Last summer I found an absolutely amazing delicious Mulberry tree. It’s the best Mulberry tree I’ve found. It the number one tree in the thread below from last summer hunting for special Mulberry trees.
I went to collect scions today and the tree was gone only a stump left. The stump is cut to ground level branches all gone. I talked to the land owner and they are going to allow suckers to grow from the stump this summer for me to collect.
Will the stump grow suckers?
It was a big tree with a large root system. But cut pretty close to ground level.
What about root cuttings?
I want to apologize to everyone that requested scions for taking so long to reply I’ve had some health problems.
If they cut it down recently (meaning after it dropped all its leaves), then they simply coppiced the tree & it could easily grow ten feet this year. But even if your #1 mulberry was actively growing when they hacked it, I bet you’ll find plenty of sprouts in the Spring.
Govermental entities that cut down trees here rarely paint the stumps with herbicides, those trees inevitably grow back. Private contracted tree removal services almost always complete the job with an herbicide application.
@lucky_p. Thank you if it dies im going to grow one of your finds. What one do you recommend that may be similar to this one?
I think its alba x rubra haybrid. Long berries heavy staining doesnt fruit in clusters it fruit along the branch. Vey short shelf life berries melt if picked an left in sun. Its fruits heavily for 3 weeks. Tastes like a incredible black raspberry
Little doubt about it being a hybrid; that’s some HEAVY production, and the fruits look great! Those berries are very similar in appearance to Illinois Everbearing and my ‘Corral’ selection.
One mulberry that I liked really well had white berries and produced for three months straight. It was cut down last winter by the county and never sprouted back even though they didn’t spray. I saved some scions and grafted onto another tree though.
You should get a ton of growth from it this spring if no herbicides were applied. Usually ( not always) the herbicides will have die added to them, red or blue color.
I my area they seldom spray the stumps in a distribution ROW, usually only the transmission ROW.
So sorry to hear the news! If you graft perhaps you can plant a rootstock from one of the natives you found. I would be happy to send you Illinois Everbearing scions in spring if you have a rootstock. Having a tree on your property where you have control is your best bet. I do hope this one grows back, but just in case perhaps you should plan on an alternative. I could graft one for you on my rootstock and ship it to you next fall bareroot once dormant if you decide you want to plant one where only you can care for it. Just let me know!
Dennis
Kent, Wa
In my experience once a mulberry reaches 6 inches or so in diameter they do not sprout from the stump when cut down. They do not sucker from the root ever.
That’s interesting. I had an Illinois Everbearing, maybe 8-12" in diameter at the base, that split down the middle in a summer storm. I coppiced it, expecting suckers. Nothing grew. Nothing at all.
The removed tree appears to have been in a lawn area subject to regular mowing, that would be the greatest threat to any regrowth, especially if the mowing is hired out or assigned to someone not familiar with the situation.
