bark grafting does work for many scions and just to let you know it is possible to do an apple on these, but not all apples will take and the bark grafting of these is not the best. They will shoot fast and grow but not take too well with the pear wood and be too weak breaking off. if you do an apple recommend a saddle type graft on a small limb or even a water growth. I have converted 2 of these in my front yard been a slow process looking for possible first fruits this year. I kept many limbs which actually slowed the process down but added more types of fruit. NOTE Bradford pear wood is a hardwood and is VERY heavy. when doing the grafting many will leave a nurse branch and remove it later. as this tree starts off it will do many small shoots to get the leaves back so any new shoots cut off especially near any of the new grafts. Pear to pear works well and pretty fast recommend if do more types to label what you have some will just take much better than others. good luck
@@FlomatonFamous Thank you. If David is "David The Good", I believe you need an honorific title, what about "Randall The Resplendent"? Will love to see the results and see what took, took better, or didn't.
My neighbor had three along our fence line, (bradford pears) . One fell on our car and one on our shed. He removed the third when he took down the first two. I was very happy because I get such a sore throat when they bloom, I lose my voice. When we move into the area, everyone at at least two in there yards. Now we are down to four in the whole neighborhood. The next big wind storm will probably take them out. YEAH!!!!
Sir, What is chilling requirement of Bradford pear whether it is ornamental or no bearing. Wonderful effort and useful video. Hats off to you. Regards and best wishes please. 👍👌🙏🙏
This is exactly what I’ve wanted to do with a larger Bradford pear that I plan to pollard. I’m just having problems finding a good pear tree for scion wood. Any thoughts? I’m a new sub from your interview with Billy Bond.
Welcome, yea David is a close friend of mine, we are about 15 minutes from each other. What area are you in? You can find scion wood at Etsy and fruitwood nursery
@@FlomatonFamous Thanks! I’m in West Tennessee between Nashville and Memphis in zone 7a. I appreciate the leads. I’m new to pears so I’d like to find a good variety for the hot, humid summers here. Winters can get down into the teens. It’s too late to pollard and graft for this season. The Bradford has already leafed out. At least now I know when the best time is.
@@FlomatonFamous generally I would agree but, not sure about large flat crossections horizontally. Maybe down south but those cause allot of problems up here in northern PA.
@@FlomatonFamousQuince is the best rootstock for pear (other than pear seedling), it is slightly dwarfing so the pears are at arm lenght. Hawthorne works too but a few varieties like Williams don't like it
You 2 guys are awesome and I have learned a lot from yall. Please do more collaboration vids. A joint musical gardening adventure perhaps.
Hahahaha, ha would’ve great but I don’t have a musical bone in my body.
I need to do this before another season passes! Y'all have the pear scion hookup, lucky! Thanks for showing this!
Thank you, time to get grafting!
Thanks guys!!! I'm so gonna do this to my Bradford pear! Oh I wanna leave work now go do it!
Hahahahaha, please let us know how it goes.
And with David the Good, a pleasant surprise
I learned something today ... so it is a good day. Thanks yall.
Glad to hear it! Thank you for watching.
Hey someone found a good use for a Bradford Pear! lol This is good info to know.
Yep, it makes excellent rootstock
bark grafting does work for many scions and just to let you know it is possible to do an apple on these, but not all apples will take and the bark grafting of these is not the best. They will shoot fast and grow but not take too well with the pear wood and be too weak breaking off. if you do an apple recommend a saddle type graft on a small limb or even a water growth. I have converted 2 of these in my front yard been a slow process looking for possible first fruits this year. I kept many limbs which actually slowed the process down but added more types of fruit. NOTE Bradford pear wood is a hardwood and is VERY heavy. when doing the grafting many will leave a nurse branch and remove it later. as this tree starts off it will do many small shoots to get the leaves back so any new shoots cut off especially near any of the new grafts. Pear to pear works well and pretty fast recommend if do more types to label what you have some will just take much better than others. good luck
Good info, thanks for the input.
Glad I revisited the video again this year. Did one today and I’ll modify my technique a little bit for the others. Thanks!
Hope it helps
Great video. A pair of All-Stars in the same video propagating all-star pears. well done.
Thank you, hopefully we will have an update video soon
@@FlomatonFamous Thank you. If David is "David The Good", I believe you need an honorific title, what about "Randall The Resplendent"? Will love to see the results and see what took, took better, or didn't.
That’s funny
My neighbor had three along our fence line, (bradford pears) . One fell on our car and one on our shed. He removed the third when he took down the first two. I was very happy because I get such a sore throat when they bloom, I lose my voice. When we move into the area, everyone at at least two in there yards. Now we are down to four in the whole neighborhood. The next big wind storm will probably take them out. YEAH!!!!
Yea, weak wood. The only plus side of those trees are that they make good rootstock for pears.
Here I thought I was clicking on David the good's channel. Good move I'm subbed now.
Hahahaha, welcome! Since we are both avid gardeners and we are neighbors, you might see a little overlapping. Thanks for subbing.
Don’t be afraid to zoom in 😉
Good teaching video Randell. I will share.
Thank you
Sir, What is chilling requirement of Bradford pear whether it is ornamental or no bearing. Wonderful effort and useful video. Hats off to you. Regards and best wishes please. 👍👌🙏🙏
When we say Bradford we really mean "Callery". It's very low chill probably 200 hours but I can't say for certain.
Awesome video guys! Thank you guys! Can you put apples on a Bradford pear tree or does it have to be some sort of pear?
Again awesome video!
Thank you, pear to pear and apple to apple.
This was a very interesting video. I wish that I could have taken the grafting class in Dothan. Maybe next time.
I'll be offering it in the future, it was great meeting you and chatting!
How long will it take these grafts to produce? I am sure they are from a mature tree, so wondering if they will fruit this year. Thanks!
They will fruit next year, this year they will need time to grow.
Any update on this graft? I'm thinking of doing the same thing next season.
It’s on David’s UA-cam
This is exactly what I’ve wanted to do with a larger Bradford pear that I plan to pollard. I’m just having problems finding a good pear tree for scion wood. Any thoughts?
I’m a new sub from your interview with Billy Bond.
Welcome, yea David is a close friend of mine, we are about 15 minutes from each other. What area are you in? You can find scion wood at Etsy and fruitwood nursery
@@FlomatonFamous Thanks! I’m in West Tennessee between Nashville and Memphis in zone 7a.
I appreciate the leads. I’m new to pears so I’d like to find a good variety for the hot, humid summers here. Winters can get down into the teens. It’s too late to pollard and graft for this season. The Bradford has already leafed out. At least now I know when the best time is.
Na, you can still graft pear, I'm still grafting down here. Southern Bartlett should be a good one for you.
So I take it you will leave them & have 3 different trees?
What about the open end grain of the main trunk?
Will that let disease in and rot it out?
A live tree will callous over and heal the wound
@@FlomatonFamous generally I would agree but, not sure about large flat crossections horizontally. Maybe down south but those cause allot of problems up here in northern PA.
Can I use roofing tar in place of tree cote?
Good question, short answer is no. Petroleum will kill it.
@@FlomatonFamous thank you!
I wouldn’t use a Bradford pear tree as a root stock unless you want your grafted tree to fall down in a wind storm randomly
What would you use?
@@FlomatonFamousQuince is the best rootstock for pear (other than pear seedling), it is slightly dwarfing so the pears are at arm lenght. Hawthorne works too but a few varieties like Williams don't like it
Everclear and hot wives😂😂😂
When is the best time of year to graft?
Early spring right before bud break.
Thank you very much..... also where should I buy pear scions? Off eBay? I live in Virginia. Thanks again
@@Jeremy_936 yes and check Etsy
Thank you