Pruning Black Mulberry
Anybody any advice on pruning a black mulberry?
Ours is now 15ft across and over 15ft high - a very heavy crop this year but more than half of it is out of reach. I was in Crete earlier this year and it looked like the locals had prunned their mulberries very agressivly with a large saw! Larry |
Pruning Black Mulberry
On 06/08/2013 16:02, Larry Stoter wrote:
Anybody any advice on pruning a black mulberry? Ours is now 15ft across and over 15ft high - a very heavy crop this year but more than half of it is out of reach. I was in Crete earlier this year and it looked like the locals had prunned their mulberries very agressivly with a large saw! Larry I was always told that you spread a sheet under the tree and shook of the ripe berries |
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As to pruning - I have lifted the crown of mine. I seem to remember that it was liable to bleed, so important to do the pruning in the dormant season. |
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I prune mine tree with an eye to maintaining a few spots where I can lean a ladder. Because even at 12 feet tall you can't reach them all from the ground. I also encourage a weeping-willow shape to it, so I can stand in the middle underneath it and find a lot of fruit on the hanging lower twigs. |
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