So a garden web member gifted me some fresh Pakistan Mulberry cuttings as he was pruning his tree.  He told us to stick them in the ground, so we did that about 6 - 8 weeks ago, and put a couple in a pot.  They all went on a drip system, but the big cuttings are low on our hill, so although I checked yesterday, I didn't today.  Some buds are starting to swell on some cuttings, but not all.

Today, I checked the one in the pot and did a double take.

Could these be baby Mulberries?
 
Here is a close-up:

 

He started his tree from a cutting he stuck in the ground.  He had berries his first year.  This is just a happy day for me!  Neat surprise!

Suzi

ya know.. i killed all my mulberry cuttings last yr.. i'm really tempted to just buy me a tree.. that look good!

Sure looks like it to me. Of course, they should probably removed:(

Remove the fruit/blooms for sure Mullberries often bloom on cuttings I hope they take for you. Some cultivars root easy some are very hard, and decline even if the develop roots. I have not had good luck rooting Pakistan. Don't count  those chickens yet.

I know this one has roots because if I use it as a handle to lift the pot, it hangs on and will NOT let go.  BUT, I will have to bite the bullet and remove the first fruit, especially this early!  And also that little branch is about an inch off the ground and the mulberries are about 3" long!  You know we have a vineyard, and it kills me to pinch the first clusters on a one - three year vine.  They are just so adorable!  So are these mulberries, but I know they will have to go to let the tree get established.  Energy needs to go to the roots and growth, not the fruit :-( 

Just wanted to share with you snow bounders that there is hope!  Spring is coming!

Suzi

I wish you luck! I sure don't want them...tasty but so messy! And in this area they tend to become noxious weeds courtesy of the birds.

I have a white and a red I bought off Craigs from a local grower that I planted last year as 4 foot trees but they haven't done much above ground. Those look like the fruit to me. I tried a mail order pakistan previously but it died. 

Gofigure (love the name), I live in a zone where Pakistan thrives.

Success in rooting might be in getting FRESH cuttings.  We drove 2 hours to a garden web member's home.  We watched him prune.  We got everything he pruned, and he explained that they need to get planted NOW.  So we did.  Nothing happened until a couple months, but all the cuttings still have green stems above ground.  We didn't try the typical fig cutting propagation methods.  His tree grew from one cutting stuck in the ground.  Period.

The climate might be a factor.  The donor and I are in zone 9b.  Freshness might also factor in.

The Pakistan variety has very sweet berries about 4" long.  That little picture I showed has no room for a berry that long.  I'll pinch it, but doesn't give you hope for spring?

Suz

Congratulations!  Couldn't you let it have 1 berry?

My Pakistan mulberry is in full flower and leaf. Started about New year's Day. Must be at least 1000 flowers/fruit on it. It broke bud before I had a chance to prune it. Need to take a pix of it.

This was last year at this time, when t had been pruned. It is about 8' taller now.

 

Do they produce fruit only on new growth or do they produce brebas?  I need to know so I can make a pruning decision.

Yup, that's what those are , baby Mulberries , I have one black and one white Pakistan, they are supposed to give 3-5 inch berries. last year (which was the first year I purchased them they both fruited but only 2-3 inches long. this year my white one is already full of flowers and looks like they are getting longer by day... I'll post a pic tomorrow, but the black one is still dormant.

Ed,

They can fruit on both new and old growth, but I believe mostly on new growth.

I tried rooing this several times witout success (no hormone?).
This year i am gonna start some from seeds as i have heard it works great with  mulberries

Ditto that what they look like when first come out.
I have the Noire of Spain cultivar.

Suzi, I took some pics for you to see... what to expect... these are of the While Pakistan, they are going to grow longer, the Black one is still dormant.

 

I understand they are very sweet and delicious!  The dude that gifted me the cuttings told me his tree grew from one cutting.  The first year he looked out and saw all these long things on it (like you have in your hand), and thought they were some kind of caterpillars!  Then he figured it out.

One of nature's miracles.  I will remove the two on the little branch in the first photo, but we have several down the hill, and I didn't go check those because of all the mud from the rain.  Those are bigger cuttings, so hopefully one or two of those will take.  One tree the size of Jon's will be plenty for us!  Although, you can make some fine wine from them!

Suzi

They are delicious, you can freeze them just like blackberries or strawberries... My uncle used to make Vodka out of regular black and white Mulberries. Ask any one from Mount Caucasus and they will get going how tasty the vodka from Mulberry tastes, LOL
You can also dry them and make jam or Molasses. it's a healthy food, (what can I say, Figs are from Mulberry family!)

Mulberries root easy just like figs. It takes just a week longer.
Here I Applied some clonex gel and in 20 days very thick callus and healthy roots.

thanks for the helpful info Pen, I had never rooted Mulberries, but I think I'll start soon.