Why you should kill your Bradford Pears!!

[@BackYardScience2000]

As an arborist, we cut more Bradford pears than anything these days because people hate them for this. They get out of control and take everything over.

[@tickytacky8078]

Plus, they were poorly bred for a medium growth shade tree that could potentially be put in a front yard under lines but they have such an acute poorly branching structure that they always fail. Then they look dumb and one sided and you cut them down.

[@cousinjake7986]

Probably doesn't help that the smell like the aftermath of an orgy in a sauna

[@shawnpitman876]

I think you're missing the most important part about why bradford pears need to become extinct... THE HORRIBLE SMELL THEY RELEASE!

[@chriscole9621]

I don't think we have these in pnw but cottonwood is pretty bad at taking things over too

[@Farnsworth11]

This man's waging a one man war against the Bradford pear and I support it.

[@whoopsydaisy6389]

I once offered to buy a neighbor the native tree of their choice if they cut down the Bradford Pear before it matured. They declined and sold the house shortly after. The new owners hate them too do they cut it down immediately and I couldn't be happier.

[@SisterOfDeathInAK]

The cooperative extension in the next county puts out a bounty on Bradfords. Kill a one, and get a native sapling.

[@iherduluvlawngdich]

You should buy the neighbor a native species now

[@edwardoregan6969]

glad your not my neighbor 🤡🤣

[@kittytrail]

​@@edwardoregan6969 did you forgot to add "anymore"? 😬

[@cleebe6905]

Gotta love them nosy neighbors.

[@kevind3185]

At this point in time I don't understand why it isn't illegal to possess an invasive species.

[@Frygonz]

Because people would complain about their rights being infringed to damage the ecosystem.

[@saltator8565]

​@@Frygonz That, and big box stores like Lowe's and Home Depot don't care enough to change their selection.

[@jeremyowsley2476]

They are outlawed for new planting in Kansas city

[@jeremyowsley2476]

You can get similar pears (Champlain) but they are priced so high that people won’t buy them.

[@rachelc8368]

Making them illegal may potentially make it more desirable to own them. Cause ppl are dumb

[@ameliajordan29]

They’re still putting Bradford pears out here in Washington and I want to shake the city for their stupidity!

[@alyssa2796]

Washington state?

[@MajorChipHazard1]

They are fixing to ban them in South Carolina. Kudzu and Bradford are a real problem.

[@ameliajordan29]

@@alyssa2796 yeah, Washington state.

[@katsnboots4709]

​@@ameliajordan29 NOOOOOOO that's next to me!!

[@jimmyisawkward]

Well that sucks, which city?

[@dustyrusty75]

This is a great reminder of why I hate the excuse "but it's not invasive in *my* yard".

[@xpouii-3992]

My local conservation dept is doing a pear killing event where if you kill a Bradford pear in your yard they give you a free started native tree to replace it

[@crystalrohlander853]

Several years ago, there was a place in Tennessee where, If you cut your bradford pears down, they would give you a new tree for each one. I wish I could remember where that was.....

[@dpedd12]

In most places in tn small farms will give you a free native tree if you tell them your whacking some of those pears.

[@___LC___]

My city has been lining the boulevards with Japanese lilacs…I had one when I bought my home, then a storm topped the spruce year after year, so I took them out. Before I have been able to get a large enough shade tree to shade that area put in, the entire area is guess what? JAPANESE LILACS! So, yeah, the city is putting in a tress that spreads like mad in sunny areas…in sunny areas. My taxes doubled this year and some idiot picked out a pretty tree with out knowing anything about them and is flocking the city with them. They are also trying to trim them into a shape that is very difficult to maintain. The city now has invasive trees planted by the city with our money…all they had to do was ask one of the group that doesn’t all of the native plantings I’m the downtown area if that was a good choice and someone would have brought them into my large yard.

[@michaeljarvis5489]

I wonder if there is a politician's buddy somewhere that sells those.

[@___LC___]

@@michaeljarvis5489 I live in John Menard’s hometown, so there you go. I paid extra to have a native maple put in front of my home. I paid hundreds (we were denied the option to plant our own trees in front of our homes) for a tree I could have transplanted from my parent’s property for the cost of my own labor and the tiny bit of extra gas to tow the trailer (vs no trailer). This year I got all of the Japanese lilacs removed from a boulevard between lanes by bringing in pictures of a mature tree. It isn’t even an appropriate choice for any boulevard, based on height and shape.

[@jeremyowsley2476]

I am a landscaper in Kansas City and despise these trees, ontop of being invasive they are extremely dangerous. I’ve seen them split in the spring/summer with no wind just because the weight became too much. I also had a 90 year old woman tell me that the flowers smell like male baby gravy… you won’t be able to unsmell it

[@RalphRoberts1]

You mean jizz? I've heard magnolias smell like that too.

[@pakde8002]

Asa fellow horticultural specialist you are not wrong. The lateral branches on the Bradford pear have an extremely acute angle which makes them incredibly easy to split off, especially in high winds or during an ice storm. That was the main reason I didn't recommend planting these trees and honestly I wasn't even aware that they could spread so easily via seeds. Learn something new every day.

[@YellaSpiceFamily]

Also in KC area - every year at about this time I have so much rage seeing these outcompeting our redbuds and dogwoods. There are two giant ones on a church property along 291, just north of 70, and you can SEE the damage they've done in the woods along both sides for miles. And yet there they stand, continuing to spread their filth. It's disgusting that they've allowed that to go on like that.

[@jdelbrid]

We had one in our southern Indiana front yard that toppled. My wife cried and could not understand why I was happy. However, the suckers have been sprouting up all around the base. Took hours to dig out all of the roots. I'm going to plant a dogwood in its place.

[@Meggligee]

That’s because they do! Or stinky, nasty feet!!

[@JamesJamersonIsAGod]

I believe Ohio made them illegal this year, South Carolina is following suit next year, among others.

[@freya-the-wolf]

Even though they're illegal here in Ohio now that doesn't stop the existing trees from living. Which sucks because they're everywhere. And they smell like shit. I hate Bradford pears.

[@Ikwigsjoyful]

Yep, they were banned in Pennsylvania in 2021. Good to know that states are trying to do something, but since they've already invaded the forests it's going to be difficult to actually eradicate them.

[@fishlips2817]

Here in Florida ,it's the evasive Brazilian Pepper Tree. It spreads faster than than tourist looking for vacation homes.

[@100GTAGUY]

Oh man if a plant could be my nemesis it would be the Brazilian pepper tree, not only did they take over my property multiple times in Southwest Florida but I am also extremely allergic to the leaves and sap. Clearing it out was a nightmare and I'd have rashes for a month. Birds and other wildlife make it propagate super fast because some eat the berries, and one tree can drop thousands of em too boot.

[@anadoripanther3196]

Thanks for bringing awareness to invasive species. I wish more people knew about harmful invasives in their area and that there was someone/organization like you who talked about natural regimes and species in the West. Thank you for all you do 💚🌼

[@zorrokitty5666]

Someone needs to start a business of cutting Bradford pears down and grafting edible pears on that rootstock. Make use of the trees. Grinding stumps and yanking it with chain causes too much disturbance in soils

[@wiscopolo44]

Would that solve the invasiveness problem?

[@when-do-we-get-a-block-button]

​@@wiscopolo44 possibly? i cant be bothered to think about it too hard, but through grafting a different plant onto it you remove the bradfords flowers and seeds thus preventing it from making new ones. its probably only truly effective for 1 or 2 trees on a home property, not a whole forest type of deal.

[@zorrokitty5666]

@@when-do-we-get-a-block-button oh yea for forests just attempt to cut and spray repeatedly until they die. But for suburbia it may be an option.

[@ooi97]

​@@wiscopolo44 don't know about Bradford pears, but wild apple trees grafted with noble apple branches can still shoot out wild branches that will flower and fruit. These need to be regularly tended to.

[@richardmccann4815]

​@@zorrokitty5666 Any sprays would be even worse for the ebmnvironment!

[@TheRozylass]

Not only is Bradford Pear invasive, it stinks to high heavens. So many other trees that smell so much better and look just as pretty.

[@Larry_Parada]

Man said Bradford pears so many times that I've developed a pure hatred for them and I haven't even seen one yet😂

[@safron2442]

The one in our yard is about 38 years old and on its last legs. I haven't personally seen it make fruit in 10 years, but our city still widely plants them for landscaping. Not sure how to really tackle that issue. I try and kill as many seedlings/young trees as I can. Chinese Tallow and Privet are the big issues here in Mississippi

[@tequalssquareplushell5358]

Just start some slogan like the invasive plant is killing the area somehow then spin it like it's environmentally good to change landscape plants better for the environment try to see if you can Facebook your local area this message and .... I mean a tall order I know, just spit balling dumb ideas.

[@Bijoux_DerWunderCatsen]

These trees are next level kudzu, I've never seen anything like it. There are so many beautiful native species. Thx.

[@vivianp5962]

Bradford pear trees are also rampant in Missouri.

[@petuniafuzz9083]

In Oklahoma, the Master Gardeners teach you that friends don't let friends plant Bradford Pears. They are beautiful, but don't do well in our ice storms. They look goofy with half their branches gone. Yes, they will take over a field in no time.

[@luvstotroll]

For what it's worth, I have a lot of respect for the work you do man.

[@MidwestBenji]

The best part is that when they come up from seed they grow with thorns, often even the domesticated ones can develop them.

[@insectwildlife37]

They have thorns?

[@divery4eyes]

@@insectwildlife37 they have thorns when they get big too. i cut mine back every year and use the wood for cooking. i found out that if they get to "old" the limbs will have thorns at each bud

[@fuckcensorship69]

@@insectwildlife37 SHARP thorns. stepped on a branch a few days after i cut one down, and it went through my shoe

[@achair7265]

​@@fuckcensorship69Wow... just yikes.

[@raerohan4241]

​@@fuckcensorship69 And that's likely to happen, because the branches of Bradford pears break so easily even in very light winds. This tree is a hazard in almost every single way imaginable.

[@shrapdaddy]

the angrier he gets the longer his beard gets. or maybe the other way around. either way it is good for this info to be spread

[@Argonaut80]

Love what you are doing! Educate!

[@13xxamberxx]

I've seen people actually cut their Bradford pears but GRAFT other non invasive fruits onto the existing root structure its so cool

[@qwerty123494210]

I live in Ohio, and this year they were made illegal to buy, sell, or plant. My county is offering a native species swap to cut down any on a property. I'm cutting all mine down anyway because I hate them, and I hate the way they smell and how they crowd out good trees.

[@Tgauchsin]

Mine fell on my house 2 years ago. No wind. Rained about 3 days prior. Was rotten on the inside. Beautiful shade tree. Busted my roof. Missed my jeep by about a foot. Scared my kids. Beautiful afternoon. Whole thing split in half right down the middle.

[@crystalrohlander853]

Bradford's are one of the first to bloom in th spring, last ti go dormant in the fall and first to get struck by lightning.

[@alisonklein105]

They brought them over in the 1960s. I bought a house that has a bradford pear. I have to salt and pick them every year.

[@BeardMan01]

I remember when we had to kill all the red tips in the 90's. The department of agriculture came around and removed them from everywhere. There was even a phone number to call to report still standing red tips.

[@Pathasher]

Many decades ago I was fired because I was told to cut down the wrong tree and blamed for my foreman’s mistake. I’m proud to say it was a Bradford pear 🍐 😂 Now I live on a farm and my fields are constantly sprouting pear seedlings from the surrounding development of hoa. It’s no joke how invasive it is.

[@IloveV124]

I love the work you’re doing!!!

[@stevena9512]

First thing we did when we bought our house in Alabama was to cut down the 4 BP trees. 5 years later, we are still trying to get the stumps and roots out.

[@eva5637]

Here in the Netherlands we have a lot of problems with the (delicious) invasive American river lobsters. We live surrounded by a lot of water and the lobsters are eating all the life out of it. Killing plants and animals. Our government doesn't let us catch them in big numbers (it is forbidden), but it would feed many many people if they did. Seeing this, I think to myself Why? Why do we let this happen?

[@betha3603]

Crawfish? Crayfish crawdads?

[@magali44276]

Thank you for your videos! I’ve learned so much. I’m in South Florida wish you could come to my yard! 😂

[@maungl]

Up here in Michigan, they sell these A LOT for "ornamental" trees because of the beautiful shape of this tree. Is it non-native up here?

[@dzank9354]

Only place it’s native is south china and vietnam

[@MrMaddoks]

Seems like a lot of accidents are happening in America. Several trains have derailed carrying chemicals. Planes nearly colliding. A fire that popped up in the middle of an invasive stand of trees would just get filed away as yet another “accident” 😊

[@tas5622]

Too many accidents in this land, I’m doubting it’s just a coincidence

[@MiltonRoe]

Haha yeah sorry neighbor my chainsaw derailed and ran into your bradford pear :)

[@nathanbennett9563]

For a few weeks in the springtime that entire area must smell like a grimy abandoned sound stage where dozens of Bukake videos were filmed. 😂 I can’t stand Bradford Pears, every time I see one self destruct it brings a warm feeling to my heart ❤

[@jeremybaker2644]

Currently in the process of cutting down 6 Bradford pears and about 25 Leland cypress trees. I knew when my brother planted them a little over 20 years ago, that I would be the one cutting them down.

[@price8314]

I've got an almond willow behind my house, it let fuzzy pollen out this year. Literally every piece of fuzz turned into a tree if you let it if it landed on anything wet damp. So much in the air it looked like snow.

[@CHMichael]

local plant - plant stores are so important. make it easier for people to do the right thing

[@Breadmandela]

Is there a channel like yours but for bay area florida?

[@qwenabellwynfell9778]

Listen don’t get me started on the state of invasives management in Florida. It’s in shambles! I’ve seen invasive water hyacinths being sold in grocery stores and without regulation on Amazon and they are literally listed as a FEDERALLY NOXIOUS WEED. IVE SEEN IGUANAS AS FAR UP AS NEW SYMNRA BEACH. It’s a travesty! And governor Mussolini the 2nd Ron de fuckin nose picker boogie eating, good for nothing destantis sits on his ass and twiddles his thumb while corporations build sand mines in protected habitat, claiming they’re doing the environment a favor by destroying one of the few wild citrus groves we have left. What the fuck is wrong with this state?

[@creativerecycling]

It’s probably too late to fix it. The pretty one or two trees in your front yard won’t affect what’s already here. All those zillions of Callery pears growing wild will self-sustain. They were originally introduced by the USDA.

[@LoserCity_Resident]

I have a question about how to restore native grass lands from North Dakota to Nebraska I was just wondering

[@H1ST0RYWriter]

Controlled burn. Prairie grasslands evolved through wildfires. A lot of invasives did not. Burn the land to clear it & natives will take advantage.

[@artypreventscamping1645]

Would love to see your whole process from beginning to end as far as getting management permission and making a living doing this. My degree is in wildlife management and I'd be a in doing the same things you do

[@goombajuice]

Contact land owners and have them pay u to manage

[@ashleygardner4104]

I live in Ohio and we have those everywhere, too. I read an interesting article a while back explaining why they're everywhere. They look pretty when they bloom, but that's about it. As of this year (I believe), it's illegal to sell and plant them, here in Ohio. Still plenty to get rid of though.

[@RoundsOfWanting]

QUESTION - I'm over in the Shoals and would like to recommend Crepe Myrtles to the city council to replace the many recently fallen house-killing giant oak trees for the city landscape. I understand that CM's are not native so I wanted your opinion on them before mentioning this. The shade characteristics, flowers, and less-hostile tree size seem like a good fit southern urban environs, but are they bad for our local plant population? Love the channel. Thanks in advance.

[@elizabethmerz6885]

Amen. Honeysuckle as well here in SW Ohio. 🌿🌳 ❤️‍🔥

[@Alexander0011]

I live in KY and there’s spots on the road where I remember about 10 years ago seeing a few of them blooming in the spring they turn white early spring. Now you see them everywhere. They really do take over.

[@DamonTrader]

I love learning about shit like this.People live such different lives,I swear.

[@wombat333]

Same happening here in Australia, just breaks yr heart. We all need our native forests to remain native to the country yr in. Our native animals need this to survive

[@finch3333]

We kill off ours every couple years, as they become visible to us. The problem is the people down the road have a maintained patch of them that they have refused to kill because they are "pretty"

[@warriorson7979]

Where might one find a "non-solid" Bradford pear....?🤔🤔

[@fireprooffox3664]

I had a 1.5 acre field that didn't get bush hogged because I didn't have a tractor and wasn't able to get it mowed. It grew up Bradford pears, after a while sweet gums and poplars started to come up too. I'm working on thinning it out and regenerating it but i hate the Bradfords 😡

[@fireprooffox3664]

I'm leaving most of the poplars and some of the sweet gums but the Bradfords need to go :/

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

LOVE YA!! Thank you for doing this!!!!!

[@Arolfi]

Loving the longer form content

[@kevinh2345]

You will never have to convince me, I absolutely hate those things. They stink like ass and can't handle a stiff breeze without splitting and wreaking havoc.

[@mangos2888]

I wish you identified the hardiness zones in all your clips and videos since it's incredibly relevant to what's considered "native." The algorithm just showed me one of your shorts, but I'm in Hardiness Zone 4b where bradford pears would struggle. We have buckthorn problems here. I feel ya.

[@2011blueman]

I live in Virginia and I took mine out last year. The developer of my area had planted them in every yard because they were cheap and fast growing even though they were an invasive species. There are now only 3 left in the neighborhood where there use to be close to 100.

[@stevenrs11]

I planted locust in my yard, Im in their native range and I love them!

[@upnywhiteb]

I am from Long Island, NY and in the 60's our whole block and just about every nearby block was lined with large old Maples. The village cut them down and replaced them with Bradfords. My Mother said no to that and had another type planted in front of our house.

[@lidiaseebeck9302]

okay so Greenbriar/Smilax is native but considered weedy. what are its ecological benefits? ( don't worry, no Bradford pears on this property)

[@MsJoyceG]

Spent about 17yrs in Washington state. Someone many years ahead of my arrival brought SCOTCH BROOM as a decorative plant. Tacoma and area are inundated with SCOTCH BROOM. I understand your plight.

[@BluewaterBottoms]

I clear coated the floor at the restaurant by the Harley place when it was 306 BBQ. Now its MPE. Passed by there yesterday

[@ambrr_lily]

I bought a house where there were 3 sprouting stumps from BPs removed 5 years ago. I learned the story/timeline from a neighbor. He had TRIED to help her kill off the stumps. I moved in and had bigger fish to fry so I ignored the little clump of sprouts because they were green and growing and got zero water except what they got from God so I had no reason to battle them. THIS YEAR, I got pears! Turns out they were grafted on wild pears which was what had the unbeatable will to live. They aren't delicious, but the birds love them. And NO WATER needed. Wild pears for the win!

[@JD3Gamer]

Reminds me of Buckthorn here in MN. I’ve been at war with buckthorn for years in my yard. It’s very tenacious and annoying to deal with.

[@kathoward21]

If you’re in SC, Clemson University has a program where they will give you native trees to plant in exchange for cutting down your Bradford pears. It think its up to five but it’s still a win-win for me.

[@Allis1isAll]

Hell mine don't fruit what's so ever 😂

[@Aaron-qx1ke]

Exquisite topo foliager! When this buettholeious odoriduious is not shedding the larger portion of its self during spring winds, it can be sourced as to the windpipe closure one maybe experiencing as its aroma fills the air

[@PracticalGardener]

Same with palm trees. Theyre where in cali. Super invasive

[@mattberg916]

anybody else notice how bad the blossoms smell?

[@perfectlessons]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, I've heard they are great root stalk for fruit trees...??

[@dixiebasweetie]

Wish you’d detailed how to identify them.

[@rfldss89]

Same but for cherry laurel here in europe 🥲

[@julius_the_python]

As a European I'm curious why this particular pear is bad? how did it spread to all of those Acres from One Tree in the backyard? Do they have seeds like dandelions?

[@julius_the_python]

Okay I've done some Googling, they seem like real douchebags of the Tree World. But I still don't understand how one tree in the backyard could spread to the entire state

[@catchemalive]

Don’t forget y’all can graft regular pear scions onto them and have them dropping pears in a couple years. Make for great deer feed trees 😎

[@BankruptMonkey]

Where I live in the East Coast invasive mimosa trees are a menace taking over nature refuges, people keep planting more in their yard that spread to natural areas and crowd out native trees.

[@PSwayBeats]

You need to do a video on describing this tree and sorry if you already have do a short

[@H1ST0RYWriter]

Bradford's are horrible in ice storms too. Very prone to breaking under the weight of ice, taking out power lines, causing injury & property damage.

[@SkinnyDaisieArts]

Wow! I lived in TN, near the Tn/KY border & we had that problem.

[@LewieBear-fh7em]

This guy is smart listen to this man

[@chuckb9907]

…it’s hopeless here in NC ppl worship it in spring for the blooms & will clear natives saving the ‘pyrus calleryana’ instead

[@austindenning3692]

It fills up an empty field and the side of the road without trees?

[@thejurassicgameroom9344]

they just outlawed planting Bradford pears in Georgia. I cut down the ones in the yard a couple weeks ago, glad to see I did the right thing.

[@tequalssquareplushell5358]

My mind is fucked, I thought he wanted me to kill my "blood parents"

[@fierroboy1]

I now feel the need to study this.

[@666toysoldier]

They make pretty good firewood. I have a Fischer "Baby Bear" woodstove, so I burn everything down to 2".

[@mjgbabydragonlet]

I had to rip out so many Bradford Pears and Privet when I was clearing land. We used thorned blackberries and honey suckle to cover the perimeter fencing.

[@divery4eyes]

yummy

[@YouMatter2us]

In Tennessee, we control Bradford pear spread with prun8ng and controlling saplings

[@johnhoye6584]

My dude, why are you not planting Arundinaria gigantea. That needs to be a priority in the southeast.

[@dr.kawasaki7380]

Yo, I'm gettn hungry, where R the fkn PEARS - YO 😂😂

[@lifeisgood070]

What carries those seeds so far? Is it birds

[@midwesternoutdoorsandnatur8272]

In the midwest it’s bush honeysuckle and autumn olive. Constant removal, but feel like I’m winning..

[@jayhen3639]

I can agree 100% with this tree lol my state gave them away back in the 90s and well the field beside me is a forest like this they are pretty but they burn even better lol

[@tabytastick]

Husband and I found an invasive tree sapling growing in our yard one year, the dog kept trying to rip it up. Didn't recognize what it was, so I had to do some research (Google lens). It's was poisonous, leaves, stalk, all of it. We spent the day digging it up, down and all around the biggest of the roots. It hasn't come back. A few days later, I was walking the dog, and some neighbors had 3 of these trees planted (purposefully) in their front yard. So now we have to watch for those things spreading.

[@jcking6785]

Oh man, you are so right! Bradford Pears are a scourge on the landscape!

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

I hate Bradford pears, they are bad for the environment, they may have the nastiest smell a plant can make and they break easily and cause a mess in storms

[@lynna151]

Hate Bradford Pears.... I'd like to remove the ones in front of my house, but it's west facing and the evening sun bakes our house during the summer. Any suggestions? In NC

[@debbiedo72]

I had 5 big Bradford Pear trees that were along the sidewalk, in my front yard. I had them removed because I felt that they were dangerous to pedestrians and to traffic on the busy road that I live on. They are notorious for just randomly breaking apart because their structure is unstable.

[@ChaosReign45]

Moral of the story: Bradford pears, Bradford pears and Bradford pears