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Posted by
davidcalgary29 2b AB (
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Mon, Dec 31, 12 at 16:38
| Has anyone had success growing mulberries in our region? I successfully overwintered two saplings last winter, but they both suffered winterkill to the snowline. I'm trying better protection this year but expect that I'll still suffer significant losses. I dearly love the fruit, but haven't seen any other bushes/trees on the prairies. I'm currently on vacation in the Bahamas and recently discovered (and enjoyed) a very large bush on a vacant property. This genus must be a near record for the greatest north-south range for a fruiting bush/tree (pic is of the island bush). |
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RE: Mulberries!
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| You poor thing having to endure the harsh sunshine LOL Hope you are having a good time - PS I know nothing about mulberries but did look at them this morning on-line. |
RE: Mulberries!
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| Good luck with them, but I think that's going to be a tough one. I have eaten mulberries from small trees in the Okanagan valley and also along the St. Lawrence River in southeastern Ontario, but those are probably both zone 6 locations. I've never heard of anyone growing them in Alberta... well, now I have, you're the first! :) Be sure to let us know how they come through this winter, they might get hardier as they get better established. |
RE: Mulberries!
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| The furthest range I've seen listed is 3b on the Russian Tatarica strain. The common one Morus alba is listed 4a. Whatever you do I'd try to plant it in a protected spot. Good luck and keep us posted. |
RE: Mulberries!
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| I have two trees for about 10 years now, ..got them as very small saplings from a eastern nursery. They keep freezing back but gain in height from year to year. Now, one is about 3 foot tall and I'm thinking to graft on these some day. The cultivar is not much of a good producing berry,..just a rootstock. Over 10 years ago I visited somebody in Edmonton who had a tree about 6 feet tall and producing berries. Not sure what append in the meantime with this tree. |
RE: Mulberries!
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- Posted by RpR_ 3-4 (My Page) on
Mon, Jan 7, 13 at 18:31
| I am in mid-Minn., in the nineties we had -40 F three times, and I have forty foot, multiple trunk Mulberry growing outside, across from the front-door. It is too big for me to ever get any berries but I see them laying on the patio often. |
RE: Mulberries!
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| My sister grew one in 2 years to over 10 feet tall in Mississauga, ON. The first winter, we kept it indoors. I will be trying to grow one in Northern Saskatchewan this year. |
RE: Mulberries!
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| Konrad, the strain I heard to try is Montreal Black at 3b both as a grafted tree rated 4a and as a seedling on its own roots. I'm thinking ungrafted trees might display an advantage in the cold. |
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