Here is another off topic post. While taking inventory and airing out fig cutting in the frig, I realized that I had forgotten about the black mulberry scion that I received from UCDavis and other mulberry scion that I had. I stuck three of them into a self watering container and now I have...mulberries?!?! The cuttings were about 12" long and I planted them such that only one bud was exposed. Along with clipping the fruit, I am wondering if I should expose another bud or two. I also planted the three cuttings in the same container because I was not expecting any of them to be viable six months later and lo and behold, they all are.

i grew up in flushing, queens in nyc. i remember going to kissena park during the summer and eating mulberry right off the tree. good ole days..

pete

JD
What variety of mulberry is the scions. The fruit looks pretty long.

Akram,
The UC Davis tag reads DMOR0009 alba Black Mulberry.

Hey Pete

I grow many varieties of mulberries. The cuttings will push fruit along with the leaves, however they will not ripen and it's better if you clip them off. They're more difficult to root than figs. Out of 10 cuttings you may end up with 2 or 3. The best method for propagating them is through grafting. 

Fond memories of a long ago -
me and brother Anthony used to go across alley of grandma's house in Chicago and sit on an old wooden fence and eat the mulberry's and get hands and oout tee shirts stained.
 They were dark type of course and real good .

Grandma was my influence into the world of figs at my early age as she had large inground tree,  Anthony was my older brother and my protector in bad area we grew up in.
Never knew that the Chicago Mulberry was known for how good they taste until years later when i started to read about them advertised in nursery catalogs i would get each year.
Back then they grew out here wild everywhere, driving thru the old neighborhood some years back i saw none but im sure some are around here and there.

Bass, what month do you do your grafting of Mulberry?

Yes we always called it the Chicago Mulberry tree to our friends when we were kids me and my brother but the proper name i suppose is Illinois everbearing.
One of the largest in Chicago is 160 + years old and stands near 60ft tall .
The so called Champion in Illinois is located near my neck of the woods in Joliet.
Some how the fig guru's score em by points the 160 year old scored 170 point
The Joliet tree scored 223 points in Illinois.


Anyways as fate would have it this happened this morning .
Mind you i have not tasted a mulberry off a tree since i was a child and im over 53 seasons old.   ; )

Me and the Misses decided to go to a few antique stores this morning and we were 10 minutes before open time. So we walked down the street and around the corner there it was as i saw many on the sidewalk that had stained it .
I went over to the tree and looked at the branches and saw most of them ripe nice and black.

I reached up collected a few and then i closed my eyes as i put them in my mouth .
I swear it took me back in time over 40 years ago that same exact taste that i recall sitting on that old wooden fence eating them with my brother.

I looked at my hands and they were getting stained and i just smiled to myself and said if only my brother could have experienced this so many years later.

I'm been thinking about that tree now and just maybe might get something from it in time im not sure.

There was also another similar in size down the block and i did the same and tasted it and it was the same.

I thought darn i just mentioned my story hear and yet i dont have a camera to show it.
Then i said Babe if you take a picture of this tree can we put it on computer and i can show it.
She said yes and so here is the picture , you can see the sidewalk that has some on it and also on floor in front of me.

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Good one, Martin.  Always know a mulberry tree by the dark circle underneath.

If I get more land in the future, rest assured there will be at least one mulberry tree and two pawpaws, about five dozen fig trees and ... maybe a couple other surprises.

Jason,

When you buy your land I will buy you a "Redneck Pine" tree.

I just got three small Mulberry trees from a member. Can't remember the name but I will ask again.

I guess I will have to wait another year or so to enjoy them.

Back in May, I was stopping everywhere I saw that familiar stain. I can taste those mulberry right now and I look forward to the next season.

@ Bass. I plan to purchase the largest tree I can find and while I watch my children grow up, I'll continue to eat from these 11+ year old trees around this city.

Someone asked if anyone is growing Mulberry in Zone 5. I have a grrafted Illinois Ever-bearing Mulberry in the ground in Zone 5a (north), procured from Grimo Nut Nursery. It is flourishing and has fruit on it that may ripen within a couple of weeks.
However I was disappointed with the term "Ever-bearing". I thought that new fruit embryos will be forming on the stems over a long period. Then I learned that it just means that the unripe fruit that one sees at the start is the only total crop but the fruit ripening process will be gradual and spread over a long period.

Grafting mulberry is done around April. Bud grafting is done in july or August.