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Post by nhmountains on Mar 30, 2017 11:14:34 GMT -6
Stu,
Did you every try this? I noticed he cuts across the bottom bud because that area has energy stored in it.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 30, 2017 14:08:27 GMT -6
I have not. I'd like to try messing around with mulberry propagation once my Traders get some size to them.
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 30, 2017 18:30:50 GMT -6
Here's another one that makes propagating them look easy.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 30, 2017 18:52:02 GMT -6
From reading threads on mulberry propagation on the fruit growing forum, it sounds like sometimes it's super easy to do...and others not so much.
It does sound like whites and reds are easier to propagate than blacks, so that's good news for northern guys. Blacks are only hardy to zone 7 or 8 I think. Most reds and whites to 5, 4 is pushing it. IL Everbearing is a hybrid of red and white, some guy in 3b in North Dakota told me his is alive and doing well after a few winters. Trader and Northrup are (I think) two examples of whites with more winter hardiness than "regular" whites.
In areas where whites grow well and winter isn't an issue (like my old place), you don't need to worry much about propagating them...they are prolific re-seeders...to the point of being invasive.
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Post by wiscwhip on Mar 30, 2017 19:05:30 GMT -6
In areas where whites grow well and winter isn't an issue (like my old place), you don't need to worry much about propagating them...they are prolific re-seeders...to the point of being invasive. I see this happening along the marsh trail here in town. Berries drop on the trail and get stepped on and carried further down the path, the whole thing is getting to be lined with baby mulberry trees. Even in areas of heavy shade, they are starting to dominate patches of the understory. That said, anyone wanting to try them shouldn't be afraid of some shade. |
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 30, 2017 19:05:54 GMT -6
Other than that 200 year old tree up across from my inlaws I've never seen one in Vermont or New Hampshire. I ordered some Russian seedlings from Burgess. I figured I couldn't go wrong at $3.50 each.
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Post by smsmith on Mar 30, 2017 19:10:35 GMT -6
Russians are whites (morus alba). Maybe you already know, but there are male and female trees. With unsexed seedlings, a guy should expect 50/50 males/females.
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 30, 2017 19:39:53 GMT -6
Russians are whites (morus alba). Maybe you already know, but there are male and female trees. With unsexed seedlings, a guy should expect 50/50 males/females. Nope. Thanks for the heads up. Their ad said they were self pollinating. I'll be planting two in each location. How's that work if I take cuttings? Will they always be male from a male plant and female from a female plant? www.eburgess.com/6139-russian-mulberry |
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Post by smsmith on Mar 30, 2017 19:46:40 GMT -6
Mulberries are interesting trees. They can apparently switch sexes on their own. I've never had that happen, but I've only been around a couple of fruiting trees.
One big reason the fruit folks graft or asexually propagate mulberries is because they want an exact clone (pretty much like apples) of a particular tree. Any female white mulberry will produce fruit, but there are "good" ones and not so good ones (so I'm told).
If you take a cutting from a male plant, odds are high that it too will be a male plant...unless it changes its own sex anyway
Male rootstocks can be grafted using a scion from a female plant...resulting in a female plant (usually anyway)
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