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Post by johno on Jan 22, 2011 9:40:25 GMT -5
We have two mulberry trees. I don't know the species, but the berries ripen to black. Somebody remind me this summer, and I'll save seeds (if the birds don't beat me to it!).
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Post by cortona on Feb 23, 2011 13:34:23 GMT -5
woow, i'm realy impressed from this elongated mullberry. i've the withe one and a friend give me a plant of the red one, but anibody know if this muleberry bred true from seeds(or at least similar)never see anywere here.....so a new interessant fruiting plant to have!
ps castanea have you any seeds remained? i realy like it and if you dont have can you save me some wen the time come?
thanks in advance
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Post by ozarklady on Feb 23, 2011 14:53:44 GMT -5
Mulberries pop up like weeds here. I just found about 3-4 growing in the fence row of my garden, and I tied a ribbon on them, to be sure to leave them.
I have one in my driveway, it drops them all over my truck. There is also 2-3 more large mulberry trees along the path to my "in the forest garden".
Problem is: these trees don't have any low branches. I remember climbing the mulberry and sitting there eating them. There is just no way to get to these. They are under major attack by tent caterpillars, and no way to reach them to spray them.
Is there a way to keep them pruned and be able to reach the mulberries? It is likely too late for the big trees, but the smaller ones that are sprouting all the time, could be kept small with pruning? maybe?
White mulberries, like the white blackberries... I want some! Keep me on your want some list for after harvest.
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Post by mjc on Feb 23, 2011 15:00:47 GMT -5
Yes, mulberries can be forced into a 'bush', small tree, topiary, espaliered or just about any form you could imagine. Just start pruning. For the large trees...leave them be, they may keep the birds happy and away from the smaller ones and other crops.
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Post by castanea on Feb 23, 2011 20:30:05 GMT -5
woow, i'm realy impressed from this elongated mullberry. i've the withe one and a friend give me a plant of the red one, but anibody know if this muleberry bred true from seeds(or at least similar)never see anywere here.....so a new interessant fruiting plant to have! ps castanea have you any seeds remained? i realy like it and if you dont have can you save me some wen the time come? thanks in advance I don't think I have any left, but if I do I will send you some. I will have more this summer. The big Pakistan mulberry breeds fairly true from seed: www.eat-it.com/plants.php?func=view&id=396 |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Feb 24, 2011 6:20:36 GMT -5
Castanea, did you read the bottom of the page you linked to?
There may be wild seedlings growing and producing in your area. Learn to know the better tasting ones and protect them as a useful community food. Mulberries are powerful antioxidants. Their cancer preventive life extension qualities cleans the blood, strengthens kidneys, hearing, vision. [glow=red,2,300]Helps constipation, anemia, and graying hair.[/glow]
Now, you KNOW I was already interested in the mulberries... but.. umm... how do you "HELP" graying hair?
Of course I was cracking up when I first read that. However, I actually DO know some of the science behind the process of how and why hair goes gray. I'm wondering what sort of molecular process would be occurring or do they mean you can use the juice as a topical dye?
If mulberries can actually manipulate the function of melanin producers.... well... the imagination runs rampant!
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Post by mnjrutherford on Feb 24, 2011 6:35:50 GMT -5
By the by, they are a 6 hour drive from us. Do you have any experience with this company? It might be a place to spend some of the insurance money. They have a lot of different pawpaw trees along with everything else and I need additional varieties for pollination.
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Post by synergy on Mar 10, 2011 21:09:20 GMT -5
I just planted red mullberry from seeds Spacecase sent , (thank you! ) and I found out they are an endangered species in Canada known to inhabit southern Ontario. If I get them to grow they will be spaced out in a semi forest orchard mixed with nut trees and conifers . cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/factsheets/mulberryI am sure finding it harder and harder to find fruit and nut trees for sale in British Columbia. We have a stupid 13% HST tax now applied on all seeds, trees and plants as well as all food here . Johno, I may take you up on that offer to remind you in summer to gather some seeds, Lisa |
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Post by johno on Mar 10, 2011 22:56:49 GMT -5
Please do!
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Post by johno on Jun 6, 2011 13:38:11 GMT -5
Mulberries are dropping! I'll freeze some.
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Post by spacecase0 on Jun 6, 2011 17:41:05 GMT -5
my tree is just now starting to have fruit,
not to much longer and I will have more seeds for people,
synergy, did the seeds I sent you ever come up ?
did anyone else get them to come up from seed ?
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Post by castanea on Jun 6, 2011 18:34:12 GMT -5
By the by, they are a 6 hour drive from us. Do you have any experience with this company? It might be a place to spend some of the insurance money. They have a lot of different pawpaw trees along with everything else and I need additional varieties for pollination. I missed this email. Yes, they are a great company. |
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Post by synergy on Jun 6, 2011 21:30:00 GMT -5
Hi Spacecase, I had taken them from the freezer into peat pots and they still have not germinated in over two months, no mold or anything so I am still hopeful. I germinated goji from dried berries and it took about two months .
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Post by castanea on Jun 7, 2011 0:22:01 GMT -5
What I have heard about mulberry seeds (was it here?) is that they will sprout quickly if planted right after the fruit is ripe, but that if they are delayed for very long either through drying or chilling, they take much longer to break dormancy.
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Post by johno on Jun 7, 2011 2:01:49 GMT -5
What I have heard about mulberry seeds (was it here?) is that they will sprout quickly if planted right after the fruit is ripe, but that if they are delayed for very long either through drying or chilling, they take much longer to break dormancy. As fate would have it, I took a very long nap and the mulberries never made it to the freezer. If anyone wants a small but messy sample (the berries have plenty of seeds), shoot me a message with your address. First come first served until I run out of stamps.  |
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