Turning a TRASH tree into a FRUIT tree! SEE RESULTS!

[@alaskansummertime]

You are supposed to say 'this one weird trick' to maximize the algorithm.

[@roserainy7586]

Nuh uh, David is good not evil.

[@baneverything5580]

And mention cats.

[@FlomatonFamous]

Awesome! Thank you again David. I had a lot of fun doing all of the grafting! Glad to see that it wasn't a complete failure lol.

[@LavenderSkyla]

You know it's spring when you binge all the David the good content you can while trying to keep chickens out of the garden

[@hughbrackett343]

Got it. I put my finger behind the stick so that the final cut takes a layer of skin. After seven cuts I switch to another finger. After grafting, wrap injured fingers in Comfrey leaves (optionally pre-chewed.)

[@joesqudy]

You’ll have to give us updates to you’re beautiful pear tree. I loved how you quoted psalms 1, so beautiful and fitting. Remember to pray over your tree, I always pray for a God harvest over my gardens every year. God bless. ❌⭕️🙏🏽♥️

[@StubbsMillingCo.]

I must conquer every Bradford Pear in America!!!!!!!🤣 I thought Clemson giving fruit/nut trees in return for eliminating your Bradford Pears was great. This is what Johnny Apple seed wished he was… DAVID THE GOOD!!!💯

[@davidhunt7519]

Several years ago I Googled "can you graft fruiting pear onto Bradford pear?" and I found plenty of online discussions ridiculing the idea. Keyboard experts. I now have about 150 baby pears growing on a tree I grafted onto a Bradford stump, and I have about 20 other pear trees I've grafted, all onto volunteer bradford/callery pear trees. It's satisfying to turn weeds into fruit trees, and it's great to get free rootstock.

[@joshaklese4969]

I don't know what cracks me up more, the Go Outside T-shirt or the the ominus drums right before a random guy with a chainsaw.

[@Morganistas]

Would love to see an update on this project! Randal mentioned buying scions online today at Scrubfest and I think I'm ready to do a little chainsaw problem-solving on a huge unproductive pear in my backyard and give it new life. It was a great day with you all!

[@Florida_Bullfrog]

Amazing way to graft. I’m going to try it next winter with some wild persimmon trunks and fuji branches.

[@breaking_bear]

David the Good is my favorite KZbinr. I finished reading Grow or Die and am almost done reading Compost Everything.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you

[@jeremytrusty4845]

Thank you 💡 can not allocate the funds for all the fruit trees I would like to grow. Thinking of just growing from seed to get the root stock and then graft the good stuff next year. Lord willing.

[@TheRealHonestInquiry]

It's a great idea, the seeds may have keepers, and gives you the chance to breed rootstock ideal for your area.

[@klincecum]

The power of graft compels you!

[@DeanFamilyAcres]

Been enjoying @Flowmatonfamous videos a lot lately! Thanks for collaborating!

[@FlomatonFamous]

Been enjoying your videos also, thanks for supporting!

[@b_uppy]

Love your shirt. Love this topic. We have a lot of native bitter cherries and crabapples. Grafting is a great way to utilize what you've got. I used sheep to manage suckers and weeds in the orchard.

[@jjhdarklight007]

This is like a marvel dc cross up! Two of my faves in one place. Epic!

[@bobertcronos8433]

Just bought 7 of your books and now we wait.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you - may you find them useful!

[@bobertcronos8433]

@@davidthegood if not, are they at least compostable? Becuase I try to compost everything!

[@jwrightgardening]

I grafted some plums and apples for the first time last spring at a workshop. When I got home and after I put my new trees in the ground, I took all the little leftover bits from the apples and grafted them all to a vigorous but non-fruiting apple seedling I grew from seed that is about six years old. Every single graft I stuck on that seedling is growing and looking huge and healthy a year later. I'm excited because a couple of the little trees I grafted on rootstock did not make it through the year but the rootstock is growing so I have material on my big tree to try again with.

[@PlantObsessed]

Bradford pears are worse than weeds. Darn things are the primary source of spring allergens where I live. I'm glad you made it a good tree 😊

[@ferdburphel2076]

Awsome job.....the singing too!

[@comfortablynumb9342]

What a great idea! I'd love to learn to graft and make trees with lots of varieties of fruit. I remember reading about one at a university with over 40 varieties of stone fruits. That's very appealing to me.

[@2010Sanctuary]

Thank you! Good stuff!

[@Carolynfoodforest355]

Hit the thumbs up ya'll

[@user-ic2ug8ys1z]

👍

[@janebadon3988]

Man, what a great success!

[@SarahM-qn2gt]

This year we had success doing this with pomegranate on a crepe Myrtle. Worth a try if you have one!

[@davidthegood]

Really? I would love to see that. Would you email me pictures? [e-mail]

[@jasonlist3253]

I started grafting last year... LOVE IT!

[@omeshsingh8091]

As a kid when I visited my granny we harvested "inaccessible" mangoes with a bamboo stick that had a hook attached at the end, and we caught the fruit them with a bamboo stick with a net attached on the end.

[@brownthumbnursery]

It was great to get to meet both of you guys Saturday! Great video by the way!

[@kathleensanderson3082]

We've got several Bradford pears -- going to have to find some scion wood and try this!

[@ColRubyDimplesManacha]

Will you look at that?! It's amazing! All I need is a cheap scion wood hookup! Thanks for the update!

[@coreyellerbe]

I'm planning on grafting good oranges onto all the sour orange trees I've got around my property. We've got tons of them, and they're all very healthy. I just need to figure out where to get scions.

[@sappir26]

That's amazing. Love the song too 😅

[@robsturgeon8284]

So cool 😮

[@erbauungstutztaufgnade1875]

Amen.

[@Roescoe]

4:41 I wasn't sure about grafting, but that little jingle convinced me.

[@kathleenmead9259]

great grafting

[@youngpek]

This is awesome! Dr David Frankenstein

[@xxDADDYDAYCARExx]

I still say you have ABSOLUTELY the best intro on KZbin ❤️👍❤️👍🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮

[@patti2969]

How Awesome!!!

[@mrchemistry5351]

this guy is awesome

[@soilprepper2602]

This is my second year doing this. Last year I did Kieffer, Starking, and Magness. This year, I did Ayers, Orient, Moonglow, Gem and Seckel. Moonglow for sure didn't make it, but maybe I'll still get the other 7. Last year's grafts are about 3' long and flowered late this winter during an early warm spell. We've had a few frosts since then, so I don't know if I will see any fruit this year. I also planted 3 Oldhome x Farmingdale 87 trees. Little bitty guys, but they are leafing out right now.

[@blessildajoy]

Have you tried grafting Comfrey?

[@glassbackdiy3949]

Grafting with ther bible, great lesson! btw 2/100 Moringa have showed willingness to join the cool temperate party, mission on ;)

[@suzyq6767]

I just moved into a place that has an ornamental pear and a crab apple. I'm going to do this. Thanks!

[@aspicyproduction_Luke-Seippel]

Those dang Bradfords are taking over alabama lol

[@blindpro6404]

Wow thanks for the update

[@CheezNrice4u]

🤯 you just blew my wig off! 😂

[@mkeyx82]

Thanks. I have a few newbie questions: 1. what's the right time to do this? I assume before any foliage appears, but still not long before foliage is supposed to start appearing. 2. what would be a recommended "tree coating" product? Preferably something that is not oil (as in blood wars) based.

[@TheRealHonestInquiry]

You should probably watch the grafting video he linked in description

[@mkeyx82]

@@TheRealHonestInquiry thanks.

[@thehuntfortruth]

You make gardening so fun and entertaining. Thanks for doing what you do and for sharing your jokes and experiments!

[@lachrymalsighs]

David, can you graft on a tree that is already a mature grafted one? I have a semi-dwarf Fuji apple tree that produces tons of apples that are not desirable but the tree is a productive monster. I'd love to graft my dwarf honey crisp onto it.

[@blackbeltbear8100]

This is so cool.

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

I have a set of clothes JUST for days when I'm handling pruning paint .. that stuff never comes off.

[@elenanoumilelini3930]

thank you !

[@childofgod94]

I think im finally ready to start grafting. Ive wanted to for years but just thought it was something I couldn't do.

[@davidthegood]

It's not hard.

[@LibertyNotLicense]

"Good Grafting!" Yes, take it. It's yours. 😂👍❤️🙏

[@jeancampbell4341]

i JUST LOST MY FEAR OF GRAFTING. YOU GOTTA LOVE MEN WHO KNOW STUFF LIKE THIS.

[@travisk5589]

Would love to see an update this summer

[@davidthegood]

I posted an update a month or so ago - it's grown like crazy

[@undertheblood31]

U are the master of educational/entertainment content!!! Thank u again kind sir!

[@cherylnugent3240]

What a cool idea!! Love it!

[@nildaotero2933]

Great video

[@pennypiper5857]

Thanks great video

[@TheEmbrio]

Frankein pear. It’s alive !

[@LuisC7]

Oh wow now this is a great way to repurpose things. Fruits in much less time as well. But more than 10 varieties?? That is awesome. Didn't know it was so easy

[@LivingMiracleHomestead]

This was a very interesting video. I want to learn more about grafting. I have gotten great results with air layering. The more we learn the better were off.

[@Mashpookaloo]

This is exciting!!! Does it have to be a fruit variety tree for the root? I have a huge kakapoopoo tulip poplar tree and would love to graft a fruit tree onto it once I can get it cut down.

[@gazepskotzs4]

No sadly one needs a tree within the same botanical species. So apple to apple or pear to pear, only thing that is possible is for example cherry to plum or peach to cherry but that is because they all belong to the botanical species Prunus.

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

Good stuff!!

[@summerhill_homestead]

So excited to see this! I’ve heard you talk about doing this with a Bradford many times and have always wanted to know exactly how to do it. Awesome! Thanks!

[@belieftransformation]

Great vlog; going to try grafting at my daughter’s acreage! Your book looks awesome. Thanks for sharing! Blessings to all 🤗💜🇨🇦

[@mrblakwolf1]

David you are truly a good man. If I lived closer to you I am sure we would be friends. 😂

[@MushroomMagpie]

I imagine any native wild rootstock to be particularly good to graft onto. See what you can dig up near by.

[@ChristopherPisz]

if I graft an apple tree with Gaia, Fuji, and Honeycrisp will the apple tree pollinate itself due to there being multiple varieties on the tree? I have a few Gaia baby trees I started from grocery store apple seeds.

[@davidthegood]

Yes, it will!

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

I have great choke cherry and pin cherry root stocks. Serviceberry can be used as pear rootstocks. I also got a cherryplum that maybe a decent rootstock. Been digging up rootstocks for apples too. That way when I do get the heirloom apple varieties I can graft to established root stocks. I like triploid heirloom apples. Gonna try to get some riverbank and catawba grapes to use as rootstock.

[@Sir_Ol]

I don't know but this song it inspires me to really lose my fear of grafting, I can't wait for a full release of it! It's just so cool! Great video as usual!

[@GypsyBrokenwings]

I wondered how that tree was doing. Any tips for keeping ticks off?! Gardening would be more enjoyable without them!

[@davidthegood]

Guinea fowl in a run.

[@lydiaahubbell8545]

I want to see what this tree looks like a year later. Also, would like close-up photos. I have a Bradford pear in my front yard. I also have a 3 in one (Bartlett, Moongliw, Keiffer) How low can you cut a tree? I would like to make a tree small enough to harvest without a ladder. I am trying the "little fruit tree method" with a new apple and a peach, and I am trying to reduce the size of mr 3 in 1 pear. I have a wild cherry tree in my back yard I would like to cut down and graft montmorency cherry onto and try to keep it small, as well.

[@dertythegrower]

Cool project, cannot wait to see it in a few years..

[@Mekare40503]

So much good info in this video! I love that your taking such a stinky tree and making it produce better trees!

[@matiasishere1487]

Super cool! I got 3 beautiful ones and I was gonna cut them down!

[@matiasishere1487]

Also the song snippets 😆 killer keep it up.

[@dianne247]

Absolutely amazing!

[@theplanelife4097]

I bought a pear tree that was grafted onto a Bradford pear. The graft didn't make it and now it's a huge (worthless) Bradford pear. Can you graft onto the tree when it's not dormant or do I need to wait until the end of this upcoming winter to try this?

[@davidthegood]

Sometimes grafts will take when a tree is awake, but I have had poor luck.

[@nicholas755]

Is that a DTG tee? I need it

[@sophieiremonger4885]

welcome FRANKENPEAR

[@lisakruger5289]

Wow that's awesome that there are such great results in just 2 months! It almost makes me wish that crummy Bradford pear in my front yard hadn't split and died years ago! Maybe I cab sneak a few grafts onto a neighbor's! 😂

[@littlebiscuit53]

That's amazing! I have a plum tree that makes terrible tiny fruit that feels like it would be called stone fruit. Can I graft another plum onto it like this?

[@davidthegood]

Yes

[@davidritchie8049]

hey just wondering if you have an Quince trees or bushes? There are different kinds of course I have a type that is a Japanizes type it produces little apple like fruit. locally was called a rose apple. These will take apple scions and quince has been used also for pears as root stock. So it would seem these could be used for converting pears to apples by a double graft. Some do these at the same time but many graft in two stages. The Quince bush types often sold as an ornamental they will produce some fruits most are like a pear can be eaten but not recommend it raw just not to pleasant have seen old recipes where was added to pears to give the pie a little extra bite. I also have instead of using tree cote I have used old house paint and mix 50% milk (I use spoiled since often do not use it fast enough), and a dash of cinnamon . it smells good that way repels insects milk is anti fungal and will help keep virus off trees. I just throwing this out to you for thought if you do have any quince would like to see you try grafts to them. I am planning a hedge and maybe an apple and pear grafting to that would get three fruits that way

[@oreopaksun2512]

That is amazing and inspirational! Can't wait for your 'Pear Harvesting by Kayak' video. Fabulous success rate. I am going to have a chat with my fig tree so it will grow faster and I can grow a FrankenFig. In the meantime, have to rewatch your grafting video a dozen or more times, so I can lose my fear of.... you know.

[@geoffoutdoors]

Bradford pears have been outlawed up here in Ohio as an invasive plant.

[@davidthegood]

They are obnoxious

[@lbf5984]

You can also turn your osage orange trees into che trees...

[@heterodox3487]

I was wondering about this very thing, great video. Thanks!🍀

[@wendyrafalski1240]

At the very least, it's a scion factory now.

[@makemyburdenlight]

Can i do this with a dead one tree and a apple tree twig? Does the tree stump have to still be alive?

[@blackbeltbear8100]

Any pear recommendations for southwest FL? North Port, Zone 9 I think. Bananas and mangoes do great here but sometimes get frostbitten.

[@gameenders5017]

Very cool. I assume you look for deciduous trees when looking to do this? Any kind?

[@davidthegood]

It's complicated - I recommend watching the whole Get Grafting! vid.

[@stanclayton221]

After watching several David and Randall's Bradford Pear videos, I have ID'd nearly a dozen on my property. One is at least 40' tall, which I'm slowly taking down. The others are saplings to about 3" in diameter that I've marked with pink fluorescent tape. I also have two good-producing Bartlett's I can take scions off of next winter. I live in SW NC in zone 8A...it's too late for this year, correct?

[@davidthegood]

If they are all leafed out, yes

[@Practicingpreparedness]

Can you do this to mesquite trees ?

[@juliettedemaso7588]

I’ve yet to try grafting. (I have nightmares of Dr Huey roses dancing in my head lol) But It’s definitely my next frontier, along with trying to get tender bulbs and tubers to survive the winter. (So far I’ve had no success with this 🤦‍♀️ ) So glad to see you addressing this!

[@jamestboehm6450]

Good root stock IF you support the graft zone. Bradfords are notoriously weak trees. Better to start with a small sapling.

[@blueskies6475]

You're kidding me! 🤪

[@darecofreedomfarm3]

Yay! I learned new stuff today. Don’t split the bark! Don’t worry so much about cambium contact? I’ve had a few successful grafts. Having even a graft this spring on my apple tree that bloomed enabled the tree to finally set fruit this year . Thank you for great content!

[@jameskniskern2261]

Callery pear. :) I've grafted all of mine to good varieties. Zone 6b Kentucky USA.