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finally success propagating morus nigra -- and a question

10 years ago

Here's a pic of two air layers off my black beauty mulberry tree. Cuttings and grafts I tried previously all failed. My question is when is too early to start air layering? These I started late, late June I think, but what about starting at last frost?

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  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    i dont see why taht should be a problem.

    i wonder why its so different from red mulberry ?

    My red propagates very easy from cuttings. i just stick them in the ground, and get %99 success.

    keep it moist (not wet) and mostly out of the sun, with no leaves, or just 1 small one... mild temps are best. in the 70s and 80s.

    i just got a Pakistani, and also an "everbearing"... both are supposed to be Morus Nigra varieties, but i am not sure they really are. I havent had a chance to propagate them, they are still pretty small, but will try soon.

  • 10 years ago

    Thanks for the reply... Yeah, it is strange that it is difficult to propagate, but I have tried multiple times both green and dormant. Other types I have tried have also been hard, except for cuttings from one particular tree, which were very easy. If you browse through other threads on this forum you'll find success is highly variable with mulberry overall.

    Pakistan is generally considered Morus alba, definitely not nigra, and everbearing is an alba X rubra hybrid. I've heard they are both easy to grow from cuttings. Nigras are all "everbearing", adapted to milder climates, seedless and delicious, not at all weedy, very unlike alba and rubra.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    I know it is an old tread but i could not resist to put a comment. First, congratulations on propagating morus nigra successfully, nmfruit. My parents had one large tree in their backyard. I used to enjoy collecting and eating the fruits. It’s flavour was so rich, i found out no other fruit has matched its flavour. My fingers, lips and tonque was colored in purple for at least a few hours even i had washed with water througly. As i remember this was the only morus nigra in whole town of 3000 people. My father was friend of town’s agricultural engineer, he acquired one grafted tree. Almost everyone had red and white variety, also seedlings were everywhere. It was considered as weed tree but not morus nigra. Somehow seeds never sprouted from morus nigra. I recently did some research and found out most people had similar experiences. I can tell you this is an extremely unique tree producing very rich mulberry fruits for a couple months during july and august.