• Wednesday, 12 April 2017

    Helpful Tips: How to Grow White and Black Mulberry, Benefits of Mulberry Berries



    Dwarf Mulberry 7" pot

    Morus sp. Dwarf Mulberry - These pre-bonsai flower and fruit readily. Leaves will reduce with training. This tree likes full sun. Average water. Tropical plant, protect from freezing temps.



    Mulberry Bush or Tree

    Yeah, I grew up singing that song. Did you? Brings back memories doesn’t it? I also remember my older sister, when she was a teenager, sitting up in this great big tree eating mulberries.



    Mulberries produce their first flowers

    Mulberries produce their first flowers even before they put out their new leaves in the spring. They really look like green caterpillars. They continue to put out leaves and more flowers for 6-8 weeks. Here in Florida we also get a second smaller crop in the fall. These flowers are pollinated by wind and the flowers start to plump up and change from green to white to red to very dark almost black, with a blood red juice.



    What does the mulberry need

    The Mulberry tree grows in zone 7 or above. It tolerates drought and poor soil, but will produce better with irrigation and a nice deep loam as it likes to stretch out its extensive root system to support that big tree. It also needs to be well drained as standing in water will cause root rot.



    White Mulberry Benefits

    1. Helps Control Blood Sugar
    2. Packed With Antioxidants
    3. Reduce Cholesterol
    4. Good Health
    5. Weight Reduction
    6. Improves Immunity
    7. Skin Problems


    Propagation of Weeping Mulberry

    Weeping mulberry is a cultivar of the white mulberry (Morus alba), a species that is ready and willing to propagate. The tree releases pollen from its catkins at half the speed of sound, the most rapid movement recorded in any plant species. Once the seeds hit soil, young seedlings grow so fast that the tree is considered invasive in several states.



    How to Grow and Plant Mulberries

    Mulberries are easy to grow. Fertilize in spring with compost and mulch to keep the soil evenly moist. Prune young trees in late winter to develop strong structural branches. To keep tall varieties in bounds, consider summer pruning to cut back the branches and make the tree more of a rounded shape. Plant mulberry trees in spring in full to part sun location on well drained, compost amended soil. They’re forgiving of poor soil conditions. Space large trees at least 30 feet apart and smaller trees 10 to 15 feet.



    Mulberry Tree: Mulberry Tree In Garden

    Now decorative species of a mulberry tree exist. They are widely used for landscape design. A mulberry tree is planted in spring or in autumn. It is better to choose a place where the direct sunlight is present. When you purchase a mulberry tree, choose three-year old nurslings that have already given berries.



    Growing Mulberry in Containers | How to Grow Mulberry Tree in a Pot

    Mulberry fruits are rarely available in the market due to their short shelf life but growing them in containers can allow you to taste them FRESH. Check out!
    Often people directly plant the fruit trees or shrubs in large pots, which is not right; this way the plant start to grow its roots rather than focusing on the growth above. START with small containers. For example, choose a standard 5-gallon pot (12 inches wide and deep in size) or a little bigger 7-gallon pot (14 inches deep and wide) and upgrade to one size bigger pot each time when you see the plant is getting root bound.



    Grow your own Black Mulberry

    Compact vigorous grower with early large elogated deep red/black fruit. Rich mulberry flavour. Moderately purne early July.

    Beautiful tree which produces very juicy fruits that ripen over an extended period.



    You will have to share your mulberries. This fruit is a favorite of squirrels and birds.The only other pest I have had with this tree is in the late summer the caterpillars will eat the leaves.

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