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  • Answered by
    BushDoctor on
    March 20, 2018
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    Most varieties DO produce similar sized fruit. How often do you fertilize? It is helpful to fertilize at least once per year. The soil pH could be off as well. Adding a handful of dolomitic lime to the top of the soil will help keep that stable.

    Sometimes the first few years of fruit will remain under developed. Did you get a self fertile variety, or is it one that requires cross pollination? This could be an issue as well.

    Here is an article no the care of mulberry trees: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/fruitless-mulberry/how-to-grow-mulberry-trees.htm

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  • Answered by
    Downtoearthdigs on
    April 11, 2018
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    A potted Mulberry will need regular feeding to help produce flowers and fruit.

    This article will help you.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/fruitless-mulberry/mulberry-tree-in-a-pot.htm

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  • Answered by
    BushDoctor on
    April 22, 2018
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    No. This appears to be the graft scion. Likely of a vigorous rootstock and a chosen scion, or top variety. You will want to keep any growth below this swollen area cut off. This will not be the same tree as the top. So that little sucker that I see should be taken off to prevent it from stealing nutrients from the scion.

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    Downtoearthdigs on
    May 7, 2018
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    Downtoearthdigs on
    May 14, 2018
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    If you have a fruitless (male) mulberry, or if you don't want to collect and germinate seeds from the fruit of your mulberry, you can take cuttings from the tree, or propagate by air layering. Take softwood cuttings in early summer, or semi-ripe cuttings in late summer. (Softwood cuttings are new growth that is still pliable; semi-ripe are those same stems, but by the end of summer are developing bark at the base where they meet the limb.) Cut a stem that's about 12" long, remove the lower leaves, dip the cut end in rooting hormone and place it in the ground or in a pot filled with moistened growing medium. Mulberry should root readily and you'll know roots have developed when new leaves appear along the stem or at the top of the cutting.

    Dwarf Mulberry may be suitable for a container tree.

    This article has more information.

    https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/fruitless-mulberry/mulberry-tree-in-a-pot.htm

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  • Answered by
    BushDoctor on
    May 25, 2018
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    There is not much need for extra fertilization, but it can help on occasion. Does it get below freezing in your area? They require cold to grow properly. If they do not get a full rest period, then this can happen.

    Alternatively, you mention that it was wet. This is usually not a problem, but on occasion this can bring about a soil infection. This can usually be cured with dolomitic lime and wettable sulfur.

    Can you include a photo? This can help me to better see what is going on here.

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  • Answered by
    BushDoctor on
    June 9, 2018
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    They will, naturally, drop most of their berries, as they cannot possibly keep them all to maturity. Since pests will eat them well before they are ripe, this is also an adapted mechanism for ensuring that some fruit does make it to maturity.

    Keeping the tree's soil moist will help keep some of the berries on, also. Water this when it gets dry to help it keep more moisture for the berries. These trees are very water tolerant.

    This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/fruitless-mulberry/mulberry-fruit-drop.htm

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