good year for mulberries too..

[goodlife]

...coming on nicely..yum.. ;D
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[goodlife]

[goodlife]

Has anybody have success with mulberry cuttings?..I've tried few times but no luck.. ???

[saddad]

Not tried cuttings... probably would like some bottom heat. Good berry crop this year though... been eating for about three weeks so far. Considering putting some in gin...  :-X

[qahtan]

 silly question, what do you do with your mulberry's do you eat them raw or what... not that we ever get any to eat, between the robins and the squirrels the tree just shivers and shakes until they are all gone, then if you please what falls on the floor the dog eats......  Our berry's are now finished.
we do have a good harvest and the tree is about 40 years old, and we never do any thing to it qahtan

[goodlife]

Mine are only just starting ripening.. :o..
Oh yes...mulberry gin :-X ;D ;)..loovely.. ;D
I usually eat them as they are..or I've been using them in jam...well used them like any other berry in pies etc..
But normally majority does get eaten raw...I don't seem to get that many in one go that I could make something out them...or I have to bulk up with other berries..
I've done mulberry cuttings only as hardwood cuttings without heat...hmm...maybe I have to stop trusting books and have a trial of different methods.. ::)

[qahtan]

No I beg to differ, you are the lucky one,, living in Jersey, went there for our honeymoon, Grouville, almost 54 years ago. went there some years later with intentions of buying a house, Gerry's aunt lived in St Helier, but it was all very complicated...   also love your picture of a beautiful Jersey cow.
back to berry's...
picked another 2 1/2 pound elderberry's again today temp was 30c
with humidity felt like 40c. they seem to be taking a long time to fully ripen maybe the humidity. Runner beans don't like it but we do have a few for dinner tomorrow, and I mean a few. they say rain tomorrow,,, yippee. qahtan

[goodlife]

????....I hope you are not talking about me? ;D...I can be a cow sometimes..but don't know nothing about Jersey ;)
What do you do with all those elderberries?....I've got 'tons' of those coming up..never made much use out of them..maybe this year is the year for making efford and not letting them go waste.

[qahtan]

We steam juice them, then make them into jelly, it is loverly, one of our favourites and we always have an open hand waiting for a jar, ;-) But elderflower is also great, nice as an drink, also nice as a syrup served with other fruit like sliced strawberries. qahtan

[Yuet_Lee]

Qahtan: your mulberry tree was 40 years old!

I've just started 4 seeds last year in my greenhouse,

I've moved to out side in Last April. Wonder when will it started to fruit?

[goodlife]

Oh..well done!..but I'm afraid you might have to wait good 10 yrs to get some fruit ::)..I bought my tree and that took 8 before I got cupfull to eat.
All you need now is patience ;) ;D