Mulberry tree/bush pruning

15 years ago

Hi I'm Janine, I've only posted a few times here, so I thought I should introduce myself. Hello! I have a Mulberry Bush/tree that grows very spindly here. The trunk is only about 2 1/2 feet out of the ground when it starts branching out with 10-20 foot weeping limbs. It has been in the ground since April 2002, and fell over in the hurricanes 2004, and started to do it again in the storm the other day. Is there a way to prune it to get the trunk more stable and tree more compact? If I just keep it at say 10-12 foot would the weeping effect stop? I think it just is like a sail in the wind up there and it pulls the tree right over :( It is a favorite in the yard for the kids and birds....so help in maintenance is greatly appreciated.

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brute
15 years ago
Hi Janine!
I RADICALLY prune my Mulberry tree every winter, and it grows back like CRAZY in the spring. I'm not sure you can even hurt a Mulberry by over-pruning it. Mine seems "bullet-proof". If there's a way to kill it, I haven't found it yet!
saldut
15 years ago
Be glad it hasn't gotten so big that you can't reach the fruit ! I have one of those and it is huge, the birds and squirrels get all the fruit however. I started some whips and now have them tied down so I can reach the fruit, when they get too long I just trim off the end.. it looks like an open umbrella ! sally
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akaj9
Original Author
15 years ago
Yes...this year it did reach way to high to collect fruit.....the birds enjoyed it though. Good to know it will rebound....cause DH took the chainsaw to the two larger branches/trunks that were weighing it towards one side.....Does anyone have a tall trunk on theirs...or are they all small trunks and arching branches? I wish mine would grow up and out like an open umbrella....