On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 5:53:00 PM UTC+1, Spider wrote:
On 11/08/2016 12:32, wrote:
Good day! I have two different semi-dwarf pears: a Conference and a Williams bon de Chretien). The maximum planting distance I have vailable at the desired location is only 10ft. Is it better to plant them 10 ft apart, or plant them both in the same hole (a.k.a. high-denisty planting)? Many thanks!

JD



I would advise that you plant them 10ft apart. The bees will still find
them and do their job.

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Spider
On high ground in SE London
Gardening on heavy clay

Hi Spider,
Nice to hear from you again! Yes, planting them 5ft-6ft apart would solve the problem nicely. I wasn't sure if it was feasible. However, I know that you have plenty of experience with fruit trees from our previous encounters. So thanks for your input! At least the bees won't have far to fly. ;-)
Regards,
JD (also in clay soil, but no longer in S.E.London!)