For roots, you want to simulate winter and early spring, colder and indirect light. As soon as you apply heat they think it's summer and will put all their energy to leafing out and not so much the roots which leads to a weak plant.
is it just me or are those male mulberry flowers the ones in water, the kind you want are female trees. they are the ones that bear fruit. the male trees only help in polination and maybe fruit set.
New to this so excuse the ignorance, but why take off the leaves from the cuttings? Wouldnt it speed up the process of growth if it had its original leaves?
I want the cuttings to put all their energy into growing roots not leaves. One or two leaves is fine because it might need that to Get energy from the sun. But too many leaves can be detrimental.
They are looking great!! Hope they all root for ya. I have a bunch of peach tree cuttings and fig tree cuttings my self. All have buds opening and leaves growing.
Anytime anybody wants to start propagating plants I tell them to start with mulberry it's just so easy. And fun. I bet you get nearly all of those to root. I've done water before one thing you have to watch out for is they'll start to rot at some point. Looks really good so far
Grew up in Southern California. Had a fruitless Mullberry great trees awesome shade. Live here in Texas for the last 10 years I’ve been searching for some fruitless mullberry with no success. I couple years ago now I bought some rooted mulberry fruiting ones they are doing great in pots
well of course you would wait to pot up the water cuttings..wait until they get roots because that is the whole entire point of having them in water to begin with.if you feel they would root better in soil, go with your gut. hanks for the video, im enjoying hearing your info.
I have a male mulberry tree in my back yard which came with the house. In spring around 8 am I can stand at my kitchen window and watch little bursts of pollen - one on one branch, then one higher up, then one over there…my allergies are awful and I sure wish the previous owner had planted some FEMALE, fruiting mulberry tree there instead of this male!
Mulberries grow fast, a few feet a year and are short lived ( by tree standards) and are a soft hard wood. I like the wood to smoke meat with especially pork or fish, smoke has a similar taste as apple. Get ready to fight every bird and kid in the neighborhood over them berries! They are good! They got little mites on the berries but I think that’s what gives the berries flavor!
I pruned my mulberry trees a couple months ago and stuck about 50 or 60 cuttings in pots all over the yard and all have budded like yours. I pull them up regularly and none have any roots yet or even a hint of roots yet. I also stuck some in the ground in various places and have been watering them and they are budding too but I have no idea if those ones have rooted yet.
I wouldn't "pull them up" right now. The roots are so small you could tear them off by pulling them out of the soil. I would just wait patiently till you see roots coming out of the bottom of the pots. You might pull the roots off, but think there were none there... Am I making any sense?
TexasPrepper2 I have a few sacrificial ones I don’t care about, lol, the majority I have been very patient with. These are all just fruitless mulberry that I will eventually graft fruiting mulberry scions to if they root. I put them in super fluffy potting soil with a bunch of perlite mixed in so they would be easy to separate when they do root but if I lose a few no biggie. The most interesting part is that there is absolutely no sign of rooting or even callousing at the cut area to make me think they want to root even though they’ve all produced leaves and male flowers already.
I know it's been a while but do you have another update on these? I want to try it this fall. I love mulberries and my trees are getting old and looking sad. I know they're at least 25 years old and they were already big when we moved in.
@@BIGALTX Good to know! Thanks! I am looking into using most of them for fodder for my goats so it's ok if they don't all grow fruit. I'm going to give it a go this fall!
@@wishiwuzahomestead6338 how'd those mulberry work out as fodder? Or still to early to tell? Been thinking of adding some mulberry for the same reason.
@@bigwooly8014 Still too early to tell. I have a couple of older existing trees and they love the leaves but they're too tall for me to cut any branches off of them. I tried to root some but they failed so I'm having to try again. I'm definitely not putting all my eggs in one basket on this though. Aside from their alfalfa I still buy, I have seeded the pasture with a number of forages and native edibles and they get garden cast offs (they love greens, peppers and field peas) while it's growing. I'm planning to get a year round garden set up with small high tunnels over a raised beds.
@@wishiwuzahomestead6338 throw in some cucurbits for goat fodder. (Squash, pumpkin, etc...) my goats absolutely love 100% plant and fruit. As a bonus they're a natural antiparasitic. (Most concentrated in seeds I believe). I just chop up a pumpkin on the ground with a machete for ease and no clean-up. Gonna try planting thornless honey locust, mulberry, and poplar this year for fodder but I imagine it'll be a good 3 or 4 years before what I've got starts producing. Good luck. Thanks for the reply. Edit: also sunflowers! Beautiful, easy to grow, excellent for soil and garden, 100% flower to roots edible by humans and goats.
So how many actually are growing now? Most every hardwood cuttings will push buds like that ...... What happens next , and underground after 6 or 8 weeks is more important than the first two weeks. And, It’s not always a good idea to have them leaf out that fast by the way.
The mulberries rooted well. THEN... I found out they were all "male" and would NEVER bear fruit. So... I discarded them. Mulberries are very easy to propagate. Hopefully, I'll get my hands on some "female" plants some day 👍😎
There is another video on youtube showing that budding does not mean anything. Rooting is the key. Do not let your mulberry expose to direct sunlight, or it will not grow roots, but leaves. And the cuttings will eventually die.
I'd let the roots grow in water first then put them in soil. I got some Prime ark Black berries like you suggested, now I have Blackberries poppin up all over the place. LOL Thanks!
Propagating in the potting mix did better. But, I found out all these cuttings were from a male tree. Therefore they would never bear fruit… so I discarded them all. 🙁
@@BIGALTX just collected my own cuttings... Your climate is several weeks earlier than ours here in Missouri. So if you keep posting, I'll know what to expect .. :)
No... this is my first year for earth boxes. But, I have blackberries (perennial) in one of them, as an experiment. So far they look great. Keep watching!
Yes, they did very well... Mulberries are very easy to propagate. However, I found out my tree was a "male", which meant all the cuttings were male. Male mulberries don't produce fruit. So, I dumped all the cuttings out. Hopefully, I'll get a female tree and do this again.
@@BIGALTX I found an "Everbearing" variety Mulberry tree with fruit on it at a big box store in Jacksonville, TX last Saturday. The tag states that it is self pollinating. I'm happy to share some cuttings with you. Let me know if you're interested.
You will have to be very careful with those... the roots are very fragile. So getting those from there into the ground will be dicey. Dip N Grow is not needed... Mulberries will root in you look at them hard.
Hi there, Saw this Video. My name is William Ho from Singapore 🇸🇬 ... Can I ask if you have extra Mulberries plants & are willing to spare. Can I requests for some with much appreciation. Thanks again and have a wonderful day 😊 😀 😘
Could I get a few off of you? Ill gladly pay all the costs involved. Thats one fruit tree I dont have on the homestead. From your North Houston neighbor!
For roots, you want to simulate winter and early spring, colder and indirect light. As soon as you apply heat they think it's summer and will put all their energy to leafing out and not so much the roots which leads to a weak plant.
Great advice!
wonderful...blessings to all
is it just me or are those male mulberry flowers the ones in water, the kind you want are female trees. they are the ones that bear fruit. the male trees only help in polination and maybe fruit set.
I was told that these were from a male tree :(
@@BIGALTX at least you got yours for free. i had to pay for mine. i also got a male tree.
New to this so excuse the ignorance, but why take off the leaves from the cuttings? Wouldnt it speed up the process of growth if it had its original leaves?
I want the cuttings to put all their energy into growing roots not leaves. One or two leaves is fine because it might need that to Get energy from the sun. But too many leaves can be detrimental.
@@BIGALTX I see, thank you for replying
Do half & half. Keep track of which does better. Then if get roots go from there.
Sounds like a plan 👍
They are looking great!! Hope they all root for ya. I have a bunch of peach tree cuttings and fig tree cuttings my self. All have buds opening and leaves growing.
Sounds great!
I've never seen anyone root peach tree cuttings... cool !
Congratulations. Yes friend, patience is key. Take off the fruits too soon for them to fruit. They need to focus on the roots.
Yes they do!
Thanks.
alan
Anytime anybody wants to start propagating plants I tell them to start with mulberry it's just so easy. And fun. I bet you get nearly all of those to root. I've done water before one thing you have to watch out for is they'll start to rot at some point. Looks really good so far
When should I put them in soil... when I see roots... or now ?
@@BIGALTX I'd I was you I would do two this week and two next week.
Grew up in Southern California. Had a fruitless Mullberry great trees awesome shade. Live here in Texas for the last 10 years I’ve been searching for some fruitless mullberry with no success. I couple years ago now I bought some rooted mulberry fruiting ones they are doing great in pots
Great... Thanks for sharing!
How do you know if you got a male or female mulberry? I have two mulberry plants, one have the berry and one does not have berry but a lot of leaves.
GrayV 111 thanks
The Male mulberry doesn't put fruit on. Only the female actually produces fruit.
Try 2 and set 2 in pot mix ?
well of course you would wait to pot up the water cuttings..wait until they get roots because that is the whole entire point of having them in water to begin with.if you feel they would root better in soil, go with your gut.
hanks for the video, im enjoying hearing your info.
Thanks for the tips!
Hey Texas Prepper, love your videos. Did you ever make an update video on these or do you have any info on how they did or what you did with them?
I found out these were all MALE plants and would never fruit.
So I trashed them
But, they WERE easy to propagate!
I have a male mulberry tree in my back yard which came with the house. In spring around 8 am I can stand at my kitchen window and watch little bursts of pollen - one on one branch, then one higher up, then one over there…my allergies are awful and I sure wish the previous owner had planted some FEMALE, fruiting mulberry tree there instead of this male!
Mulberries grow fast, a few feet a year and are short lived ( by tree standards) and are a soft hard wood. I like the wood to smoke meat with especially pork or fish, smoke has a similar taste as apple. Get ready to fight every bird and kid in the neighborhood over them berries! They are good! They got little mites on the berries but I think that’s what gives the berries flavor!
I pruned my mulberry trees a couple months ago and stuck about 50 or 60 cuttings in pots all over the yard and all have budded like yours. I pull them up regularly and none have any roots yet or even a hint of roots yet. I also stuck some in the ground in various places and have been watering them and they are budding too but I have no idea if those ones have rooted yet.
I wouldn't "pull them up" right now.
The roots are so small you could tear them off by pulling them out of the soil.
I would just wait patiently till you see roots coming out of the bottom of the pots.
You might pull the roots off, but think there were none there...
Am I making any sense?
TexasPrepper2 I have a few sacrificial ones I don’t care about, lol, the majority I have been very patient with. These are all just fruitless mulberry that I will eventually graft fruiting mulberry scions to if they root. I put them in super fluffy potting soil with a bunch of perlite mixed in so they would be easy to separate when they do root but if I lose a few no biggie. The most interesting part is that there is absolutely no sign of rooting or even callousing at the cut area to make me think they want to root even though they’ve all produced leaves and male flowers already.
I know it's been a while but do you have another update on these? I want to try it this fall. I love mulberries and my trees are getting old and looking sad. I know they're at least 25 years old and they were already big when we moved in.
They propagated pretty well, but I found out these were all "male" cuttings.
Since they would never have produced... I discarded them :(
@@BIGALTX Good to know! Thanks! I am looking into using most of them for fodder for my goats so it's ok if they don't all grow fruit. I'm going to give it a go this fall!
@@wishiwuzahomestead6338 how'd those mulberry work out as fodder? Or still to early to tell?
Been thinking of adding some mulberry for the same reason.
@@bigwooly8014 Still too early to tell. I have a couple of older existing trees and they love the leaves but they're too tall for me to cut any branches off of them. I tried to root some but they failed so I'm having to try again. I'm definitely not putting all my eggs in one basket on this though. Aside from their alfalfa I still buy, I have seeded the pasture with a number of forages and native edibles and they get garden cast offs (they love greens, peppers and field peas) while it's growing. I'm planning to get a year round garden set up with small high tunnels over a raised beds.
@@wishiwuzahomestead6338 throw in some cucurbits for goat fodder. (Squash, pumpkin, etc...) my goats absolutely love 100% plant and fruit. As a bonus they're a natural antiparasitic. (Most concentrated in seeds I believe). I just chop up a pumpkin on the ground with a machete for ease and no clean-up.
Gonna try planting thornless honey locust, mulberry, and poplar this year for fodder but I imagine it'll be a good 3 or 4 years before what I've got starts producing.
Good luck. Thanks for the reply.
Edit: also sunflowers! Beautiful, easy to grow, excellent for soil and garden, 100% flower to roots edible by humans and goats.
So how many actually are growing now? Most every hardwood cuttings will push buds like that ...... What happens next , and underground after 6 or 8 weeks is more important than the first two weeks. And, It’s not always a good idea to have them leaf out that fast by the way.
ALL these were "male" mulberries, and therefore would never make any fruit.
So, I disposed of them and I'm waiting for some females :)
What happened with the mulberry cuttings? Have any of them put roots on?
The mulberries rooted well.
THEN... I found out they were all "male" and would NEVER bear fruit.
So... I discarded them.
Mulberries are very easy to propagate.
Hopefully, I'll get my hands on some "female" plants some day 👍😎
@@BIGALTX we just found mulberry trees on our property this weekend. A male and a female. We are excited to start cuttings.
@Pamela Hoffman
Wow... what a great find!
I wonder if the water you threw away would make a good rooting booster like willow does.
hmmm... not sure, but interesting concept.
thanks
Great. It looks like it worked!!!
How do you know where to cut the branch foe your mulberry cuttings?
For cuttings, I just use the branches from my regular pruning.
The cuttings in the bottle has male flower ,,,is that male mulberry?
Yes, the tree I took these from was male, and I didn't know it at the time.
There is another video on youtube showing that budding does not mean anything. Rooting is the key. Do not let your mulberry expose to direct sunlight, or it will not grow roots, but leaves. And the cuttings will eventually die.
Roots Rock.
Leaves can be deceiving.
I'd let the roots grow in water first then put them in soil. I got some Prime ark Black berries like you suggested, now I have Blackberries poppin up all over the place. LOL Thanks!
Good for YOU!!
What was the final finding? Was the water method better?
Propagating in the potting mix did better.
But, I found out all these cuttings were from a male tree. Therefore they would never bear fruit… so I discarded them all. 🙁
Hello.is dying back a natural response before it actually grow shoots again?
Have you concluded on water or potting mix being better for propagation?
Water didn't work for me. Only tried it once, but didn't work
Man why my mulberry have molds some of the new growing leaves is melting. I cover it with plastic for humidity
I think humidity breeds mold, so you might want to remove the plastic, but not sure
Keep us updated!
Will do!
@@BIGALTX just collected my own cuttings... Your climate is several weeks earlier than ours here in Missouri. So if you keep posting, I'll know what to expect
.. :)
Inspiring!
What month is the best time to root cuttings?
I like fall and winter.
Summer (in TX) has never worked well for me-
I have an off topic question for you. Have you done perennials in an Earth Box? I'm wondering how they'll winter. I live west of Ft. Worth.
No... this is my first year for earth boxes.
But, I have blackberries (perennial) in one of them, as an experiment.
So far they look great.
Keep watching!
Do you put rooting hormone on the ones in the water
No... not the ones in the water.
Have your water mulberry cuttings rooted yet? I'm debating on whether I should leave mine in water for a while or stick them in soil.
I haven't checked the roots.
Will try to have a video on them next week.
Keep watchin' :)
I'm interested to hear if your Mulberry cuttings took root. We really appreciate your channel content. Blessings!
Yes, they did very well... Mulberries are very easy to propagate.
However, I found out my tree was a "male", which meant all the cuttings were male.
Male mulberries don't produce fruit.
So, I dumped all the cuttings out.
Hopefully, I'll get a female tree and do this again.
@@BIGALTX I found an "Everbearing" variety Mulberry tree with fruit on it at a big box store in Jacksonville, TX last Saturday. The tag states that it is self pollinating. I'm happy to share some cuttings with you. Let me know if you're interested.
I love your channel!! 🇺🇸
Glad you enjoy it!
Love mulberries! Hope they root. Want to do the same with our Pakistan Mulberry. Our tree is covered with dark berries this year! Mulberry jam! Yummy!
Sounds great!
thank you..i'm planning to grow this in my balcony
Best of luck
You will have to be very careful with those... the roots are very fragile. So getting those from there into the ground will be dicey.
Dip N Grow is not needed... Mulberries will root in you look at them hard.
I plan to handle them very carefully :)
And yes, I think mulberries would root if you threw them down on concrete 😎
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Saw this Video. My name is William Ho from Singapore 🇸🇬 ... Can I ask if you have extra Mulberries plants & are willing to spare. Can I requests for some with much appreciation. Thanks again and have a wonderful day 😊 😀 😘
Sorry, no.
I found out all these mulberry plants were "male" and would not produce fruit.
Only the female plants will produce.
Could I get a few off of you? Ill gladly pay all the costs involved. Thats one fruit tree I dont have on the homestead. From your North Houston neighbor!
It will be fall before I really know if they are going to be viable.
Check with me in Oct... Nov...
Stubbs, I have a few different varieties of mulberry cuttings I have for sale.
Hello fellow fans...remember to rest your eyes. Outside is nice.. Be safe though...let's exercise those pupils. You can thank me later
Yeah, I gave my eyes a hard workout yesterday. Now my eyes are suffering from DOMS. Today is a rest day.
Alright Alright Alright. Lol you sound like McConaughey's
I hear that just about every week.
He grew up about 40 miles from where I grew up 😎