On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 3:25:00 PM UTC+1, Dave Hill wrote:
On 17/08/2016 15:02, David wrote:
On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 04:32:13 -0700, 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

What is limiting you to the 10 feet?

If there are other trees, or solid obstructions, then you might plant them
three feet into the plot at either end, leaving six feet in between.

I suspect that if you plant different varieties in the same hole they
might fight each other for survival.

Are they both on the same rootstock?

Cheers


Dave R

I'd be tempted to plant them together and let them fight it out, at
least you will have room to get around them.
David @ the sunny side of Swansea Bay.

Dave,
Thanks - I wondered about that. I know people do it. My main concern was that each tree would then have to end up with most of its weight to one side. Maybe that's not as much of an issue as I thought.
JD