Ultra Insect Control - Concentrate

Yates Success Ultra Insect Control - Concentrate

Helps control common caterpillars, thrips, codling moth and tomato potato psyllid. Contains spinetoram derived from beneficial soil bacteria.
common-problems-fiddle-leaf-fig-4

Mites

Leaves become yellow (stippled or mottled) and dehydrated in hot weather. Minute insects under leaves.

Solution

Yates Nature's Way Organic Citrus, Vegie & Ornamental Spray

Yates Nature's Way Organic Citrus, Vegie & Ornamental Spray

Unique organically certified pyrethrum and plant-based oil combination insecticide, with twin modes of action against garden pests.
common-problems-abromeliad-4

Powdery mildew

White, powdery mould on leaves, particularly the young growing tips. Fruit develops with yellowish criss-crossing lines on skins.

Solution

Yates Fungus Fighter Fungicide - Concentrate

Yates Fungus Fighter Fungicide - Concentrate

A new generation fungicide that prevents and controls powdery mildew, blackspot and rust on apples, grapes, ornamentals and lawns.
common-problems-fire-blight

Fire blight

Leaves become blackened and die back.

Solution

Yates Copper Oxychloride Fungicide

Yates Copper Oxychloride Fungicide

A fungicide that controls a wide range of fungal and bacterial diseases on fruit, vegetables and ornamentals, protecting the plant.
common-problems-cherry-1

Pear and cherry slug

Leaf surface removed with only veins left.

Solution

Yates Nature's Way Natural Insect Spray Pyrethrum - Concentrate

Yates Nature's Way Natural Insect Spray Pyrethrum - Concentrate

Controls a wide variety of insect pests on vegetables, flowers and ornamentals.

PRODUCTS

PLANTS

YATES VIDEOS

CONTACT US

  • Youtube
  • Ideas & Plans
    • Project guides & articles
    • Kids Gardening
    • Recipes
    • Videos
  • Plants
    • Vegetables
    • Fruit & Citrus
    • Indoor Plants
    • Flowers & Ornamentals
    • All Other Plants
  • Lawn
    • Lawn Care Tips
    • Lawn Problems
    • Lawn Care Products
  • Products
    • Seeds
    • Fertilisers & Tonics
    • Lawn Care Products
    • Weed Control
    • Garden Pest Control
    • All Other Products
  • Brands
    • Thrive
    • Zero
    • Weed n Feed
    • Thrive Natural
    • Blitzem!
    • Ratsak
  • Garden Club
    • Join now
    • Contact Yates

Ideas & Plans

  • Project guides & articles
  • Kids Gardening
  • Recipes
  • Videos

Plants

  • Vegetables
  • Fruit & Citrus
  • Indoor Plants
  • Flowers & Ornamentals
  • All Other Plants

Lawn

  • Lawn Care Tips
  • Lawn Problems
  • Lawn Care Products

Products

  • Seeds
  • Fertilisers & Tonics
  • Lawn Care Products
  • Weed Control
  • Garden Pest Control
  • All Other Products

Brands

  • Thrive
  • Zero
  • Weed n Feed
  • Thrive Natural
  • Blitzem!
  • Ratsak

Garden Club

  • Join now
  • Contact Yates
  • About Us
  • Corporate
  • Yates Australia
  • © 2021 Yates
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site terms
  • Social Media House Rules