How To Grow Fruit Trees From Cuttings. By: Rick Gunter

[@AlexAvery]

Hey Rick, I just wanted to reach out and say "thank" from down under (Melbourne, Australia). I tried two different techniques to get my cuttings going. I used your 'bottle' technique with half my cuttings and the more common 'dip in cutting formula and plant' technique. The cuttings I used your method with I had about 80-90% success rate. Much better than the other method. I really appreciate it. Thanks for sharing.

[@shanesheoran3492]

Hi Alex, During which month you tried to grow?

[@mppp1877]

This is a great endeavor. Making fruit trees almost feels like Gods work. I took your tutorial along with some others and got successful the first attempt with a pomegranate tree. So far seven out of eight have rooted and grew leaves. You find a fruit tree you love and one small branch can give you a little orchard.

[@dogcorn5629]

I'm 12 and I love gardening. I have a bunch of fruit trees and berry bushes as well as roses. I love Trees and plants, the best part is I'm at a young age and get to grow along with my trees.

[@vden02]

Sauce Packet Your a natural gardener then.

[@bumkinboi5956]

Same

[@potatohamlin5242]

Good for you :)

[@melig7543]

❤ you are so wise for one so young!

[@michaelcaffery5038]

Great idea to plant trees when young if you have the opportunity. It's something I would encourage. Most people don't think of doing this until 40 or over like myself though even after 20 years it's still satisfying. Good luck.

[@philscarriage73]

Many thanks Rick got 6 out of 11 using your method

[@noorb8060]

I love that your method doesn’t make it necessary to run out and buy anything. Awesome!!!

[@logmeindangit]

Except Hawaiian Punch at the dollar store... 😉😃

[@js245]

I just found your video. Very Thankful! I planted some plum cuttings before finding your video. Going outside to plant more! You have inspired me. Take care.

[@joeelias2515]

I love your sense of humor, -you said the dog is happy about it, in general thanks for all you have shared and thumbs up

[@chickentender4037]

I was looking for your video again, having watched it a few years ago. KZbin algorithm read my mind because it popped up without a search! Very informative; I have some cuttings I'd love to have grow into fruitful trees.

[@VonnCrit]

Hi Rick. I just want to compliment you on this vid. I am so grateful that you did the time-lapse, showing the progress. There are too many vids on youtube titled "How to..." but doesn't show the result afterwards.

[@84354093030385r3003]

+VonnCrit Thank You Sir

[@vaibhavjoshi9141]

I second you my friend, you're left in the dark in those kind of videos.

[@azharshaikh8944]

This is true

[@Garettsfritz]

Ah amazing comment really sums up KZbin

[@nkel6111]

I like the before and after types videos. what I have and what is 'sposed to look like is great.

[@billiemitchell2236]

Thank you so much! Best video of starting from cuttings that I have seen!

[@jerodthompson625]

IT WORKS, Rick Gunter I love your video... Instead of pay 80-100 bucks for trees I want... I just steal my neighbors limbs... lol... Amazing

[@84354093030385r3003]

Jerod Thompson Never steal Jerod always ask most people will be glad to give you cuttings on established trees

[@TNRx4_2]

Lmaoo

[@simjamblerussell6609]

Thank you so very much. My daughter and I were out picking wild fruits today and I snapped off two little branches to 'have a go'. Now I found this video and I am now going out this weekend to pick and get myself some fruit trees. Many thanks. Blessings from Australia.

[@bulletkingaming2808]

Wish every school taught every child even for other people about propagating. Like this is very interesting for a lot of people even for children. Wish I knew about this when I was young, could teach a lot of children about patience. :)

[@Pippie5555]

Which tree cuttings were these in the video?

[@ronallens6204]

I am still trying to figure it out ... tried all kinds of ways to get rid of my ability to kill plants

[@maxgreen8520]

@@ronallens6204 Not really that hard.

[@michaelbean4626]

Great video and a nice gesture to share your knowledge and we appreciate it. More folks like you just might just get this old world right. Thanks again !

[@joeysmith9368]

I just wish I started to learn more about propagating at an earlier age in life. I hope to live long enough to see my trees grow and produce fruit. Its a great hobby for anyone to learn and very rewarding

[@tommasopetrella4856]

I am interested too, but I am 46 years old so I feel like I am too old to enjoy the fruits of my labour. Well, I guess 46 ain't that old lol. But I feel so damb old! I think I will do it anyways, who knows, I could have a good 20 years left.

[@ripplewaters388]

@@tommasopetrella4856 I hope you live a long healthy life, I am 61 and before my disability took me out of the work force I always told my co-workers I was going to live to be 108.... and i mean live, not wheelchair bound or in a nursing home!I don't have the space for a lot of fruit trees but I have 2 columnar apple trees{ Golden Sentinels } which have decided to produce fruit on alternating years! I planted them around 2006. I do seem to have a green thump and my flowers and herbs are doing great. I have a lilac tree that I took a cutting from on a property that was being demolished for re-development. It has grown to be about 25 feet tall and the blossoms are so heavily scented I can't bring them in the house! It,s never to late to start! Good luck! Live long and prosper.....be fruitful!

[@tommasopetrella4856]

@@ripplewaters388 Thank you very much! I guess your never too late to do anything.

[@ripplewaters388]

@@tommasopetrella4856 As long as we are living and breathing we have hope, and good healthy food and water,a safe place to sleep and keep warm. It's what we need!

[@Chiefs500]

@@tommasopetrella4856 You are still young enough to see this through to fruition. Hell, I am 73 and still probably have a good 20 years left.

[@elliemae4525]

Fantastic results! Wish you had more on your channel like this! God bless you and all of yours.

[@theresachalmers8189]

What a genius you are! Using plastic bottles as mini green houses! Great idea.

[@raymondharris7226]

I love that Idea too!

[@goognamgoognw6637]

I accidentally left chesnuts in a transparent plastic and it started to root. Now i have a 6" tall tree.

[@brightday3369]

Thank you Rick! We live in Hong Kong and I tried it with Guava tree cuttings and we are delighted to say it works. All of them sprouted! Nervous about planting them out now though!

[@chocolategrandmarnier9238]

Thank you very much me and my husband have successfully grown my mango trees from cutting... thank you so much

[@hayjud5123]

Chocolate Grand Marnier... Have you gotten any mangoes? 👌👋😀

[@mayflowers6219]

Thank you so much Rick!!! I have started with my fig and pear and feijoa. Already after 4 days it's working!! Will also try loquat. I'm in New Zealand so your awesome video is is producing global trees. Cool man!!!!!

[@AndreasTyrosvoutis]

Brilliantly simple method. Impressive results. Thank you!

[@bradleygambino5021]

This is the type of demo that I have been looking for. I am just starting a set of "farm pears" using your method. I will let you know how it goes, but thank you for just keeping it simple!

[@consciousnessfreedomdiscip8585]

Please let us know too , so it can be affirmed that this method works for other trees as well because figs and mulbery are known to be easier to propogate . Id like to know if this works on pears

[@bradleygambino5021]

@@consciousnessfreedomdiscip8585 ok, so, it works well for my pear cuttings. My only problem was that we had a wild temperature change and it stunned them and possibly killed them. I have a feeling that a better way, which I am going to try, is to do these in the house with a germination warming pad, by our windows that get sun. I am in central Minnesota. For the details: -I had farm pear cuttings 8" (~12 of them) trimmed as the video showed -Gallon water jugs with lids -About 1.5" water in each -8 days of partial to full sun (until the temp change) -Buds started on almost ALL cutting nodes to about 1/4" long Then they quit.

[@bradleygambino5021]

@@consciousnessfreedomdiscip8585 I have an update. Our weather got warm and constant again. Out of about 25 total cuttings of all diameters and sizes, I have four really strong specimens that survived and took off like crazy. All four have brand new leaves that are over an inch and a half long! I also went and got another batch of about 15 cuttings to start again, so I will see if I can get a few more to go.

[@akakinookalani3087]

WOW. Nice technique my friend, you are a propagation wizard. The fact that you taught me this free of charge is phenomenal. I respectfully Subscribe. Words can not express how thankful I am. Aloha from Hawai'i :)

[@uuncoolguy6]

Rick is v wholesome and jasper is the best supervisor. 10/10 would tell ppl to watch for the ride

[@DD-OO]

that's a beautiful thing...you genuinely enjoy your plants. Admittedly, I enjoy plants me than people.

[@wolfganggugelweith8760]

Thank You very much! I will do now the same. Many Greetings from Linz-Austria 🇦🇹😎👍✌️🐺 Europe!

[@joetheragman426]

Great demo on cloning fruit trees. I have read that taking a cutting from a mother tree or plant gives you the identical Genitics and year of the mother. This means that as you said, you should get fruit in about two years. Great job.

[@andreamorales511]

Moving soon and thought I'd have to leave a beautiful peach tree behind..not anymore. Thank you for such simple instructions. Even I could do it. I'll update with future growth.

[@LeilaIrgend]

How did your peach tree grow??❤

[@logmeindangit]

Wait - you want peach-tree behind? I have heard of pear-shaped, ...

[@oldguygardening2562]

One of the best I have seen and without all the expensive hormones and other equipment.

[@denverz9626]

"you're gonna wanna push it down to right about there." I love this ♥

[@informationwarfare]

How cool is this? Anyone who claims to not have enough money for healthy food just hasn't acquired this information yet, think of the possibilities!

[@jacksong1473]

Thanks to Jasper and Rick for the wonderful video! What a great way to share our trees!

[@ianbell2288]

Wonderful video, a true gardening genius, thank you. I've been searching for anyone bold enough who has grown fruit (same for apples right?) trees on their own rootstock. No one knew how to do it. But you did Rick! -Who on earth wants alien rootstocks for their fruit? -not me! Bravo Rick!! Off now to find your updates, Rick!!

[@justgivemethetruth]

"Alien" rootstock?

[@bobf3598]

I purchased a Bramleys Seedling apple grafted onto dwarf rootstock which needed immediate pruning. The pruned part i stuck back in the ground, and for curiosity saw that after about 6 weeks now its started to produce growth. Now i have a dwarf and a parent Bramley!.

[@therawlifefamily]

That's great to hear. I was wondering how well an apple would root.

[@mrprosale]

Thanks Rick! You are a very creative man! It's good for young people to get into this as it can take many years before getting fruit. But it's worth it, for the fun of it as well. We once grew an apricot tree from the pip. Just put it into the pot with soil, kept watering it and it started growing about 2 month later... we kept bringing the little tree with us whenever we moved house and after about 3 years it was about 3 ft tall with about 6 branches coming out. Weplanted it into the garden where we where then and about 3 years after that had APRICOTS, ha,ha.. it took a while but boy, where they sweet! If you buy a ready tree you might get fruit the next year so that is the reason they cost so much... but your way is awesome if you have some time... keep it up!

[@analarrubia1926]

Thanks for posting this. Great video. Love your generosity. I'm doing the same, giving them away to neighbors, trying to get a community to grow fruit vs decorative plants and give food to families in need and veterans. Thanks again.

[@bcleeanderson]

Best video about this subject, Rick! You've explained everything so clearly. I commend you for sharing your knowledge with us. It must be very rewarding to give away your fruit of labour. Thanks so much!

[@GrowthOrigin]

Thank you for your service to humanity. This is a brilliant lesson to teach people!

[@charlesharrison7705]

full of deception is this video.

[@joemercieca4794]

@@charlesharrison7705 why do you say this?

[@charlesharrison7705]

Because it is true. I root citrus trees.

[@misskim2058]

Perhaps it is just another way of doing it? I tested some various propagating techniques on a specific plant, and got 100% success rate on the cuttings. All variations created a good root system, and they’re planted and growing in their permanent homes. Others had varied results, which is why we all experiment. If his way works for him, it works. It isn’t deception. Many factors may play into results others will have-various types of planting medium or lack of any, and when to use it; using rooting hormone or not; whether or not to scuff or “wound” the area you wish to root, and if so, how much; location, both zone and sun exposure; soil type; diseases, and insect or animal destruction, or the lack of thereof; balanced watering; when to move or re-pot them and whether or not to just plant them where they’ll end up living; and all the other many things that make or break the success of plant propagation.

[@mostismail9638]

you are opening the closed doors man , great , keep on the good work

[@soulincolor]

Thank you for showing the results over time. So many how-to’s only show the beginning with no update on overall success or progress. This was really helpful!

[@84354093030385r3003]

Your welcome Hun .. It took a month to shoot

[@yuliyavatral7811]

I’ll be not surprised if in the end you’ll get Hawaiian Punch Tree !))) Thanks for sharing. Great video !

[@bassdowg]

Hello Rick, I tried your method and it Worked well and perfect for me, I had very good success the first time with figs cuttings from the neighbors overhang from the fence. It was an Old Growth that has already fruited . I have already transfered it from a Water Jug to a medium Pot, so far so good the cuttings have already produced buds. Thank You very much for sharing your technique. It sure Works great. Take Care and Happy Planting.

[@84354093030385r3003]

+meulas Baldrro Awesome Thank You :)

[@sprayzzz5545]

shared knowledge is a true gift to everyone good job

[@manoharmenghani6149]

Thank you for all your tips. I had earlier tried some cuttings from rose bushes & put in MILK gallon container & put in sun. It grew roots & so were lots of these white thins. I was expecting them to grow leaves etc but after some time it just rotted (grew fungus). I learned it good. Thank you.

[@busvlogger]

This is incredible! I am actually wanting to clone a pear tree from an old homestead down the road. Thanks for sharing. I'm so impressed!

[@lilfawn83]

That's what we want to do too,.. There is a great pear tree that bears beautiful pears, but by the time we get to them the deer have them all eaten, The tree is way to tall to get to the top,..

[@timmynormand8082]

@@lilfawn83 I'm trying the same a 50 yes old pear tree no deer we eat them too

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

I do find it most rewarding searching for ways to propagate plants by cuttings. I have done it myself with reasonable success. What I find most incredible is the so many varied ways to achieve the same result, ie. to get a new plant. This just goes to show human creativity and ingenuity. This video shows yet another credible way. I like this method for its simplicity. Thank you for sharing.

[@mayamachine]

Nice, I've been taking starts like this since I was a kid,, my grandmother always had plants rooting in every window sill... I make a good root toner from simply soaking any fresh cut greens in air temperature water over night to 1 day,, the water turns light green.. It's best to use the new growth so I use the trim from my yard pruning.

[@justgivemethetruth]

Hi ... what do you mean when you say fresh cut greens? Like produce from the grocery store, or lawn cuttings or what? Cool idea.

[@josephsinsalot]

A 20 minute video that could easily be 2 minutes, but sometimes people love to hear themselves talk even if it’s blatantly obvious and unnecessary when explaining something. (Reminds me of growing up in WV but with actual lessons rather than nonsense.) Nonetheless, thanks a million for the suggestion. Best of wishes

[@TrMule54]

You say in a shaded area but how much sunlight are we talking? This makes my 3rd attempt to clone this pear tree and haven’t had any luck thus far. They have been in the jugs 10 days now and I don’t see any white hairs or anything on the cuttings. Any help/input would be much appreciated

[@number1bobo]

Very amazing....but own root trees grow very large. Purchased trees are on dwarfing roots that make them easier to harvest.

[@serverside]

Hey Rick ..... Thank you for your effort to put this together ...... Time lapse was an amazing thing to do. Good work mate.

[@RGRvlog111]

Rick you have done G8 job by providing very practical lesson. Yes I have learned from you.... thanks from India 🙏

[@adtube4186]

I have never heard such a positive view on deer's robbing the fruit trees 16:52 lol. Next time they top my apple tree, I will try to say they same.

[@vden02]

successfulIdiot God made the fruit trees bare their bounty for all creatures!

[@TheRicktunero]

Thank you for sharing your idea. It is very nice of you to show us how to grow fruit trees.

[@mikesaldana4164]

I got lazy and just put fig twigs in ground with out soaking them and they still grew lol

[@UKWEED]

lool

[@0RoseRed]

I dd the same with cherry blossom cuttings, and they still grew 😂

[@josephinecua8488]

@@UKWEED lucky U

[@timbeckman1134]

This is the best tree cloning advice i have ever enjoyed learning! Sagacious! 🌴🌳🌲🌵🌾☘

[@ZiraAngel]

thank you for this this is way clearer than any written explanations i've been reading i have a pear tree in my yard, but we're thinking of selling our house so being able to bring a sapling from that to a new house is very important to me your instructions are very clear, and i look forward to following them

[@WillShackAttack]

My Dad's friend/employee has a small house with several old apple trees and he wants to cut them down. So I thought: "If he wants to get rid of those apple trees, why not take cuttings from them and grow my own apple trees?"

[@misskim2058]

Hope you did that. I’d love to have some apple trees like that from an older orchard, they were probably heirloom?

[@jeremygenslinger4874]

I'm trying with a ancient Apricot tree that hasn't been pruned in about 50 years the fruit that is does produce are tiny and hard I'm trying to clone it using both this method and the potato method see which way works best.

[@misskim2058]

You may want to also try air layering. It’s a prime candidate for such a method. Search a few, go with the easiest ones. The main thing is to cut away 2-3” of bark just at a node, pack it in damp dirt, like a baseball or softball of dirt over the wounded site, cover with some sort of plastic covering, plastic wrap or a split water/soda bottle to hold the dirt in contact with the stripped part, wrap over it to keep it together, poke drainage holes so it doesn’t stay too wet and rot. You can use some rooting hormone to help speed it along, dilute powder in some water if you use that, and just paint in on. Leave it alone for 1-3 months, make sure the soil doesn’t get dry, it usually won’t. After you can see that roots have grown (clear plastic makes it easier to see), cut the branch off just below your new root system. This way lets you have a tree trunk as big as the branch you’ve cut off. If you have an unprinted tree, you’ll have several size options to try, try tvarious ones and see what takes. It can give you a good year or two, even more of a jumpstart on tree size if the root system takes and the branch becomes your new tree, if it transplants well. I’d still do what is done in this vid, but what a great opportunity to try air layering...

[@AL4N.]

​@@jeremygenslinger4874 any update to this?

[@jaysleeper264]

Great video. Appreciate all the follow ups through the process. So many show us their way only to find out later they're at the same 0-10% success rate as us seeking answers. If I could even sniff the 50% range I'd be happy. I'll be trying this after winter.

[@kristengibson277]

Oh man, you know how many times I've seen those white things all over my cuttings (when trying to propagate) and I throw them in the compost because I think it's mold. Oh man, that's so frustrating, I had no idea those were the beginning of roots.

[@Bantie1]

I've thrown mine out before too thinking it was mold....

[@vaibhavjoshi9141]

Oh shucks. I'm going to the park today to steal some cuttings from the govt :) I hope I get those white spots. These are my first steps.

[@tahliah6691]

Vaibhav Joshi lol good idea

[@Thechezbailey]

Ahh I feel that. I almost threw out a basil clone I made by just sticking a cutting in a jar. Part of the stem below rotted, but I got these nodes right above the rotted part. So I just cut off the rot and planted the part with the little bumps, thinking "either it's mold or some kind of baby roots." I still use that plant to cook with, so it definitely worked. This method rings true. I just put some apple and pear limbs into some bottles today. My neighbor has this extremely productive pear tree and I figure why not start an orchard?

[@vaibhavjoshi9141]

@Tahnn Ju : Got some snake plant | grew the root cutting in water till a proper, thick leaf developed. I have the leaf cuttings growing in a pot too. A lot of beautiful plants being grown by people around, I'll get some cuttings this week & start with a proper potting mix. :D

[@mommahen5749]

Hey Rick, I watched your video a couple of times this spring, and enjoyed it immensely. Following your instructions I have cuttings in 2 juice bottles on my deck now for some time, I would say it took 3 weeks. To my surprise I have leaves on some and they loaded with white nodes. I am thrilled. Now it is time to plant them. Thank you for your video Rick. Darlene in Nova Scotia

[@84354093030385r3003]

"Thank You for all the kind words friends .. I'm no expert on this process by far this way just really worked good for me and wanted to share, .. I get a lot of question on will it work on this kind of fruit tree will to tell you the true I really have no idea.. the best thing to to is try it with at least a dozen cutting and see if it works and if it does post and let us know I'm as curious to see how many different types it will work on myself

[@EnigmaSeeker2012UAP]

+Rick Gunter Can you do this in the fall indoors?

[@thelowcarbchronicles9059]

+Rick Gunter I am trying to propagate clippings from an avocado tree, I've tried rooting hormone and it didn't take, it just burned the limbs of the cutting and it died. Are you saying that all I need to do is place the cuttings into water and put a lid on it and it will sprout roots?? Please help me! :-) I'm desperate. Thanks!

[@84354093030385r3003]

***** You should be able to if you can keep the cuttings warm enough and under a good grow light

[@shanghaimuts]

+Tina hey there. I've tried the same thing but to no avail. i dipped my cuttings into the rooting hormone and then placed them in planting mix. i think the main fault was that i had them in direct sunlight after the first few days in the shade. i might take another lot of cuttings and try his method in a bottle for a few weeks, then plant them out into a pot. if they grow well, i plant to graft on to them desirable trees after a year or so. just as an aside, i wonder if it would help sprinkling or dropping a few drops of rooting hormone into the water when adding the inch of water at the base??

[@candisbrendel7396]

+Rick Gunter I have done that too, we found that the area you got the cutting the tree/plant will be at the same age as the plant you got it from. Another words, if the tree/plants was producing flowers/fruit it will that next season, or at least try by flowering. The hardwood trees need more time because they work on there root system a bit longer than soft wood or flowering plants. GREAT VIDEO!! I don't have a video or movie camera, other wise I might try posting a few. Again GREAT VIDEO Thanks for posting it

[@lovewarrior2329]

"Holy cow, these things are good!" Sold! Thank you kindly, good garden guy!!!

[@travisk5589]

WTF. Of course you can grow Mulberry and fig tree from cuttings. Those trees grow like weeds. You cannot do this with just about any fruit tree as stated by the author.

[@davidbutton8497]

I wonder if I got the leg 🦵 of a supper cute lady with it grow roots 👋 slap me now T-K👀

[@ljc3484]

Not everyone knows these things. I think this video was a helpful thing to share.

[@janaldridge8490]

What a brilliant concept. I am definitely going to try this with Apple trees to grow my own step over trees which are expensive to buy. Thank you

[@justgivemethetruth]

During what time of year do you usually do this? What kinds of trees can you use this with? Also, most fruit trees that you buy are grafted onto root stock ... what will happen with these as they grow? Does it mean they will grow smaller or larger? Also, what kind of soil are you using to root those in? And ... how are you getting those cuttings out of the common pot and into their own pot if their roots are intertwined?

[@1bestfriend2u18]

Thank you for the info I really appreciate it. You have changed my view on gardening.

[@adronlamb9334]

If people are wondering about root stock and size issues, standard size trees and rootstocks can be dwarfed by pruning the main trunk to two feet or less after the first year. Cut the main trunk short and prune in the summer for size control and you can keep a tree any size you want

[@nouvang3370]

Thank You for your fruit trees cutting video show, I like this video, it help me 100% for what I need.

[@TheCyberbedouin]

the best video ever!

[@thomaskostka2083]

Great video. You should get yourself a pair of small PVC pipe cutters. They work really well cutting those tough fruit tree branches. Thanks

[@AttitudeAdjuster]

How many times do the deer come through and say dam he has been through here again and eaten ALL our fruit LMAO I think Abundance is a wonderful thing, growing a little extra that nature can still enjoy as so can we is a lovely way to live, Really enjoyed your video and thanks for sharing

[@misskim2058]

A. A.: I like your screen name...and your thinking. I do the same. If critters get to the fruit, I’m just happy they’re enjoying it, too. Just as long as they leave some for me, I don’t mind at all. I also let the trees grow to their natural height, it just means more for everyone and more safe habitat for birds and others. I also don’t poison or overtrim my yard at all, I leave things long and a pretty wild...even some “weeds” (every plant has a purpose, some humans just don’t know what they are!), and super-bushy English ivy (a great safe haven for so many various critters; even now in January in a pretty cold zone 5, it’s been as low as 6° F this season, several types of birds have made their homes in there and are happy to have an unfrozen water source and a little food near enough, it’s so delightful to see them use it all!) Maybe neighbors hate it, maybe not, but the birds, bees, butterflies, praying mantises, walking sticks, ladybugs, dragonflies, and all sorts of wonderful and beautiful living things of our shared world love it! It is their living room I’m in when I go outside. I see all kinds of critters others say they don’t see in their own yards, including varieties from adorable tiny, wee little butterflies to large ones. So many people must be watching too much home and garden-style TV shows, ruining the vintage architecture of the neighborhood, instead of working with it, and ruining their yards, too, with their hideous attempts at the dreaded trend of xeriscaping. They’re just killing all their plant life and mulching and laying gravel in their yards. Only sometimes is it done sort of “decoratively”, always leaving little to NO habitat for anything (and they constantly call it “zeroscaping” an owie-ouchie to the ears, and it’s probably why they do it all wrong, one or two plants does not a habitat make, nor does it improve the environment). It should be illegal. They think they’re “helping the environent” by “saving water”, or maybe they’re just über-lazy, but one can have an abundant yard, lush with life, with little water in comparison to what grows. Done correctly, it doesn’t have to suck a lot of water. And it is so inexpensive and easy to plant for the rest of the environment, all while not poisoning plants and insects like the ads tell people to do, which poisons the birds, bees, and butterflies as well. Narrow-sighted, maybe well-intentioned but terribly misguided people end up causing more harm than anything. Plus it’s an eyesore. People don’t seem to realize that if everyone in their town did what they did, many critters simply wouldn’t make it. Even cutting down a tree, especially an evergreen, destroys a habitat that many living things were relying on for shelter and food. Just like us, they can’t always just pop over and move into the established territory of others at the next tree. Also, migrating birds and insects need rest stops, just like people need a gas station and a hotel/motel/place to relax and rest up on their journey. Planting for them helps ensure their survival, and makes for a beautiful yard, with plenty of edible plants, too. So, with so many neighborhoods causing so much misguided and downright ugly destruction (it’s getting really out of hand around here), it really does my heart good to hear someone say they consider the other living things of our ecosystem when planning for their yard, and that they share their abundance with them. Thank you for that!

[@cpnotill9264]

@@misskim2058 Thank you for how you view and treat your land! Oh how I loved reading your words on letting things just grow to provide places for everyone to thrive and be in balance! Thank you for being a great steward and Mother Earth thanks you and blessings of abundance! 💖🌱👍😁 PS. Loved this video! Only change I do would be to remove the miracle grow product and replace with willow water. 😁👍🌱

[@misskim2058]

Thank you, C P Digs! I appreciate your kind and thoughtful response and blessings, right back at you there 😊 💕🌸 I feel fortunate to have so many critters that come along, whether they come to stay and make their homes, or are just visiting for awhile. I agree about the video, I just love when people share propagation information and make it do-able...my neighbor’s grapes grew up and over the (high and solid) fence and well into the yard last year, so I got some free grapes last autumn, they were awesome...(I let her and her husband take all the fruit they want as well), it works out nicely, we all have plenty, and I have free cuttings to spread those grapes and grow more vines of my own! There’s no real food shortage when people share their cuttings and their abundance with others...there is plenty for the whole world, and only greed and control...including withholding donated foods, or damming up water and plunging areas into drought...and lack of knowledge on what and how to maximize the land, such as with vertical gardening, which gets 10x or more produce from the same dirt patch, seems to be what has ever really kept anyone hungry. I think most people are happy to share... I’ve learned so much from people here on YT, and I thank them for taking the time to teach us all, strangers, for free. From one woman, I learned about arching up and over with vining plants on an arbor made of sturdy cattle panel, supporting with nylon stockings the maturing produce such as melons, cucumbers, squash, and pumpkins when they get heavy. It makes a nice shady arbor with a tunnel of plants that are not lying down in the dirt to rot and taking up a lot of footprint, plus they are easier to pick. I’m adding them for the first time this year, I had planned some pole bean teepees (and vining flowers) for humans, and smaller ones for random shady spots for critters, and I’m sure they’re a great kid-hangout for people with kids, too. I’ll do teepees and the arbors. One woman did really pretty vining flowers like morning glory and moonflowers for her daughter’s summer teepee. Honeysuckle would be awesome, too. Adding climbing peas makes for handy teepee snacks. So inexpensive and delightful, just a package of seeds, some branches (everyone prunes in the Spring, someone will gladly give a half dozen away, or the hardware store has long, inexpensive things like conduit or pvc sprinkler pipe, they’d need some ties as the plants grew), add some fairy lights at night, and it’s paradise for all ages. Others have shown that blending or chopping up kitchen produce, coffee grounds and eggshell scraps with some water, and pouring it back on the ground, or burying it with a little shredded junk mail/paper (helps with the breakdown, I guess) and kept watered, either way, makes for a much faster “compost”/fertilizer breakdown than the tedious turning of the compost pile. The upside of technology is we can share helpful ideas and endlessly learn what to do, and what not to do from others...I’ve heard honey and cinnamon work for rooting hormone,, too. For some cuttings of an otherwise very expensive shrub, I tried the honey and cinnamon as a rooting hormone (they both have antibacterial and antifumgal properties for plants and humans, too...), and some with nothing, and they all took root. I’ll have to try the willow water, too! He’s good here with keeping it really simple and suggesting overdoing it on quantity to ensure success, and he’s very encouraging for first-time propagators. I’d done my first attempts in potting soil in cutaway milk jugs with drain holes and prodice bags as covers for maintaining moisture, but I’m trying his bottle method, too, for rooting trees, shrubs, and roses, too. I didn’t mean to write another long thing, but those were some of my favorite, inexpensive, good-probability-of-success things I’ve learned from the thoughtful makers of gardening videos here on YT. The birds in the ivy right now are chirping as I write... Do you have any favorite garden tips, too?

[@cpnotill9264]

@@misskim2058 What a treat to read your post! I (we) put up three cattle panels in an arch and grew melons,cukes and cherry tomatoes last year and what abundance! OMG it was soooooo easy! I put some willow stems in a bucket over the summer and just added cuttings to it over summer. By August there were root balls the size of baseballs on the cuttings. We are so blessed to have such wonderful people share their sucess and failures with us on the tube! I am sponging up all the info and quite busy as I'm sure you are. We live in nature, respect/honor it and encourage others to do so. I am thrilled to hear about your excitement, grape sharing with neighbors as well! We can all get along, share while teaching along the way. Nature's way is so simple and just beautiful! Thank you from upstate NY and have a wonderful time growing. Just ate some fresh Nettle leaves and wow what a pack they punch with vitamins! 😁🌱👍💖

[@misskim2058]

Oh, upstate NY! That’s my hometown area! I ❤️ NY state! I was just telling someone how it’s a best-kept secret, and few people have any idea how amazing NY state is! This time of year makes me so homesick for the wonderful thunderstorms, the best Springs ever are there...and the homes with awesome details, hardwood floors, carved railings and details, home isn’t home without a proper fireplace, I have hardwood and a fireplace, but it’s not back east:/ For now, I’m in UT, I don’t even like saying so, I was just scoping houses back there a couple of days ago...it’s my therapy to look and consider... Good to know about the easy way to do willow rooting, thanks for that! I have some nettle, I’ll have to go out and snag some in a bit! I knew it could be made into a tea or tincture, but I’ve never tried just eating it as-is. I could use the vitamins, so thanks for that as well! I love hearing how you also encourage people to care for nature...I’m sure whatever area you’re in, it’s nice and green, with the best seasons anyone can ask for. We have had rains, we get them for maybe a month, but then it gets up to 100° for about 6-8 weeks, with usually not a drop of rain, it is then I really begin to pine away, longing for a NY summer...with the lush greenness and the pitter-patter (or thundering) of raindrops on the roof... I used to say that the loud, slow, rolling build of the thunderstorms there sounds like someone rolling giant furniture back and forth across a giant marble floor in the sky. I just love it! There’s no storm like a NY thunderstorm! I’d sit with the window open, against all advice, and just love being surrounded by big trees, the loud, crashing thunder, and the pouring rain, and a cup of tea, of course!...We get tons of snow here, almost as much as we did back there. It’s usually deeper snow back there, but it is worth it to have four real seasons... here, we get super-cold and then super-hot for the most part, with just this tiny little window right now of joy, where we get a few relatively good rain showers, not as good as there, and sometimes it’s just April snow showers, which is being cheated, it’s not the same at all!, and later, we get a tiny window in Autumn of not extremely hot nor extremely cold. I bought my house pretty much for the lilac bush (and houses were selling in a single day at the time, no time to contemplate or someone else would take it, so-lilac bush, fireplace, hardwood, and a deep, East-Coast style yard-sold!) I’ve have added more lilacs, and will keep adding more...I so miss the Lilac Festival this time of year, it was and still is held in Highland Park, just a couple of streets away from my former childhood house in Rochester...and you are closer to it all right this minute than I...it went from a single day to an entire festival. Best lilacs in the world! Ah... just your mention of where you live has given me a little mental vacation getaway to my favorite part of the world...thanks for that, too! That’s cool you’ve done the cattle panel arbors already, and had great crops from them. Well, any other wonderful tips and sharings from your experiences are always welcome! Thanks for all your input! We are all blessed indeed! 😊🙏☔️🌸🌱

[@ApocalypseNowWithEli]

Really good video. Great narration. You explained everything you were doing as well as tools needed etc.

[@earthneutral4003]

Good video. I cut down two apple rootstocks (mm102) and chopped them into ten pieces. I planted them all into small pots, without any agents at the start of Spring last year (I'm in Melbourne Australia). They all started growing really well and looked healthy, but after a Month or two 9 of them died. One kept growing and ended up being a very healthy new rootstock. This year I am going to try again and use a few different methods, i'll let you know how I go.

[@javedmushtaq3099]

Any update?

[@springer-qb4dv]

Awesome. Thank you for sharing your methods. Most videos about apple tree cuttings never show followup - probably because simply sticking cutting in soil usually fail.

[@underdiggeroakley2903]

What happened to the pear trees?

[@Hun_Uinaq]

Really liked your video. Just observation here. I just spent some time on Amazon looking at fruit trees earlier this afternoon. And you giving them away like that you're really turning your back on a gold mine. They wanted to charge me $183 for one particular fruit tree that was about 2 to 3 feet tall. You might could make some money doing it. Peaches were particularly expensive as were plums. The worst was something called a Chinese date or jujube. You being so good at getting cuttings to grow like that and turning them into treelings like that you could easily get yourself a little bit of side money by putting them up for sale on Amazon. Just a thought. Thank you for the video it was very informative.

[@TheMightyYak]

Tried this on an acer griseum (paper bark maple), they started growing mould so I removed from the bottles and moved them to a glass of water. Changed the water every 1-2 days and added aspirin occasionally, after 2 months I almost gave up until I saw the little white shoots, have now potted up and am patiently(ish) waiting...

[@TheMightyYak]

(They didn't grow)

[@zeth4mt]

This is the best video I have found yet !! Thank you !!

[@djkingpersia]

outstanding american!

[@charlesharrison7705]

A deceiver. Sorry!

[@antagonist7924]

@@charlesharrison7705 stfu dumbass

[@lindagreen4944]

Thank you for sharing this video. This was the best by far. You got to the point and showed all progress. Thank a lot. Now to try this on some orange and grapefruit trees. Fingers crossed 🤞🏾

[@84354093030385r3003]

I've never tried Cherry Trees but the best way to know is to try it and see if it works ..I would do at least 12 cutting some new growth and some old growth and see what hapends

[@stevenlauj725]

sir, does this application work on citrus???? greatly appreciated if you would let me know...

[@stevenlauj725]

thank you sir for replying....i used honey and it works too,but thought might try your application only, if i works...

[@84354093030385r3003]

on citrous cuttings I would try putting them directly in soil with root toner and put a bag over the cutting and seal with a rubber band until you see new growth .I think this is where I made my mistake when I tried mine

[@84354093030385r3003]

Good luck

[@2012isRonPaul]

Rick Gunter arent u supposed to graft them with t-buds after a year or so to get good fruits?

[@diddybopper2052]

Great video. I took cuttings and left them in the bottle for approx 3 weeks (as I was out of the country for 14 days!). Planted them in miracle grow last week (used growth hormone also), and they've ALL sprouted, and a couple have leaves on them already, I'm really impressed. I will say though that because the UK isn't as humid, I have used sticks and a semi-transparent carrier bag to act as a makeshift greenhouse to help with humidity. My question is how did you remove the twigs from the large pot to the individual pots without damaging the new root growth? Also, how are they getting along now?

[@kimberlywalders6063]

This is a great video. I have a couple Apple Trees of a friend I would love to have. I’m going to try this. I have no idea what kind they are but the apples are awesome. Thanks for this step by step how to do this.

[@Adraghastar]

Thank you Rick!!!!! We embedded your video into our homesteading guide at WildWillpower.org-- THANKS FOR HELPING US ALL & HAVE A BLESSED LIFE!!!!!

[@pediatricot]

Thank you for this video. Excellent tips. I really appreciate it.

[@magdaardito4641]

Hi, I'm interested in knowing if this cloned trees will produce fruit faster than a regular tree, I mean like a grafted tree does?

[@panpeter2969]

They do. Just like the grafted trees.

[@ncboot5014]

Hi, Rick! THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your video, it was GREAT!!! We have a pear tree that is thought to be 80-100 years old, and when it does produce fruit, they are the best pears that you can imagine. I have about a dozen sticks prepared like your video showed, in a cranberry jug with fresh rain water and placed in a Southern double-paned window of my home (we're in mid-Eastern KY). I hope they'll be showing promise in a month or so, then after I transplant the promising ones into their own pots, hopefully they'll grow well enough for me to plant outside in the Spring. THANK YOU AGAIN... take care and have a safe and healthy autumn and winter! :)

[@chrislawrence5971]

How did the cuttings go?

[@debbiehenri7170]

Interesting that you take older wood cuttings as well as cuttings from younger shoots. I have been trying cuttings from Hazelnuts over the past 2 years. They are very 'hit and miss' if you use younger wood. However, when pruning an old Hazel tree overhanging my fence, I stuck some of the branches in the ground (about 3ft long) and some of those took root!

[@ConsiderThis1]

Really good, clear, easy to follow instructions. Thanks!!!!

[@angelescobar4732]

Hawaiian fruit punch is the secret

[@MyLily_M]

Thanks for yr video, I'm going to grow my plum tree. Have a wonderful weekend!

[@bobgreen1272]

ARE THE FIGS U WERE EATING, WERE THEY FROM CUTTINGS??

[@seanmeraou7640]

I live this section ! I love planting trees ( very good ones )

[@charleswilder2985]

I will try some your way. I have been using Rootone or Clonex, with less success than you have!

[@meare5592]

Awesome video. Before and After! Well done! Thank you.

[@spleenpirate9770]

what happened to the pear cuttings, those were the ones that you originally cut???

[@charlesharrison7705]

I would like to see the results of those pear cuttings that he started out with, too. Why did he finish the video with a different plant and not show the results of what he started with?

[@timmynormand8082]

@@charlesharrison7705 because pears are harder an probably didn't take. But I'll try myself maybe with root stimulation gel. Good luck

[@charlesharrison7705]

I have successfully rooted dormant pear cuttings in sand and also pear cuttings that are actively growing, but not too tender. I don't use any hormone.

[@timmynormand8082]

@@charlesharrison7705 thanks for the encouragement I will try ur method can you explain how you do it please

[@charlesharrison7705]

@@timmynormand8082 For dormant pear cuttings (about Feb 1 in NW FL), I cut new growth and stick in moist sand. You can use hormone if you want. I use willow water for citrus---an aspirin might work also because aspirin comes from willow. You can use a poor man's greenhouse consisting of a 3 gallon or so plastic pot filled with sand (or your favorite rooting medium) cover with a white plastic garbage bag to reduce light and heat. I use 2 coat hangers arched over the pot to support the plastic bag and keep it off the cuttings. The same method can be used in late Summer when the growth has matured and not so tender. Once the poor man's greenhouse sand has been moistened and covered with a bag, you only need to check it about every month to see if things arr still moist. Most anything rootable can be done by one of these 2 methods. Easy!

[@monicasofiaperez8556]

Thank you for the video. I will start my apples, pears and plums this weekend. I will keep my hopes up.

[@alcapone4905]

Butt will they produce fruit that’s the question Well it’s been 4 years any fruit please advise

[@JM-yx1lm]

Of course they will. They are an exact copy of the tree they came from whereas a seed from that same tree will be different from the parent trees

[@troyyarbrough]

Oh man! I love figs. I can eat them till I'm sick. Great video by the way. All the propagation videos I've seen say you have to cut near a node and keep a couple of leaves on the stick. Now I see that's not the case. Thanks for showing us how to start fruit tree cuttings.