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[@Jesse_was_here]

I was intimidated with grafting for years. I finally tried it a couple years ago, after studying various ways, and failed miserably. This was a kick in the apples for my confidence, as I didn’t wanna ruin trees I invested in. After seeing and hearing how simple Paul Gautschi made it, with the exact graft mentioned in this video(the cleft graph), I never had another grafting failure. All I use is a knife and cheap black electrical tape. All the grafts started budding, no joke, a week later and I never looked back! Thanks for covering this Billy!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Of course my friend. Thanks so much for watching!

[@fresnokidsr]

Niiiice that's great to see. Isn't it amazing how one success after so many failures can be such a confidence booster. Congrats may many many more successful grafts come you're way

[@AhJodie]

Thank you both!

[@sharonpurcell7588]

I love grafting too. I shall be heading over to his youtube channel asap.

[@carolmalko615]

Billy, this is the first video from you that I didn't fully understand. As a new homesteader I heard words I've never heard of (scion??). I saw that the process looks easy enough but I didn't get putting what onto what and where they came from etc. I think I need to read an in depth book so I understand it more or watch other videos. This was the first grafting video I ever saw so It's not you.... It's definitely me, lol. But now that I saw it, I want to learn all about it and save money. We were just talking about plans for planting an orchid so it will produce in a few years. This is our first year on our homestead and we have so much to do. Still didn't get to the comfrey planting (sigh). Hopfully today!

[@kingscairn]

" propagating root " - is Air Layering - you do that right on the branch you want to prune off later - by starting the roots on the branch, prune off the branch& planting it in the soil

[@DustyGoatHomestead]

Great Job Billy, Randall is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to grafting and plants.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

He sure is. Thanks so much for watching my friend!

[@cuznclive2236]

Appreciated y'all!

[@Alfredopeppy]

Thank you again Billy for putting these videos out for us. It means a lot to me ✌️

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Absolutely my friend. Thanks so much for watching!

[@LINativePlantConservation]

Thank you I’m gonna try it

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Of course my friend. Good luck!

[@michaelhoggard591]

Great stuff today there Billy!!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Appreciate it my friend!

[@FlomatonFamous]

Outstanding! Thank you for this Billy! It was great meeting you and hanging out. See you next time!

[@LINativePlantConservation]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@richwright8675]

What was the name of the root stock supplier you mentioned? I have heard that growing from seed may give better tap root. If so, would it be better to use seed from some of the old orchard apples that are still around up here in Vermont or use seed from locally grown newer trees? Thank you for sharing your knowledge Rich

[@FlomatonFamous]

@@richwright8675 Willamette nursery, yes seedlings will give you a tap root but you don’t know how disease resistant or the quality of fruit it may push.

[@FlomatonFamous]

@@LINativePlantConservation Thank you for watching and supporting

[@richwright8675]

We are in Northern Vermont. I am sure a number of old trees on and around our place have to be 75-100+ years old. So I know they can handle the weather. Their fruit is mediocre. I am sure they were cider trees. I would plan on grafting to the root stock. Stefan Sobkowiak mentions letting one limb grow from original just to see if you like the flavor of the apple lottery. Would seeds from a local tree that was grown on disease resistant root stock carry the resistance with it?

[@honestlee4532]

On a similar note, I want to practice air layering this spring. If you don't know what that is, check it out. It's another way to clone your trees.

[@SG-vu4qy]

that's the best grafting video I've seen. thank you.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Appreciate it my friend!

[@jamjar5716]

Thankyou!

[@Liberty_or_Death.]

You can also use a native sapling on your property as practice.

[@johnowens5342]

I just grafted fuyu persimmons to wild trees.

[@fresnokidsr]

Wow that is really simple and it took him what maybe 5 minutes. To me it's crazy to think that some people are afraid to do grafting. Oh well. Thanks Billy for this little edumacational video on grafting may you and yours have a good one. Have fun take care

[@DeanFamilyAcres]

Great job Randal, we started grafting this year too. We enjoy Flomatonfamous and how he keeps things simple and focused.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Thank you for the compliment!

[@loquat44-40]

One important advantage to grafting is assuming you have the correct scion, you know for sure what variety you have. At a place like walmart I have found more than a 50% error rate in mislabelling. To prevent cutting myself, it helps a lot to remove any point from your knife. In the field when grafting to say a feral persimmon I do it pretty much like Randall showed. But If I have a bundle of rootstock and I work from a table I use wax and rubber bands. Once in the sun with time the rubber bands decay and when the scion and rootstock grow the wax will crack and full off. For longer term scion storage one can simply wax the ends of the scion wood and place in a seal plastic baggie with a dampened bit of towel. A certain percentage of bleach can be used slow down bacterial fungi. I would have to check on what the bleach percentage is and store everything in the fridge. During the days of sailing ships I believe people managed to transport some grafts. But planting seeds I think is the way it was most often done.

[@kimalots9353]

Thank you for this information. I'm going to play around with grafting this year

[@thejewishredneckprepper4675]

Shalom

[@thisorthat7626]

Awesome, Billy! Thank you for this as grafting makes so much sense to learn. Not only is it less expensive to graft your own trees, it allows you to experiment with various varieties.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Of course my friend! Thanks so much for watching!

[@whitefeather572]

This makes it seem super easy to do! I’m in E Tx so most everything has woke up but it’s something to shoot for next season for sure! Thanks Billy for always bringing us the opportunity to learn!!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Glad you found this video helpful. Thanks so much for watching!

[@Dreamydazefarm]

Loved it we are doing some grafting right now to that’s awesome 😎

[@summerhill_homestead]

I missed his class. I’m so glad you shared this. Thank you!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Of course my friend!

[@donscottvansandt4139]

Man you got some great content... I've got a small piece 1.8 acr I've got chickens and rabbits. I build small tractors for them. Works great! Grass and bug fed ... but I really struggle with growing plants. Im trying to learn but very poor soil and nematodes wipe me out every time so far . But am learning to amend the soil from you! Thanks for what may well be the difference between life and death.

[@stevehall9256]

I stuck out 30 fir 30 one time 5 years back and gave up. I'm all ears

[@smiley2477]

I live in Texas and only 1 type of red apple will grow here because we have so few chill days. The only “Anna” apple tree I could find was from a lady who grafted it onto another Washington state apple tree variety. This spring there are 3 apples growing on the Anna apple tree grafted branch but not any on the bigger Washington state main apple tree. So I am a fan of grafting especially if you have a mature variety that doesn’t produce fruit in your area.

[@slaplapdog]

Tractor Supply sells half dead twigs for more than this. Even if you just grow out the rootstock, you could sell them at profit.

[@ericenos1097]

I would love to see some follow up videos to these love it

[@DavidSimsStocks]

I've been growing peach trees since the 2020 pandemic. The first trees I purchased and they were bare root. Then, I saw a youtube video about growing from seed. So, I saved all my store bought peaches and tried to stratify in the fridge. I had poor success. I did however keep finding peach seedling in my yard where I spread my compost. I have found it very easy to grow peaches from seed simply by putting the seeds in my compost bin.

[@DavidSimsStocks]

Also, I am grafting onto these seedlings.

[@DavidSimsStocks]

Just found four peach and four cherry seedlings in the yard, plus possibly some callery pear seedlings. All future rootstock

[@lynnjasmine3216]

I have wanting to do this with citrus. We have the trifoliate orage wild aroung here. Have not gotten the courage up to try. I must do it.

[@debrasfrugallife3703]

Great video 💯 I enjoyed watching this ❤

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks a lot my friend!

[@BosnWayne]

BZ Shipmate

[@FlomatonFamous]

Thanks! Not many people know what that means, I still use it.

[@jonathangardner4475]

Workin hard on gafts and cuttings. I've got about 75 cuttings this year.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Good to hear my friend. Thanks for watching!

[@ladyryan902]

Interesting. Great information!! I had a neighbor help me ' graft' a boysen berry tree. We cut into the tree then wrapped the wound with moss n cheesecloth. About 4 weeks n the moss had roots growing..weird but I have 2 new boysen berry trees 😊..i wonder if grafting works on citrus? Thx

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Love to hear it my friend!

[@tlrinc2343]

This is great! Something I've been curious about and didn't really understand just from reading about it

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Glad you enjoyed the video my friend!

[@AboveandBeyond44]

Saves time and money. 😎👍

[@funnywolffarm]

Point taken, but I've really only found 6 or 7 good varieties that can grow in Texas. The summer or the weird spikes of ice storm are hard to work with in the apple game. :)

[@devbachu7072]

Well done bro

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Appreciate it my friend!

[@donscottvansandt4139]

I've got a ton of loblolly basel on my property. Could I graft into them

[@noah786]

Does he not put the grafted trees in the ground strait away? If so what does he do with them while waiting to go in the ground?

[@FlomatonFamous]

I put them in pots with potting soil.

[@grandperesdream3183]

What can you graft successfully onto Bradford pear rootstock?

[@ArizonaTraditionalOutfitters]

Thank you guys for the informative video.Looks like I will be grafting.God bless

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Of course my friend. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Skashoon]

Great how-to video. I’ve wanted to do this for several years. Most recently to graft fruit pears to a large Bradford pear here. Still looking for scion wood.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Glad you liked the video my friend!

[@KB-2222]

Between you and I and who reads this...! Check on ETSY! TONS OF SCIONS!

[@TRINITY-ks6nw]

Bartering Private Co-Op Fruit trees Nut trees Gardens, plant more than one This allows for crop failure

[@Jay_Will_1]

Im Confusion. Why can't you just plant the rooted steam?

[@FlomatonFamous]

the rooted stem is called rootstock, the apples it makes are very bad tasting, but the rooted steam is dwarfing and disease resistant.

[@Jay_Will_1]

So I'm assuming that you can't just take cuttings from the dwarf and make rootstock? Do all apples come from an apple tree called rootstock thats only purpose is to make rootstock?.... Thanks for the reply I love your content!

[@Jesse_was_here]

Typically you have a rootstock, which is a type of tree that’s known for its rooting or tree size qualities. You graft scion wood(live branch cuttings from another type of the same species, usually fruit trees) to the root stock. This allows for an older more developed root system to “power” the newly grafter trees. A great example is Bradford pears. They are an invasive pear tree that has terrible fruit, but grows quickly. You can graft many types of pears onto this rootstock, pears that actually taste good. You get the best of both worlds, fast growing and good fruit. Another reason to graft is to have many type of pears, apples, cherries, etc on a single tree for space saving and cross pollination on a single tree. Hope this helps!

[@Jay_Will_1]

Thanks... That's so interesting

[@dwighthires3163]

Thank you, Billy, for bringing us this important information on grafting. It is nice to see this from someone who knows what he is doing and knows how to explain it.

[@stackymcgee761]

Scion wood?

[@Jesse_was_here]

Scion wood is the term for living branch cuttings from a tree that you intend to use for grafting into another tree.

[@gratefulprepsnj]

🇺🇸

[@dixsigns1717]

how did he tie off the rubber band?

[@Jesse_was_here]

If you use cheap black electrical tape, you don’t need a rubber band. It will even fall off when the graft gets larger down the road.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Just tuck it back under itself.

[@ht6684]

Can someone tell me where he said he got the root stock? I'm not catching it.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Willamette Nursery

[@kimg9606]

Billy can you graft a fruit tree on a no fruit tree? Does grafting change the taste of the fruit?

[@paperchaser9565]

What does comfrey do?

[@pollenhead]

Why is he not using rooting hormone powder? A little goes a long way so it is relatively not expensive.

[@righteousink8730]

Hey Billy, what are the root stocks sitting in, in the bucket prior to grafting and do you put them into a bucket of soil after grafting while you wait for budding to occur?

[@FlomatonFamous]

Sawdust, put them in pots after grafting

[@jimt6151]

I've never tried grafting, but when I drove through the orchards in the San Joaquin Valley, in California a couple weeks ago, I noticed that every single fruit and nut tree over thousands of acres of commercial orchards were grafted trees. If that's what they're doing in that valley, it must be good-to-go!

[@lancelineberry4335]

Good video but definitely not forbeginners. Scion wood? And a lot of others terms a beginner wouldn't comprehend. This is more of a video for intermediate grafters...not me lol. Too hard to follow and I've been a gardener all my life here in the foothills of NC and would love to learn grafting "for beginners ". Thanks for sharing.

[@FlomatonFamous]

It really is easy, a beginner’s coarse would break it all down for you and get hands on.

[@jaylarsen4077]

Consider offering a beginner e-course (for a fee) on Zoom maybe. I’d sign-up.

[@FlomatonFamous]

@@jaylarsen4077 That's a great idea!

[@janew5351]

I could not hear Randells web site and channel name. Please link. Flownatin ?

[@rrittenhouse]

It's in the description at the top - Flomaton Famous

[@vickielusby1006]

Very interesting topic unfortunately I couldn't hear some of the details. Please add captions or a transcript. Thank you for your great work!

[@FlomatonFamous]

Hit the CC button on the screen for closed captions. Feel free to ask for clarification

[@Frankie_902]

@Perma Pastures Farm Billy, I may have missed this info but if I'm wanting a Honey Crisp Apple what root stock should I get? I'm sorry if this is a repeat but I really want to learn. Thank you for all that you do for everyone, it is GREATLY appreciated!! -Frankie-

[@KB-2222]

I'm thinking any root stock that's apple and the scion would be honey crisp...

[@TheRainHarvester]

I've been trying to root peach cuttings for years: air layering and rooting into sand/soil /compost etc. No luck!!

[@KB-2222]

Maybe you need sterile soil?

[@TheRainHarvester]

@@KB-2222 oh I've tried that too!

[@KB-2222]

@@TheRainHarvester with peroxide?

[@TheRainHarvester]

@@KB-2222 no just sterilized potting mix. Other time i heated it.

[@KB-2222]

Maybe you can't clone peaches? I've tried rooting mulberry lately with no luck either. Had to chop a $200 down and burn it because of some beetle infestation.

[@loriflarson4236]

You lost me at scion wood. What is it?

[@FlomatonFamous]

Scion is dormant wood from the tree you want to propagate

[@susu0224]

Heyyyyyyy there Billy....Susu here from the belly of the beast...NYS! Lol, I'm not afraid and I'll be at one of your workshops this Spring or Summer I promise:) I want to learn how to butcher and I will bring my nephew and son with me to learn as well. Because I can't do that alone of course. Always grateful for the info ps... Please check your email I sent an sos hopefully you can assist:) Susu