Mulberry tree
 

Our mulberry tree is finally showing leaf buds. I'll always be
grateful to Kay for warning me that it was just about the last thing in
the garden to do so! It looks as dead as a stick for a lonnnnng time
and then suddenly bursts into life.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Mulberry tree
 

On Sun, 26 May 2013 10:08:14 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Our mulberry tree is finally showing leaf buds. I'll always be
grateful to Kay for warning me that it was just about the last thing in
the garden to do so! It looks as dead as a stick for a lonnnnng time
and then suddenly bursts into life.

The buds are swelling on mine (in a pot).

Pam in Bristol

All around, trees are bursting with life, cherries are almost over, lilacs coming into bloom along wit rowans and whitebeam, the whole garden bursting out of its boundaries with greenery - except for one apparently dead tree at the centre. But close to, you can see the buds on the mulberry are beginning to swell.

Mulberry tree
 

On Mon, 27 May 2013 08:07:36 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Sun, 26 May 2013 10:08:14 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Our mulberry tree is finally showing leaf buds. I'll always be
grateful to Kay for warning me that it was just about the last thing in
the garden to do so! It looks as dead as a stick for a lonnnnng time
and then suddenly bursts into life.

How long does it take before a mulberry has fruit?


They say up to 20 years but I think they are like agapanthus among
other things, which flower better when pot bound. My mulberry, in a
pot, is under 10 years old and fruited the year before last (3 fruit!)
then I potted it into a larger pot and it didn't fruit last year.
Fingers crossed for this year!

Pam in Bristol

Mulberry tree
 

On Mon, 27 May 2013 Martin wrote:

On Sun, 26 May 2013 10:08:14 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Our mulberry tree is finally showing leaf buds. I'll always be
grateful to Kay for warning me that it was just about the last thing in
the garden to do so! It looks as dead as a stick for a lonnnnng time
and then suddenly bursts into life.

How long does it take before a mulberry has fruit?

Six or seven years in our case. It's now over twenty years old and has
masses of fruit every year.

David

--
David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK

Mulberry tree
 

On Mon, 27 May 2013 10:07:57 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

On Mon, 27 May 2013 Martin wrote:

On Sun, 26 May 2013 10:08:14 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Our mulberry tree is finally showing leaf buds. I'll always be
grateful to Kay for warning me that it was just about the last thing in
the garden to do so! It looks as dead as a stick for a lonnnnng time
and then suddenly bursts into life.

How long does it take before a mulberry has fruit?

Six or seven years in our case. It's now over twenty years old and has
masses of fruit every year.

David

Lucky you!


Pam in Bristol

Mulberry tree
 

On 2013-05-27 07:07:36 +0100, Martin said:

On Sun, 26 May 2013 10:08:14 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Our mulberry tree is finally showing leaf buds. I'll always be
grateful to Kay for warning me that it was just about the last thing in
the garden to do so! It looks as dead as a stick for a lonnnnng time
and then suddenly bursts into life.

How long does it take before a mulberry has fruit?

Spring has sprung. Not a cloud in the sky and it is already warmer
than it has been for several days. Meteorological summer starts at the
weekend.

Ours had 3 fruits the second year and when it was planted it was no
more than 3' tall. It's Morus nigra and was planted for a grand
daughter's birth. She's now 12 and it's waaaaay above our heads and
fruits pretty well. I'll remember to count them this year!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Mulberry tree
 

On 2013-05-27 10:42:45 +0100, Martin said:

On Mon, 27 May 2013 10:07:57 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

On Mon, 27 May 2013 Martin wrote:

On Sun, 26 May 2013 10:08:14 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Our mulberry tree is finally showing leaf buds. I'll always be
grateful to Kay for warning me that it was just about the last thing in
the garden to do so! It looks as dead as a stick for a lonnnnng time
and then suddenly bursts into life.

How long does it take before a mulberry has fruit?

Six or seven years in our case. It's now over twenty years old and has
masses of fruit every year.

I suspect it is too late for us to plant a mulberry tree.

Almost all trees are for the enjoyment of later generations. ;-) I'm
deeply thankful to whoever planted the cedar trees and copper beeches,
oaks and yews here!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Mulberry tree
 

On 27/05/2013 12:06, Sacha wrote:

Almost all trees are for the enjoyment of later generations. ;-) I'm
deeply thankful to whoever planted the cedar trees and copper beeches,
oaks and yews here!

I note that sycamore and ash didn't make the list! ;-)

--

Jeff

Mulberry tree
 

On 26/05/2013 10:08, Sacha wrote:
Our mulberry tree is finally showing leaf buds. I'll always be
grateful to Kay for warning me that it was just about the last thing in
the garden to do so! It looks as dead as a stick for a lonnnnng time
and then suddenly bursts into life.

Black or white mulberry?

--

Jeff

Unless you're feeling very pessimistic, you're probably OK. I've had them in two gardens. I've had the first fruit 3-4 years after planting, and once it starts getting a few fruit, it begins to get the idea and within two years is cropping heavily.

Neither of them have been pot bound, although the first one did get stressed by being almost snapped in two by a gale - bent double, with the fibres twisted. I propped it up, splinted and bound it, and it was still going strong 20 years pater.

Mulberry tree
 

On 2013-05-27 17:03:48 +0100, Jeff Layman said:

On 27/05/2013 12:06, Sacha wrote:

Almost all trees are for the enjoyment of later generations. ;-) I'm
deeply thankful to whoever planted the cedar trees and copper beeches,
oaks and yews here!

I note that sycamore and ash didn't make the list! ;-)

Lol!! We do have them - quite a lot of the former thanks to it
following its own devices! ;-)

--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Mulberry tree
 

On 2013-05-27 17:08:00 +0100, Jeff Layman said:

On 26/05/2013 10:08, Sacha wrote:
Our mulberry tree is finally showing leaf buds. I'll always be
grateful to Kay for warning me that it was just about the last thing in
the garden to do so! It looks as dead as a stick for a lonnnnng time
and then suddenly bursts into life.

Black or white mulberry?

Morus nigra.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Mulberry tree
 

On 2013-05-27 16:47:44 +0100, Martin said:

On Mon, 27 May 2013 12:06:36 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2013-05-27 10:42:45 +0100, Martin said:

On Mon, 27 May 2013 10:07:57 +0100, David Rance
wrote:

On Mon, 27 May 2013 Martin wrote:

On Sun, 26 May 2013 10:08:14 +0100, Sacha wrote:

Our mulberry tree is finally showing leaf buds. I'll always be
grateful to Kay for warning me that it was just about the last thing in
the garden to do so! It looks as dead as a stick for a lonnnnng time
and then suddenly bursts into life.

How long does it take before a mulberry has fruit?

Six or seven years in our case. It's now over twenty years old and has
masses of fruit every year.

I suspect it is too late for us to plant a mulberry tree.

Almost all trees are for the enjoyment of later generations. ;-) I'm
deeply thankful to whoever planted the cedar trees and copper beeches,
oaks and yews here!

and us for the original owner, who got a professional to plant a small
forest in our tiny garden more than 40 years ago. If only some of the
cherry trees had been the edible sort.

Ray's comment on cherry trees is that just when you think to yourself
"those will be ready to pick tomorrow", you wake next day to find the
birds beat you to it!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

Mulberry tree
 

and us for the original owner, who got a professional to plant a small
forest in our tiny garden more than 40 years ago. If only some of the
cherry trees had been the edible sort.

Ray's comment on cherry trees is that just when you think to yourself
"those will be ready to pick tomorrow", you wake next day to find the
birds beat you to it!

We had the same problem when we lived in Hastings, that was till the
Farmer next door planted an acre of Strawberries right next to our hedge,
The birds decided that they were easier than cherries.