A friend of mine has a white mulberry tree. Is it possible to cut off a
small branch and root it? If so, how?


Alan

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Mulberries are easy to root. Take a 6 inch long cutting of soft growth and
peel all the leaves off except for the very top ones. If the top ones are big
you can cut them in half to reduce water evaporation. Stick the cuttings in
potting soil and keep them in the shade. Misting them from time to time helps.
You can use a rooting hormone but it probably isnt necessary. If you are in
zone 6 or less you might want to keep the rooted cuttings at arround 40 degrees
over winter. You dont want them outside because they may not survive with such
a small root system, but you dont want them above 40 because you want them to
go dormant. A cold garage would work as long as its not too cold.

Toad

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:31:39 -0300, wrote:

A friend of mine has a white mulberry tree. Is it possible to cut off a
small branch and root it? If so, how?

Asiatic White mulberry (morus alba) hybridizes with the native red
mulberry (morus rubra). Eventually red mulberries will be wiped out
if the hybridizing continues. White mulberries were originally
introduced to the continent in a botched and abandoned attempt at
creating a silkworm industry.

It would be recommended to search for and purchase red mulberry trees
from a respectable nursery or garden center, rather than spreading an
exotic invasive.

Dan

In , on 08/18/03
at 08:32 PM, (Marley1372) said:

Mulberries are easy to root. Take a 6 inch long cutting of soft growth
and peel all the leaves off except for the very top ones. If the top
ones are big you can cut them in half to reduce water evaporation. Stick
the cuttings in potting soil and keep them in the shade. Misting them
from time to time helps.
You can use a rooting hormone but it probably isnt necessary. If you

Would this method also work if the cuttings were just placed in the
ground?


Alan

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In , on 08/19/03
at 03:23 AM, (dstvns) said:

It would be recommended to search for and purchase red mulberry trees
from a respectable nursery or garden center, rather than spreading an
exotic invasive.

That would be fine. Thanks.


Alan

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