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On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:16:18 GMT, "brooklyn1"
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"enigma" wrote in message
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i'm headed to my NY place for a week, & there are a couple black
mulberry trees there. i would like to try layering a few branches so
i can bring rooted starts back to NH this summer/fall. any
suggestions or advice? normally i'd not be going back until late
June, but if i need to check the layering i can go down on weekends
(and if i need to do that, i'll be planting more fruit trees g)
lee

In your situation I would rely more on rooting cuttings than layering...
with layering someone would need to see to regular watering. Perhaps you
can use both methods simultaneously. But were it me I'd bring home some
branches in a bucket of water. Be warned you're liable to be very old
before you see any berries... you may do better to buy some saplings. I
adore Chinese weeping mulberry. My neighbor diagonally across the road
has
some lovely ancient ones in front of her 200+ year old farm house, those
mulberrys are probably as old:
http://i41.tinypic.com/xlw482.jpg

Btw, that's my hay.

All about:
http://mulberrytrees.co.uk/


Doesn't look like Brooklyn to me. Where in NY are you located ??


Haven't you been to Prospect Park? Nah, I moved to the Catskills.