MULBERRIES what are you growing?!

@VexingImp … i got a Silk Hope from her year before last and an Oscar from her this spring.

Silk hope has produced some very good berries already… this spring.

Oscar no fruit yet… but it grew well this year… 9 ft tall several nice branches… hope to get some fruit from it next year. Oscar (others here have told me) has a nice flavor… sweet and tart… blackberry like.

This youtube vid convinced me to try Oscar.

TNHunter

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Nice :+1:, its about time to put booty shorts on most of mine or the winter vermin will gerd them.

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‘Lawson Dawson’ originated here in Christian Co., KY, z6/7; has performed well in NJ and VT.
Blake Cothron offers several mulberries from his Peaceful Heritage Nursery, that were selected in the greater Louisville(KY) and central KY area.

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You might want to experiment with growing some ‘Siam Jumbo’ cuttings and grafts outdoors. Here’s a quote from Eliza Greenman’s (zone 7A I believe) IG back in February:

"Man I love ‘siam jumbo’ mulberry. Great taste, very large berries, high yielding. In July of 2022 I bought out the woman selling these (rooted cuttings) and im building up my population. These trees were dug in November and since I lost my cold storage from last year (because we moved), they’ve been in the greenhouse. Can’t wait to have loads of mulbs in spring!

I’ve got 10 or so grafted Siam Jumbo that are proving hardy here outside (and still dormant). I’m excited to work these trees into an annual u-pick form/put some things I’ve learned off of non-english youtube to the test."

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Grafted everbearing onto a volunteer. Was looking fine 2 weeks ago. Any thoughts?

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Compared with other end of row - Pakistani grafted a year and a half ago.

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was the grafting tape still on? I had this happen to only 1 mulberry before and the buddy tape was still wrapped on the graft union. From late summer to the next spring where it leafed out and quickly declined.

I double checked that too. And no. It seems to have happen to both grafts. I might have OVERWATERED it a couple weeks ago but they were all looking a bit dry. The other four are showing healthy new growth though. So weird.

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Very weird. Did the whole tree die? My entire tree was dead so maybe something else going on aside from the graft union. It was a small pot.

Does anyone know what might have caused only the oldest leaves to get chlorotic like this while most of the other leaves seem pretty healthy? I’m wondering if it got slightly over-fertilized because I put a bunch of pots around it in early summer that had been recently fed with fish emulsion, and also fed the mulberry a little itself.

This is Galicia on its own roots:

Here is what it looked like (one of these two) in spring 2023 when it was freshly rooted:

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Mine are turning a golden yellow as they go dormant. almost the same golden color of the aspens.

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One of mine looks EXACTLY like that too. I think its just starting to go to fall.

Something caused that early on… but it obviously grew out of it or conditions improved. The newer extended growth looks great. I would not worry about it. I bet that next year all leaves will be normal.

If those yellow leaves bother you… I am sure you could remove them and not slow down the growth of the tree one bit.

My deer have been extra agressive towards browsing mulberry and even the okra in my garden this year (drought made that worse than usual).

Many of the lower leaves from my mulberries have been eaten… but the tops are still growing like crazy.

TNHunter

Any iron and magnesium in that? I’d think that would take care of the yellowing - not cause it unless seriously out of balance. But the growth would indicate it wasn’t.

Going to try Ik Soo Bong Mulberry. New selection from Korea… supposedly hardy to -25F Not much out there on it but im into mulbs.

(im buying mine from Burnt Ridge).

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When does everyone prune their mulberries? I’m planning to remove some lower/horizontal branches on “Galicia” this winter, and rooting the cuttings (on a heating pad in the greenhouse) to give them away in the little free plant library in spring, but I’m not sure if it’s better to start them rooting before the tree fully goes dormant, or if it’s better to wait and start them near the end of winter. I’ve usually rooted cuttings that I purchased around now or early winter in the past, but haven’t collected my own cuttings with total freedom to decide the timing.

I had missed this reply! My soil is glacial silty/sand/clay with ample micronutrients and minerals, I’ve never heard of anyone having any kind of deficiency here other than nitrogen, though pH is low enough to lock out some things for species sensitive to that.

@swincher … i normally prune and collect scion wood first week of January.

The trees that I dont collect scion from will be pruned later… after all scion has been collected.

TNHunter

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For grafting, that’s what I’d do too, but I wasn’t sure if now would be better for rooting, since it could be on a heating pad all winter and be rooted better by spring.

Red Himalayan mulberry fruiting a second time.

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I saw Burnt Ridge has 10 Russian Mulberry for $45 sale for winter/spring shipping.
Is it better to graft onto Russian Mulbery or root mulberry cuttings (as I saw some posts saying some varieties root easily)? I guess I just want what is best for Zone 5b US (mid New York state) and maybe no root suckers.