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Anyone plant mulberry trees? Any particular cultivars?
Posted on 4/11/24 at 11:04 pm
Posted on 4/11/24 at 11:04 pm
I love mulberrys. Second only to raspberries. The wild ones are fine but are there any that have been cultivated for better fruit production that have worked well for you?
I planted a variety about 5 years ago that was suppose to be "everbearing" or something like that. And it does set berries 2 or three times a year but they are too small to be worth picking (small kidney bean size). I'm thinking of cutting it down and planting a wild one in its place but first was going to see if there is anything better.
I planted a variety about 5 years ago that was suppose to be "everbearing" or something like that. And it does set berries 2 or three times a year but they are too small to be worth picking (small kidney bean size). I'm thinking of cutting it down and planting a wild one in its place but first was going to see if there is anything better.
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Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:01 am to Turnblad85
Check out this site (tyty nursery) they have a good bit of different varieties:
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This post was edited on 4/12/24 at 7:03 am
Posted on 4/12/24 at 7:31 am to Turnblad85
Question: Do you spray your mulberry trees for pest control?
Where I once lived they had wild mulberry trees growing next to a good size pond and the trees would put out tons of beautiful berries every year, but when looked at closely I'd see very tiny white maggot like worms crawling between the small round balls that formed the fruit.
Being wild, I knew nobody was tending to the trees.
Where I once lived they had wild mulberry trees growing next to a good size pond and the trees would put out tons of beautiful berries every year, but when looked at closely I'd see very tiny white maggot like worms crawling between the small round balls that formed the fruit.
Being wild, I knew nobody was tending to the trees.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 10:36 am to CajunTiger78
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tyty nursery
I live about 45 minutes away from them...they are great to buy from in person when you can see the plants, but had a REALLY bad reputation for mail orders.
They had a bunch of BBB reports in the past for sending people broken/dead sticks and refusing any kind of customer service. Hopefully it's cleaned up but just take caution and read the policies if you go with them
This post was edited on 4/12/24 at 10:39 am
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:12 am to gumbo2176
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: Do you spray your mulberry trees for pest control?
Never and the wild ones I pick from other than the birds and coons, ect they seem to be pest-free. I didn't even realize they could have an insect pest problem.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:15 am to CajunTiger78
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Check out this site (tyty nursery) they have a good bit of different varieties:
I didn't realize there were quite so many varieties. I'm a bit gun-shy of planting anything without a recommendation since my bad experience of waiting 5 years to find out the "everbearing" mulberry had serious drawbacks.
I'm deep-south btw
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:40 am to Turnblad85
I wouldn't go with ty ty unless the prices are so low you can buy twice as many as you need.
I love Mulberries also, lost 3 trees, have one left. Dont know why they died unless the neighbor poisoned them. You need them a ways off your back porch, bird droppings from them are bad. I believe I bought mine from Isons. I used to find them wild and eat to my heart's content until I read a post saying they have little maggots in them. Which took a good percentage of my life's joy away.
I love Mulberries also, lost 3 trees, have one left. Dont know why they died unless the neighbor poisoned them. You need them a ways off your back porch, bird droppings from them are bad. I believe I bought mine from Isons. I used to find them wild and eat to my heart's content until I read a post saying they have little maggots in them. Which took a good percentage of my life's joy away.
Posted on 4/12/24 at 11:58 am to jeffsdad
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I used to find them wild and eat to my heart's content until I read a post saying they have little maggots in them. Which took a good percentage of my life's joy away.
I've run into that twice. Once on the trees by the lagoon near my old house and again where I'm now living when a neighbor had a mulberry tree that hung over the front fence and sidewalk. He never picked them and eventually cut the tree down since they are quite the mess staining the sidewalk and, like you mentioned, the nasty blue bird crap everywhere.
I picked a quart or so one day and when I checked them out I saw little white worms crawling around them. They are really small and could be easily overlooked.
After finding that, I'd pick them and put them in cold water and change out the water several times to try to get rid of them.
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