[purplejaguar]

We bought our first Medlar Tree recently . When is the Medlar fruit ripe and when do you harvest them from the tree? Thanks

[arugula]

Hi Purplejaguar,

Harvest the fruit in November and then store them in a cool dry place to ripen. Out of interest, has your recently purchased tree got fruit on it?

[purplejaguar]

Hiya, ok thanks. Another couple of weeks then. Does it matter to the fruit if it gets frosty?
Yep, its got a few fruits on it, its only a little tree at the mo though lol.
Do you know how big they get?
Thanks

[arugula]

Hi purplejaguar,

Good luck with your little tree! The fruit doesn't like frost. I've created this link to the RHS advice page on medlars and very informative it is too. It answers a lot of questions that you may have in the future.

[evie2]

Have you ever tasted them?

[arugula]

Who me? No, I haven't but they sound like quite an interesting thing to cook with.

[purplejaguar]

Hi purplejaguar,

Good luck with your little tree! The fruit doesn't like frost. I've created this link to the RHS advice page on medlars and very informative it is too. It answers a lot of questions that you may have in the future.

Thanks for that, I will go have a look. I am also intrigued as to what they will taste like. We might be in for some frost in the next few days so should I harvest them before Nov in this case?
Does anyone know how big the tree will eventually get?

[missycat]

When you store Medlars to 'blet', put them face down

[purplejaguar]

Whats blet? Thanks for the tip

[arugula]

Bletting is the term used for ripening medlars.

[purplejaguar]

Ah ok

[evie2]

Ooo, Medlars have there own language

[purplejaguar]

I have now read that they are an aquired taste lol  :blink:

[catllar]

We had one once. You have to let them blett (this is a fancy word for "go rotten") before they are edible. Definitely an acquired taste, but very pretty tree.

[evie2]

Are they similar to Sharon fruit?