I was looking a the pictures of fikovniky.com and I came across this


I did quick search on the Internet and I found that figs and mulberries are relatives. This is very amusing has anyone ever tried this?

(thanks to Ingevald for providing the link to fikovniky.com)

Can you give me or us a little more information about figs and mulberries being relatives im very curious, perhaps the site you ran across with the information.
Martin

Figs belong to the genus Ficus which is in the Moracae family,
Mulberry are in the Morus genus which is in the Moracae family as well. I have grafted mulberries successfuly, but not sure how will a fig be grafted on a mulberry. Even if the graft takes, I doubt they will be compatible, will later fail.

I did another research and it looks like this is nothing new. This type of grafting was done in ancient times.

here is a link relating to the subject

the original website is in Czech and there is no explanation only the pictures with a short sentence "fig cutting grafted into on a mulberry".

The_montreal_Fig
What will be the use of this graft (fig on Mulberry) in Montreal or Ottawa area other than academic? The root may survive if hardy but the top fig wood will not survive unless you provide real (& more real) protection.
There may be benefit that I am not aware of. What benefit were you actually thinking of?
I do have two weeping mulberry plants. If I experiment, I am not sure which way the scion will grow if the graft is successful. My grand-children love thes mulberry bushes in June-July. I can imagine the expression on their faces when they see figs on it!

A long time ago, in my old Mediterranean tiny country, I successfully did some
grafting of apricot, plum, peach and nectarine scions onto (bitter) almond seedlings,
which was the norm to go. Besides that, which I never did, other fruit species
including grapes and figs, the norm was to graft onto a (wild/better) root stock
of the same exact species.

As an example, I have read somewhere that because of an some accidental
European grape root ailment, introduced from USA, all those expensive
French wine-vines (to the French dismay) MUST have (of all places)
an American grape root stock!

Re bitter almonds: As a young kid, I also used to love eating the still green
immature (~1")  fruit,  tender skin and shell and all, less the bitter
(still a white skinned transparent jelly-like) kernel. They had a somewhat
pleasant  mild sour taste to it. It has been quite a while from that experience,
and oh, I do long for those good old days...
Also, almonds are magnificent spring blooming trees.
The sweet expensive almonds that one usually buy from stores, is a
variant of the (wild - I think?) bitter ones. The kernel is just sweet.

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Grafting to mulberry might be a solution to RKN?

Good idea Jon (pending that Mulberry is immune to RKN?).
Also, the LSU Purple fig has long been touted as RKN resistant (not  immune!);
yet nobody on any FF has yet seriously experimented/confirmed that it is such a fig.

OttawanZ5 : I have no plans to graft a fig cutting as I have no mulberry. This could be a great idea for others if they want to try.

Jon as for RKN I did a quick research and it looks like there is no way out from RKN even with a mulberry.

Here is a link

As I said many, many, many  times, prevention is the best RKN cure!
(DO EXAMINE THEM FIG ROOTS,  FROM WHATEVER SOURCE).
Once they do get on one's clean property, that spot is useless for figs for
maybe 10 +++  years; less 'nuking'  the spot with 'forbidden-very-bad'  chemicals.

Are all ficus susceptible to RKN, or might grafting to a tropical ficus work? Also, Osage Orange is used for grafting Che (Cudrania tricuspidata). I wonder if that would worK? Che seems to be a mulberry relative, also.

I am wondering if anyone knows if figs are affected by the jugalone of black walnut trees. Wondering, because I have quite a few black walnuts growing in my back yard, and mulberries are one of the few plants that can thrive near or under a black walnut tree. ... so with figs and mulberries being related, might figs also have at least some tolerance to jugalone? 
 
Grant

Hi Grant,

What is jugalone?

noss

Jugalone is a compound produced and secreted by black walnut trees which suppresses, stunts and sometimes kills other vegetation around the tree. Kind of like a chemical warfare to beat back the competition.

I'm wondering if a Pakistan Mulberry can be grafted to a ficus.  I am receiving some Pakistan cuttings from a member of garden web, and I understand they are hard to root, but I don't have another Mulberry on which to graft them, so I was wondering if this might work.  I will definitely try rooting the cuttings, but might try a graft on a fig tree.

Suzi

I am currently rooting mulbery -morus alba type.
i think that they are starting to put out initials after 4 days in humidity chamber.
ill post some pics when its rooting.

BTW i think mulbery are very attractive fruits for some reason...... i am not the only one but they hold somthing in them kind of like figs.
somthing that is hard to describe.

hmm.. mulberry and fig growing from a same tree. that would be a treat. my Pakistan is doing very well. i think it will take faster than Illinois Everbearing. well.. getting root should. growing into mulberry bearing tree, i'll have to wait and see.

Suzi,
Exotica in Vista has several mulberry varieties. I picked up a Persian white and a red Pakastani. Still looking for an Illinois.
Now I just have to figure out where to plant them...
Sue

1 year old rooted 'Shangri La' Mulberry producing fruit already.

Bass is right, the  mulberry fig graft might grow for a little time but would then fail, Rex.

Sue, whatever you do, don't plant them too close to that beautiful patio of yours. As good as mulberries are they can be a mess. Do plant it where you can lay something on the ground to catch the berries. I like to put out a clean piece of plastic early in the morning before the breezes start and pick it up after a little encouragement from me to drop the ripe ones. These are the berries that I juice. The best eating is right off the tree.
"gene"