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Post by Alan on Jul 5, 2008 21:16:38 GMT -5
I recently planted some Mullberry seeds. Some Morus Ruba that I had bought as well as Morus Alba, both of which I had stratified. I also got some Mullberry seeds from the trees which surround Kim's fathers house and direct planted them into potting mix. Imagine my amazment when I got better germination from the fresh seed than I did the frozen. None the less, it looks like I'm going to have a ton of little mulberry seedlings to plant out come spring. Really excited about that.
I also got some local pear and cherry trees as well as a ton of stuff from Plantsnoobin that is all doing well.
Building an orchard one tree at a time!
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Post by winter unfazed on Jul 13, 2008 10:30:41 GMT -5
The mulberries don't need stratification because they sprout in the late summer, from fruit dropped from the tree (or from seeds transported by birds in their you-know-what). We have red (rubra) and white (alba) around here. They are both afflicted by mites, the white more so than the red.
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Post by tomc on Jul 14, 2008 19:44:36 GMT -5
As it gets nearer to autumn would you be interested barter Alan?
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Post by Alan on Jul 15, 2008 20:04:39 GMT -5
Sure would Tom. I should have plenty of all three varieties, as a matter of fact I need to transplant some to larger pots tomarrow, but will have plenty still small enough to send by fall. I was really suprised by how quickly they germinated and started to grow, they really took off over the past two days!
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Post by plantsnobin on Jul 16, 2008 12:07:34 GMT -5
Alan, I noticed today a mulberry seedling (bird sown) coming up in the mulched area down by the greenhouse. I think I may leave it, even though it is smack dab in the middle. I am seriously considering fencing in down there and putting chickens and ducks there. I could rework the building a bit and put a door on the north side for them. I really need to get an area fenced for them, if I want to have any berries of any kind.
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Post by winter unfazed on Jul 18, 2008 9:18:31 GMT -5
Oh, but mulberries are so easy to find; there's a tree on practically every corner!
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Post by Alan on Jul 26, 2008 22:03:55 GMT -5
They must be a lot more common in your area then, becuase out here in Indiana any more they are actually kind of few and far between, and to this day, I have never seen a white one that wasn't from a cultivated source because the Morus Alba type is not native to North America, hence my want and desire to grow it here.
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Post by plantsnobin on Jul 27, 2008 9:03:36 GMT -5
Alan, don't know if you want any more sources of seed from local area, but last week Mike called me and said, 'what kind of berry grows on a tree, but the berry looks like a blackberry?'. I say, well it is probably a mulberry. He says, will it hurt you? I say why are you asking? He says cause dumbass Chad just ate one. I tell him he will be fine, I hear Mike tell Chad that they have to go to the hospital right now. Chad said it was really good, and it was growing at Scott's, so if you want any, I can get you some.
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Jul 28, 2008 4:31:04 GMT -5
We have a tree on the place my parents live. And the neighbors have 2-4 in their yard and horse pasture. I can get you all the seeds you want. I remember as a kid playing in the yard without any shoes on. I'd come in the house with my feet stained purple. And mulberry stain doesn't come off easy!
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Post by michaeljohnson on Nov 20, 2008 1:04:56 GMT -5
All you need now to compliment the mulberries is a batch of chinese silkworms and your in business, you could weave you own silk ties and underwear.-they only eat the white variety though.
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Post by Alan on Nov 20, 2008 1:11:53 GMT -5
True, I remember reading an article about how the british empire wanted to get in on the silk trade and the king ordered that everyone grow mullberry trees, he even gave out seedlings and seeds only to later realize that it was the American black/red mullberry and wouldn't/couldn't support the silk worm, I thought that was pretty interestig, at least the good folks of England had some wonderful fruit to eat!
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Post by orflo on Nov 20, 2008 1:39:47 GMT -5
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Post by canadamike on Nov 20, 2008 1:58:31 GMT -5
«frank, you are crual. You know very well we can't grow this tree here, only the folks in the Carolinas and Texas . There iare also the crosses between alba and rubra, Illinois everbearing and a couple of others. Morus rubra makes it up to here, I plan on puting a few in the ground next year. They are actually far better than the stupid blackberries sold in the stores, which are nothing else than colored acid. In french, the name is the same for black and mul-berries.
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Post by ottawagardener on Nov 20, 2008 14:25:14 GMT -5
Mike: I hear ya!
I would also like to grow a mulberry tree amoung my many, many other ambitions, though I am worried what my neighbours will think when the birds get it at it and do their business on their interlocked driveways. Anyhow, I best opt for white.
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Post by daedelus902 on Jan 15, 2009 11:46:31 GMT -5
Hi Alan,
If you have any remaining would you be willing to sell or trade some of your Mulberry seedlings, (preferably the Morus Alba)? We will be grafting this Spring and would like to acquire a dozen or so if you have this many to spare.
Thanks,
Mike & Daniela in NC
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