How to stop Fire Blight in Pear trees?

Question

My pear trees are afflicted with fire blight. I've heard that this should go away during the summer months but its July and my trees are still unhealthy. what can i do to cure them?

Answer 1

Fire Blight is a bacterial disease of the tree.

Contact your local county extension service to help.

I know many people are quite successful by spraying the trees or injecting them with Streptomycin.

You can generally get this at a Professional Landscape Supply company.

Forgot to put the name of the product:

Agrimycin, Agri-Strep

Answer 2

I don't have pear trees but my pyracantha get fire blight during a couple of the summer months.  I remove the hardened infected branches and it usually goes away.  Make sure the tree has sufficient water as it needs all its energy to combat the blight.  Also, make sure that you wash all the tools you use in a 1 to 10 solution of chlorox..  You don't want to help this blight spread to other plants.