Urban feral mulberry hunting 2024, 30 new trees taste tested. 4 winners found

[noogy]

Dang! He wont have much of a tree left, but send me a couple too lol got paypal

[Ariel]

The mulberries that I’m familiar with, as long as there’s a nubbin left, they will always grow! I’ve even seen a chunk of mulberry firewood grow leaves after being cut for a whole winter!

[Melon]

Are you still sending out cuttings?

[Lucas]

I’d be interested as well for some cuttings. Can trade for other varieties and pay as well

[Fishinjunky]

Sad update on the number one tree​:cry:

Im heartbroken my favorite Mulberry tree cut down. Will the stump grow suckers?

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…

[Barb]

I have two Gerardi and they are doing well in my Zone 4/5A climate here in Vermont. Last year, it was just starting to fruit…I only got maybe 20 berries the whole season of one of the plants. The other hadn’t yet started to fruit. I’m hoping for big things this summer! So delicious!

[sgld]

Sorry to hear that.
Mulberries are usually very resilient, almost weedy. It should grow back from the stump. Especially if it was cut during the fall/winter

[rubus_chief]

Any updates on the tree that was cut down; have any suckers popped up?

Thanks

[Fishinjunky]

UPDATE

the stump of the best one that was cut down sent up a shoot. Now I just hope the weedeater doesn’t get it. The land owner is going to make sure not to cut it down

[murky]

I would put some chicken wire or hardware cloth or something around it. 50/50 it gets wacked or sheered off by rabbits or something otherwise.

[Lucas]

@Fishinjunky

the stump of the best one that was cut down sent up a shoot. Now I just hope the weedeater doesn’t get it. The land owner is going to make sure not to cut it down

Woohoo! Fingers crossed it makes it!

[Petebacher]

Find yourself a few trees that will not be cut down and prepare to graft this season so you’re ready next year. Best bet might mlght be to dig up and pot or relocate to your property several small seedlings. Care for them well and they should be graftable as rootstock next season. If that sprout grows like crazy, you might could get enough growth to be able to immediate graft it this season if you’re lucky. I have little experience with rooting which might also be an option. Good luck!

[rubus_chief]

Give it a name!

[clarkinks]

I’m impressed with what you found! I wonder if they would cross well with others and we could get a cold, hardy 3" berry!!! Those fruit look in excess of 1". That is a very rare find.

[Fishinjunky]

@rubus_chief ive nicknamed it Virginia Ave. for now. That’s name of the street it hung over

[Fishinjunky]

@clarkinks thank you. It would be really interesting to try crossing for sure!! If everything works out ill send you some scions. Im going to put a cage around the shoot. There’s also a couple of very young seedlings growing in a flower bed directly under where the tree hung. I highly suspect they are seedlings from this tree. I was really impressed with the length of the berries some even longer than pictured. Its for sure a seedling it was growing up around a power cable.