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does anyone know when,how and where to grow mulberry,from seed?

They are best grafted from known stock... we have a black mulberry, I'll send you some if you want... they will go mouldy in transit!!  :-X

i have been sent some seeds that all???(morus rubra)apparently.
i have seen people do grafting,as you can tell bit thick on the green fingered side.
what would i graft it too?

Normally a quince rootstock, which are available. I bought mine from a nursery but the big online companies like Deacons/Ken Muir do them...  :)

thanks,will have a look at them and get back to you. :)

A hi use near me has a mulberry with unusually large leaves and a weeping form, in their front garden. Loaded with beautiful fruit, it all ends up a purple mess on the pavement. I wonder if they even know what they have.

I love mulberries, have been desperate to grow a tree for year, but somehow never get round to tracking one down.

a nursery local to me sell them at 4ft,but they are £45,i like mulberries too,but not that much.
still got to track down quince root stock and hopefully will be away.if they take will let you know how i get on.
or perhaps ask person with the mulberry tree if you can do a swap.phaps some veggies for the fruit?

Have you sneaked a taste? Some cultivars are insipid... as it has larger leaves and a weeping habit it might be the "white" one which is the one silk moths like but not as good for human consumption...  :-X

Quote from: poppie1 on August 07, 2009, 06:51:24
a nursery local to me sell them at 4ft,but they are £45

That sounds overpriced. Deacons do a bush for £22.50 or a half-standard for £35.

there are alot of nurseries near here,10 yrs ago i could buy from them,however they have all got yuppie status now and very overpriced,the ones i do tend to use stick to the bare essentials,hence why i am trying to do it myself(i did say try,not yet succeeding)but with alot of help.
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I wonder how the overpriced yuppie nurseries are doing now. I wouldn't have thought buying an instant impressive garden would be top of the priority list any more.