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45 Comments
Great information Luke. Thank you.
Love this video! Apples are memories for me. One thing some of us older gardeners could use is tips for gardening with limitations. Food insecurity is going to happen, and old people need to eat too. We are worried. Very worried.
Why not take cuttings now? Is it because the grafting should be in warmer weather and preserving scion cuttings in the fridge might not keep for that long?
Awesome video dude! Nice finds!
I planted a red and yellow delicious last year. Would I be able to graft a branch from a wild apple onto one of them and get fruit?
As much fun as going garage sailing! 🌿🌿🍎🍎🍏🍏🌿🌿
You are soooo excited by reach find! Just a fun video to watch.
Great info!!
Luke, I love your excitement and passion. I'm in East TN and if i can find some old apple trees i would love to stop by and bring you some cuttings. Wishing you all the best 🍎🍎
Talk about original content. This was such an adventure! Thanks for sharing! I went looking for wild persimmon trees along a walking trail last year. I didn't drop a pin but I took a picture & I know exactly where it is. Going back for cuttings in the spring!
I had no idea this was a thing! That's so cool!! I live in the country and now I have a whole new way of looking at it. 😊
Sure wish I lived in an area where apples grew wild. (Central California foothills).
Glad you are doing the footwork, literally, to save apples. Luke, the next Johnny Appleseed.
Awesome!!
Great info. Good luck
My last "hunt" or forage in wild areas near my house turned up American elderberry bushes and pawpaw trees! Then I went down the rabbit hole of learning when they were best to pick for fruit, etc…. My husband is rolling his eyes, but I have planted some pawpaw seeds in back most corner of our backyard, under the 60 yr old mulberry trees – the elderberry bush is right behind my mailbox, so no hikes needed there! found out my neighbor has a small grove of Hungarian apple trees and get this – the previous own up and took HALF of the trees that were there with them when my neighbor moved in! haha Apple Tree Drama!
I have never thought of doing this! I need to watch and see what you do with the cuttings when you get them
I live in WV. My family has a farm no one has lived on for 30 yrs. Back in the depression my grandfather started an apple orchard. It's still there and feeds many deer and wildlife
Luke, I can't watch….. PLEASE keep at least one hand on the wheel while driving!
Growing up on a 12 acre farm in nw ohio, we had a apple tree in our back woods that the original owner of the property (the one who cleared the land), planted. It was known to be over 150 years old locally. Just before it died, due to lightning strike, my dad took 4 cuttings from it. Each cutting was grafted to the tree up near the house, a honey delicious. Those older apples were 3x the size and we would out compete the host tree's normal branch's on growth. The grafted branches were huge in comparison basically. Over the years, their size played against them and they snapped the limbs due to wind and weight. We managed to save one more grafting that we put to a crab apple tree root stock. Still ongoing if that worked out not. Will know in a few years but seems promising. 😀
We have two apple trees that flank the entrance to our historic neighborhood – it’s only a matter of time they will get cut down – every spring they bloom and become a spectacular entrance but then the fruit sits on the trees and rots every year 🙁 they are smaller but I really think it’s because it hasn’t been pruned in 50 years incredibly prolific and we tasted one – perfect little apple!
That’s a Great idea to use Pins when you locate Apple Trees. I learn so much from you. I’m gonna do that when I’m foraging.
There used to be a “farmer” in Northport MI that had a huge variety of unique apples. He must have retired because he wasn’t open last fall. I can find out more info of exactly where it is if you don’t already know about it!
My grandson planted an apple seed in my garden, and it is producing apples now. ❤
I have an apple tree I was told was 50-100 yrs old. 2 different orchardest professors gave me the different ages. The tree is about 3 ft across and 50 ft tall. The apples taste like a slightly tart royal gala. The apples are large and good for everything except apple sauce. The trunk is getting hollow. The tree puts on about 20 bushels give or take. I am going to have to cut it down because with the weight of the apples that trunk could collapse. I did leave 2 shoots on the roots because I didn't want to loose this tree. I'm kepping the shoot that started producing 2 yrs ago. If you could explain exactly what I need to do I'll send you some of the proper branches. As hood as this tree is it would be wonderful to spread it around. Gor all I know is it's a one of a kind
Also, I discourage people from throwing apple cores out their window or banana peels or any kind of food. It may be biodegradable BUT it draws animals to the road where they get hit by cars. Take that stuff home and compost it!
Thanks, Luke. That was super cool!!😊
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When I saw the title, I had no clue I would learn so much about apples. I should have known better! I LOVE this channel and Luke your enthusiasm is so smile enducing.
We found one in the back of our property this past year. We were so excited!
Awesome video Luke!! How fun!!
How do you get rid of Japanese beetles from eating your fruit trees
How exciting! Be sure and show us how to as far as grafting those scions.
I live in Northern lower peninsula of Michigan and we have about 130 apple trees that were planted from livestock eating and carrying apple seeds long long ago, we tried to catalog them, but they’re all so unique and some of them even taste like starburst candy. If you wanted to come up, I’d love to have you give some pointers on pruning to turn these trees productive again and you could absolutely take as many clippings as you want.
We are in an are that used to be a lot of apple trees. There's still a lot of old varieties on public land/road allowance. Small and flavourful.
Hey so I took garlic started to grow its roots then when it started to put out leaves i put it into the fridge for 6 weeks took it out and it's currently 1 ft ftall growing in with my banana tree inside lmao 🤣 experiments
i drive 35 miles and 1 see at least 400 apple trees just local to my place its just amazing the taste of some of those apples
I wish I knew how to find them. So cool😊
So excited you found 4 different apples!
I've got an old apple tree in my yard that I think used to be part of a farm. It's starting to rot from the inside and I'd love to learn how to grow a new one from it! The apples are good but small
I've found paw paws, persimmon and mulberry all within a few blocks. Until I went looking I never knew.
awesome video. some tips. the seeds of the apples you found will germinate in soil right away since they have been naturally strasfied. apple trees from seed will grow big like those tree but grafting will give you a much smaller ornamental tree. i loved this video. my community has a vast amount of sea side wild apple trees growing right by the salt water and my fav tree has red apples so sweet i dont need to add sugar when i make apple sauce and the red bleeds into the flew. you can also cut apple branches this time of year and stab them in the ground and they will take root But* if the soil isnt fertile they dont make it past the first year. i try every year best ive got is 2yrs old but wasnt home to water and died. the ones i grew from seed are doing alright tho. Cheers and thanks for the great content
I love how excited you get over a tree! Your enthusiasm is infectious- I can’t help but smile and be excited along with you!😊
This is a great presentation, though seeing that most wild or feral apples are not that desirable it would seem that being there when they are ripe and sampling them would insure that time and effort spent is worthwhile. I have been places in the fall of the year and see the most beautiful apples hanging on trees and go and sample them and most taste like wood. Those types of trees are great if you want food for deer.
@MIgardner,thought you spotted a wild Apple Pokemon out in tge Wild of nowehere regular folks would have known it was a apple tree without it't foolage on?.
Ok so im kinda confused. I thought the seeds from trees that were gradted had the genetics of the root not the top? If thats the case then wouldnt you end up with poorer genetics instead of the superior ones feom the tops on trees that were growing wild from seed?
There is a good market for apple trees that hold fruit until winter, regardless of taste. Hunters are looking for them to plant on properties to improve deer habitat.