On Mon, 28 May 2012 21:51:08 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

On Mon, 28 May 2012 Pam Moore wrote:

After several attempts, and numerous sticks stuck in trenches in the
ground and pots indoors and out, I now have, to my astonishment,
precisely one cutting of my Black Mulberry growing in a pot indoors on
the windowsill. It has one leaf, which is growing from the node nearest
to soil surface. The rest of the stick above it looks fairly dead.
There are a couple of small buds coming from the old wood near the leaf
base, where I am expecting some more growth.

Having got this far, and with only one, I don't want to mess it up.
What do I do next? When would I transfer it outside and pot it on?

How big were the sticks you stuck in? I've never done it but
understand that they will root from fairly thick pieces better than
small chunks. I wouldn't repot yours yet. Wait till it gets more than
one leaf, but do move it to a shaltered place outside.
My purchased mulberry is in a pot and only about 2 feet tall but
fruited for the first time last year - all 3 of them - at less than 10
years old. Are you planning a silk farm?

You need a white mulberry for silk worms.

David

They will eat both. I have used both white and black mulberry to feed
silkworms. The fruit of the white is a very poor comparison to the
black.

Pam in Bristol