I was pleasantly surprized to get a pm asking if I would like to get a few mulberry starts!!! How generous!! A gift!! They were potted up right away and are in the shady side of the house to help them adjust with just afternoon sun. One is well leaved out so all will be moved to full sun...
Hi Linda, none of my cuttings made it but I am hopeful that I can snag a few cuttings from an old tree in hte spring. THis time I am better prepared and will take the ladder with me!! Cant wait!!
I have been kindly sent a few mulberry berries which are planted.
A couple starts which are planted and I watch -- hoping they make it
and I set the few cuttings as well.
THank you to the senders!!!
I have a little plastic container-- a lg salad box with holes poked in a green...
THanks George-- will have a look.
I expect rabbits are a bit like sheep and other ruminants: a carbon source and a nitrogen source, or the molasses was a vehicle for vitamins and minerals to balance the mulberry leaves. I'm just guessing as I haven't read the article yet.
Rabbits are not a...
You are in Missouri, right?? You might google climate / planting zones and chill hours with PA. I think of PA as inland and COLD compared to my location.
YOu would be amazed at what is now on the internet for records. When I was incollege I had access to the public records kept at the...
Would I be overly rude if I asked for some cuttings? I'm happy to pay shipping and a little something for the cuttings. Perhaps after they are done fruiting, or when the new grwoth is getting more fibrous . . . .
Jerry-- being a total neophyte, I looked on line and saw several methods for dealing with root cuttings. SOme methods seems better than other for mulberry. ie a gardening blog was a bit different than eHow.
On another note-- I am sorely disappointed, and totally in the dumps-- the old...
ROFL yes each parcel of land has it's micro climates. I'm on a hill that runs to a river. THe air moves up hill and then down hill, and generally during the day I get hay in my mouth( if I don't keep it shut) when I toss hay to the horses in a particular paddock---
In generall I do think...
I'm trying to track down a source of root tone before going to the town tot-lot for a few cuttings. THere is an old tree that overhangs from a neighbors yard into the tot lot and when mykids were little enough to play there, we often picked the berries. Handfuls of sweet juicy berries.
I cant...