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We did this in agriculture class when I was 14/15. It was fun. Many years later my kids enjoyed pears & apples from those trees yearly, as we bought my grammas old house where the trees were planted.

David, thank you for this detailed information! A small tip: if you want to wrap the graft with parafilm against evaporation, this is very easy if you do this partially in advance. This way the new connection will not be under too much pressure during this operation and you have even more chance of success! Greetings from Belgium

I love how thru out the video that the band-aids are multiplying lol

When I were taught gardening, about a century ago, we had secateurs/pruning shears, grafting knife, raffia and grafting wax. When oculating roses we used only raffia to bind the oculared eye onto the root stock.......there has been not much 'new' developments into the art of grafting, which makes me feel not so old 😁. Thank you for this nice video.

I started watching this and I was like "48 minutes? You crazy, mang!". And then I started watching and couldn't stop. Great video, David!

Too much! This was the best grafting video I have ever seen. Love your teaching style. I have wanted to attempt grafting for many years. This makes me want to go out and practice on wood like you showed at the end while that funny song played on! Bravo for this and all your videos!

By the time I got to the end I lost my fear... And then I saw all that band aid 😂... Thanks great video.

Really amazing. After watching this video, I have lost my fear of doing grafting. Thanks for a such detailed explanation.

This is the very best video on how to graft plants,very long but worth the time.

"You can loose your fear of grafting" song was jamming!

Great video David, but you made me cringe a couple times pulling that fixed blade utility knife towards yourself. But, then I saw the multiple band aids on both of your hands and I said to myself, " No Worries, He's a Professional ", haha. I had an avocado tree years ago at my parents house that I started from seed. It never would produce fruit so a friend of my pop's showed me how to graft. Fast forward a few years and I had three varieties of awesome avocados on one parent plant, root stock.

I noticed the first bandaid, then the second and the third and thought you might be having a challenging day with your knife, but when I saw eight, I was sure of it! Great tutorial. Thanks for being GOOD, DAVID!

Thank you. You’re a good teacher. Some people know their stuff but can’t express nor pass it to the novice. You made it so easy, I tried first time on a mango tree & was a Success. Bravo 👏 keep it up 👍🏼

Thank you so very much the best grafting video I've seen yet.

I graft alot in florida the possibilities are endless

This video was brilliant,. Professional even. Informational, with no filler, clear and concise.

The best grafting video out of so many. Easy to u understand without leaving doubts or learning gaps.

For a moment I thought you were going to unwind a band-aid and proclaim, "And recently I've succeeded in grafting on a finger!" Good stuff. I read the Free Plants for Everyone book past few days. If y'all like the video, definitely check out the book. Lots of helpful information in there. (I think it helps to read the book and then watch this since this is all new to me, but the book has a lot of other propagating info, in addition to grafting.)

Oh my goodness!! Thank you so much for doing this video. I've never had the courage to try grafting but I think I can do it now!

what a patient man

I love the anole that came to see what you were doing while you were painting the cleft graph at 42:31. He tried threatening you first and then just sat and watched you. LOL BTW, love the bandaids. LOL

Im only halfway through & this is absolutely the most informative video I have seen on grafting! Thankyou so much, Mel from Australia!😁

Ha, I'm no longer afraid to graft my fruit trees! Yippee!! Thanks David!

This video deserves WAY MORE views!

I just loved his videos , he is very open and great in way of teaching as he didn't mind if he make mistakes, he's having the way of make things simple , just loved his video, ........

LOL those band aids... Nice one mate! Great Info!!! Thank you!!!

No matter how old the video, I never fail to learn something on your channel, David the Good. Thank you so much for your clear instructions and all the background information that makes it all make sense.

Great video. Informal and informative. I've been grafting for about ten years and I learned from reading and just practicing. Still it's a good idea to see what other folks know since this is one activity where there's always more to learn. Once you have learned the basics you can experiment in so many ways. Beyond technique the most important thing to learn is when to do it. I know you couldn't possibly cover that here because it varies so much from type of plant to climate.

I used to fear from grafting, and after this video and few more, i grafted an old tree like 25 grafts, and one of them succeeded. Ye, i lost my fear of grafting :) thanks for the instruction

I like how the video progressed and the bandaids increased. Thanks for the tip. It makes me want to start avacadoing again.

Great film! Thanks for all, David!

You say be careful. You do the same, love how the number of band-aids on your fingers increases throughout the video. Thank you for posting, I learned a lot.

I love how the number of Band-Aids just grows in every shot lol

Excellent tutorial… We have wanted to try grafting for years but we’re too scared we would stuff it up and kill the tree at least … but now we feel brave enough to give it a go … so thanks for the encouragement and great video… we have subscribed to your channel and given it a thumbs up ..

Fantastic Video. Honestly one of the best I"ve seen on youtube. I think I can actually go out and do this now. Much Thanks.

That song at the end!! So great.

❤️ the song!🤣 I'm gonna loose my fear, now! Thank Ya!

Thanks David for demonstrating in the simplest and most easy manner

Super Video.Danke!

The Band-Aids are so funny!

This is going to be my first year grafting. I got some specific breed pawpaw scions that I'm going to graft to some pre-existing adult pawpaw trees on my land. Thank you for this video.

Great video! The song at the end made me lol.

A wonderful detailed and informative video. I hope to do my first graft this Spring even though I help with a few fruit tree grafts in my backyard.

Yes you do have a lot of fun that's the way to do it. Life is good. Very informative to me coz I'm hopefully starting to live in a land from scratch doing homesteading. Thank you.

Thanks for a most informative presentation. You are a great teacher. Keep it up.

For what it is worth...I watch a lot of informative videos and yours are both some of the most enjoyable and entertaining. Most importantly you give the vibe of a good man. I've been wrong before but my gut doesn't steer me wrong often. Thanks for everything and stay Good David.

Everything I wanted to know, beautifully explained and demo'd - thank you ! Gotta go practise the grafting and singing the grafting song.

I enjoyed watching the bandaid grafts too ; )

Best video on grafting! Thank you. LOL, love your grafting tune at the end!

I have seen a lot of grafting videos but i wasn't expecting this one to be so good. ✌️😀👍

Awesome video David..Bless you brother..thank you

Thank you! Love your information as to how to graft! I'm doing it!!!

I love the song at the end!😍😂😍😂😍 thanks for all the info 🙏🏻

Great info, thanks.

You Rock. God bless y’all

Wonderful information thank you so much for sharing! Have a blessed day!

Such a good introduction to grafting! Just awesome, thank you :)

All the bandaids! THE HORROR! Lost your fear for sure. :o). Great video, God bless!

Thank you David for the very informative video, I live in the Middle East in kuwait and tried crafting a few time without any success because I was doing it in the wrong time but know thanks to you I know when to do it next time , keep the good videos coming up with many thanks.

Thanks for the excellent, informative and inspiring video! I'm going to give it a try right now!

Great video. Loved the song at the end. Going grafting soon. Thank you.

Good jam you threw in too, entertaining!

Fantastic video, thank you for sharing.

Best tutorial ever!! Thx!

great, thank you so much, love your song at the end!!!

Thanks Dave, I learnt heaps and have lots of experimenting in mind 🙏🏼👍

Great video - thanks so much. We cannot wait to get started.

Great video! Very informative, halirious ending! Keep on keeping on David the Good

I have what looks like an old crab apple tree that is on my new property. I thought it was dead but decided to trim and water it and it came back to life and gave me a few small looking crab apple looking fruit s. I am so excited to use this robust stalk to graft in n some apple varieties!!!!!! I am no longer afraid❤️

Thanks so much for this fantastic video!! One of the best I have seen❤️

well that made grafting easier for everybody thx for showying your skill david u just made the world a better place!!!!

Excellent work

Love the song, the video and the band aids! Oh and how cool about the long blooming loquat! I would love to try that here in Oregon.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Unfortunately I still had no success with grafting. I hope this year will be better.

Great video. One of your best ones. Thanks for sharing!

I don't think I've ever watch a video this long so attentively. Great stuff man! Thank You! The ending had me bust out laughing. LOLOLOL!

This was an excellent instructional - thanks for your time with your videos.

Wow! I didn't know it was so easy!

Awesome !!! no more fear.

LOL the ending song is classic! Bravo man

Great job David.

Great information thanks David 😊

Och! It's -9 here in South Dakota! 😨 and you're out grafting fruit trees. I'm so jealous. 😆 Ah well. Soon enough it will warm up here! 😉 Love learning from you David! 💋

I watched the whole thing and I already lost the fear. I will practice it and do it. Thanks for doing the video it was great !

Thanks David i really needed that nudge

Great Video !!! The song was my favorite part!!!!

Thank you for a great instructional and informative how-to video. I once saw a fig tree that had a single fig on it nearly the size of a large avocado, but all the other figs were average - the size of a large chicken egg. I know where the tree is. I will try grafting that huge fig's scion to a chinaberry stump that continues to grow new shoots over 10' tall every spring. The chinaberry (the other Mahogany) is about 30 years old. Year after year it relentlessly put out millions of blooms and millions of clusters of tiny green apples and when they fell most of them sprouted. That may be the mother lode rootstock! I found a white mulberry tree that put out huge long white mulberry's as sweet as honey and juicy! Ooooo yeah. You bet I will on the same chinaberry stump!! Can't wait!! Incidentally, years ago I inoculated the soil around that tree with a lot of endomychorryzal fungi spores of several Glomus spp. It was available via mailorder. You can look it up. That chinaberry became an enormous beast. I still have tons of the wood to use for anything wood is good for.

YES! I've got those Chickasaw Plums and was ready to chop and drop them. Now I can graft my peach to them...although I don't mind the tiny plums, it just takes a few to fill ya up.

Best grafting video ever! Thanks!

That was a great video and very practical.

Awesome tips thanks for sharing

WATCHED IT ALL THE WAY ! NOW TO PRACTICE >THANK YOU ! :)

Lots of information! Thank you! The funny song at the end just chased all my grafting fear away. :D

Great video. Thank you.

We have a 30 yr. old peach tree that has reached its peak and starting to decline. After watching the video we are going to try grafting the old tree to a young apricot tree. Thanks for your great vids.

Not gonna lie, my brain went to an "Attack of the Clones" place early on in this vid. Then I realized grafting is basically working the system. :-)

Thank you so much for this info !!!! This year will be the year that i will do some grafting !!!!

Hi David! Excellent video. You answered all my questions, Thank you.

Very interesting, thank you for all the info!