We planted our everbearing mulberry last year, and we warned NOT to plant it anywhere you DON’T want purple stains. We were advised not to put it near walkways, carports or buildings were we didn’t want berries and purple stains everywhere. In the end, we put them over by our chicken coops, so if we don’t get them in time, the chickens eat the berries when they hit the ground.
LOL! Yep they do stain things... but I find many of the stains wash away. But who wants to chance it with expensive items like cars and houses. That is a great idea to put by the chickens... they must be so happy!
Drape a tarp under the Mulberry Tree and shake it, all the ripe one will fall on the tarp, even the one you can't reach. It makes it easier to collect and less ground clutter.
I love my mulberry tree. I can pick and eat ripe ones every morning and evening... every day for huge parts of the year. :) My tree is smaller then yours but someone told me you could lay a tarp under the tree, shake the tree to knock down the ripe ones into the tarp to collect them.
Love your videos, you are a natural. Just planted a mulberry tree last week, waiting patiently for fruit. Nice touch with you talking to the Mocking bird in the Plumeria.
Hey I have a question for you. In the spring, like right now, there is a wild flower/weed that blooms in Marion County fields and I have seen them down your way as well. They grow about 12 inches tall and have purple, white, cranberry flowers. From the hi way they seem to take over the field. My question is do you know the name of this wildflower and do they regenerate by seed or root or whatever? Thank You! pbh
Hi, I’m so glad you posted this video. Last fall I bought an everbearing mulberry tree and two dwarf cavendish bananas as my first fruit trees watching your videos, not knowing what mulberries even tasted like (your description sounded yummy enough lol) 😁 I’ve already gone thru my first batch of mulberries!! Bananas are just over 6ft including leaves so I think I have a bit to go. When you mentioned you were hoping for two batches of mulberry, did I misunderstand that to mean they’ll only produce twice in a year? I thought the everbearing meant year round. And ... cucumber transplants?! I keep hearing only squash okra or cowpeas now. No idea cukes can still be planted, thank you!!
I'm so happy to help. The everbearing is supposed to have multiple flushes but I've only gotten one flush... so I'm trying some things that I learned to see if I can get that second flush. If it works, I'll definitely be sharing what I learned. That is super exciting that you got your first round of mulberries! On the bananas you should be getting close... when you see all the new leaves staying mostly upright the flower isn't far behind. The cucumbers was an experiment, the seed packet said they should be good... so I was testing. I've also snagged some cucamelon seeds from my wild plant... so I'm working on figuring those out.
@@WildFloridian Any mulberry tips along the way would be appreciated by many myself included. Thx for the banana tip, going to be watching out for that. And I hear you about testing, I’ve about two flats going to see how far I can go in my micro-climate with a shade cloth assist. Testing is everything to me now, first summer garden coming up! Amongst other things, testing out a few Florida-heat tolerant lettuce and eggplant / squash by Whitwam Organics. Hope you cucamelons come through. Thanks always!
About how tall is your mulberry? And how old is it? I just bought a baby native mulberry for the birds. But now I’m thinking the one you have might be a better food source since it produces berries more often? What do you think?
One more question: Is your mulberry in absolute full sun? How many hours of sun do you think one needs? (I have lots of shade, so super sunny spot is at a premium)
Great video! I was just wondering, besides fresh eating, how do you preserve your mulberry harvest? Freeze, dry, jam/preserves?? I bought one from a local garden center in early spring (totally inspired by your videos) but it’s still in the nursery can. Hoping to plant in a full sun location this weekend (N central FL 8b…”The Swamp” 🐊 ). I also just bought 2 dwarf cavendish banana trees at the blue store today…any advice on those? Thanks for sharing!💚🌸
Hi Robbin! We freeze mulberries to use in smoothies. But you could use them in a jam like a blackberry. You could put them in a pie... honestly, I would use them in any recipe that calls for raspberries or blackberries. Yay the swamp! 😄 On dwarf cavendish, a great plant. Check out my video on growing bananas. But some bonus items, they will get about 4 feet wide and about 4 to 5 feet tall (tallest leaf will top out at 8 feet). Give them lots of water and fertilizer/compost to start. And I tend to give them a nice layer of mulch around the base to help them. Great time of year to plant them too!
@@WildFloridian thanks so much! Bananas are in the ground on the south side of the house (biotone in the planting hole with a little added compost) and heavily mulched. Now on to the mulberry…Fingers crossed!
Just for the birds?!? I don't know how you won't eat them... they are so yummy. If you are looking for berry plants that birds like, there a bunch of natives that you may want to consider, like beauty berry or simpson stopper, or marlberry
I bought a everbearing mulberry not long ago from echoglobal. Planted it last weekend. The leaves don't look to good. I'm thinking maybe cause it got a little cold? Is this normal for them to have brownish/black leaves in the winter and then come back green in the summer?
We’re you able to successfully propagate a mulberry plant? I tried several times.... grrrr.... I have a Pakistan variety and also an ever berry which hasn’t produced anything (who knows if it really is what they said it was). My Pakistan is H U G E . Good video!
Yep, I got it to propagate. I'm going to make a video about it. But I literally stuck it in the ground and put a nice mulch ring around it. I made its first berry within 6 months... it was its only berry.. But I'm not mad because it is only a foot tall. Oh my a Pakistan mulberry... I almost got one... but, agree, they get HUUUUUUGE. If you have your Mulberry over a year, and haven't seen any berries, you may need to add some compost and mulch. It may be hungry.
@@WildFloridian waoo i guess they grow,fast i have about 20 but they are young. so i gonna be busy in a future picking up fruits and pruning for sure. thanks. love you videos by the way. thanks for sharing
In winter, my leaves look very sad. It doesn't lose all the leaves but there is a lot less and they look not fully green. I wonder if I was further north if it would drop its leaves.
Haha. thats such a funny remark; 'I mean, I know these are wild flowers; but a little more wild than I was looking for.' Great job on the video!
Thank you! Cheers!
We planted our everbearing mulberry last year, and we warned NOT to plant it anywhere you DON’T want purple stains. We were advised not to put it near walkways, carports or buildings were we didn’t want berries and purple stains everywhere. In the end, we put them over by our chicken coops, so if we don’t get them in time, the chickens eat the berries when they hit the ground.
LOL! Yep they do stain things... but I find many of the stains wash away. But who wants to chance it with expensive items like cars and houses. That is a great idea to put by the chickens... they must be so happy!
Try laying a clean sheet or tarp on ground underneath the mulberry tree... Then shake the tree! Ripe berries fall to the sheet.
Drape a tarp under the Mulberry Tree and shake it, all the ripe one will fall on the tarp, even the one you can't reach. It makes it easier to collect and less ground clutter.
Great idea.... now to find a big tarp 😄
I love my mulberry tree. I can pick and eat ripe ones every morning and evening... every day for huge parts of the year. :)
My tree is smaller then yours but someone told me you could lay a tarp under the tree, shake the tree to knock down the ripe ones into the tarp to collect them.
We have thrown down blankets... would have been a better idea at this time of year... need to look for a tarp. Thanks for the reminder! 😄
One thing I like to use when pruning flowers is a hand sickle/scythe. Goes a lot faster than even hand shears.
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Thank you! I checked it out and it is on the list!
Duuude! Lets talk about squirrels! Hahaha i love my squirrels ♡♡ but im nervous about my banana and my future fruiting trees lol. Rohroh
Another awesome video Pretty Lady thx for sharing Be safe
Thanks so much
I can't wait for my mulberry to produce like that. Mine is looking kinda lanky 🙁 even with the proper irrigation.
They look lanky for a while. Like a couple of sticks... it will start to fill out 👍
I have a massive mulberry tree , they’re great
Yay Matthew! And I agree!
Love your videos, you are a natural. Just planted a mulberry tree last week, waiting patiently for fruit. Nice touch with you talking to the Mocking bird in the Plumeria.
Thanks Greg! I hope your Mulberry produces pounds and pounds of fruit 😄
Hey I have a question for you. In the spring, like right now, there is a wild flower/weed that blooms in Marion County fields and I have seen them down your way as well. They grow about 12 inches tall and have purple, white, cranberry flowers. From the hi way they seem to take over the field. My question is do you know the name of this wildflower and do they regenerate by seed or root or whatever? Thank You! pbh
Hi, I’m so glad you posted this video. Last fall I bought an everbearing mulberry tree and two dwarf cavendish bananas as my first fruit trees watching your videos, not knowing what mulberries even tasted like (your description sounded yummy enough lol) 😁 I’ve already gone thru my first batch of mulberries!! Bananas are just over 6ft including leaves so I think I have a bit to go. When you mentioned you were hoping for two batches of mulberry, did I misunderstand that to mean they’ll only produce twice in a year? I thought the everbearing meant year round. And ... cucumber transplants?! I keep hearing only squash okra or cowpeas now. No idea cukes can still be planted, thank you!!
I'm so happy to help. The everbearing is supposed to have multiple flushes but I've only gotten one flush... so I'm trying some things that I learned to see if I can get that second flush. If it works, I'll definitely be sharing what I learned. That is super exciting that you got your first round of mulberries! On the bananas you should be getting close... when you see all the new leaves staying mostly upright the flower isn't far behind. The cucumbers was an experiment, the seed packet said they should be good... so I was testing. I've also snagged some cucamelon seeds from my wild plant... so I'm working on figuring those out.
@@WildFloridian Any mulberry tips along the way would be appreciated by many myself included. Thx for the banana tip, going to be watching out for that. And I hear you about testing, I’ve about two flats going to see how far I can go in my micro-climate with a shade cloth assist. Testing is everything to me now, first summer garden coming up! Amongst other things, testing out a few Florida-heat tolerant lettuce and eggplant / squash by Whitwam Organics. Hope you cucamelons come through. Thanks always!
About how tall is your mulberry? And how old is it? I just bought a baby native mulberry for the birds. But now I’m thinking the one you have might be a better food source since it produces berries more often? What do you think?
One more question: Is your mulberry in absolute full sun? How many hours of sun do you think one needs? (I have lots of shade, so super sunny spot is at a premium)
They do not get full sun... my house blocks them part of the day. I would say they get 6 hours.
Great video! I was just wondering, besides fresh eating, how do you preserve your mulberry harvest? Freeze, dry, jam/preserves?? I bought one from a local garden center in early spring (totally inspired by your videos) but it’s still in the nursery can. Hoping to plant in a full sun location this weekend (N central FL 8b…”The Swamp” 🐊 ). I also just bought 2 dwarf cavendish banana trees at the blue store today…any advice on those? Thanks for sharing!💚🌸
Hi Robbin! We freeze mulberries to use in smoothies. But you could use them in a jam like a blackberry. You could put them in a pie... honestly, I would use them in any recipe that calls for raspberries or blackberries.
Yay the swamp! 😄
On dwarf cavendish, a great plant. Check out my video on growing bananas. But some bonus items, they will get about 4 feet wide and about 4 to 5 feet tall (tallest leaf will top out at 8 feet). Give them lots of water and fertilizer/compost to start. And I tend to give them a nice layer of mulch around the base to help them. Great time of year to plant them too!
@@WildFloridian thanks so much! Bananas are in the ground on the south side of the house (biotone in the planting hole with a little added compost) and heavily mulched. Now on to the mulberry…Fingers crossed!
Do birds like them?
Well, you answered my question. I’m thinking of planting on really just for the birds.
Just for the birds?!? I don't know how you won't eat them... they are so yummy. If you are looking for berry plants that birds like, there a bunch of natives that you may want to consider, like beauty berry or simpson stopper, or marlberry
I bought a everbearing mulberry not long ago from echoglobal. Planted it last weekend. The leaves don't look to good. I'm thinking maybe cause it got a little cold? Is this normal for them to have brownish/black leaves in the winter and then come back green in the summer?
You got it! That’s exactly what happened. As soon as it warms up you’ll see it green up and take off
@Wild Floridian cool that's awesome to hear! I'm really looking forward to having our first mulberries 😄
We’re you able to successfully propagate a mulberry plant? I tried several times.... grrrr.... I have a Pakistan variety and also an ever berry which hasn’t produced anything (who knows if it really is what they said it was). My Pakistan is H U G E . Good video!
Yep, I got it to propagate. I'm going to make a video about it. But I literally stuck it in the ground and put a nice mulch ring around it. I made its first berry within 6 months... it was its only berry.. But I'm not mad because it is only a foot tall. Oh my a Pakistan mulberry... I almost got one... but, agree, they get HUUUUUUGE. If you have your Mulberry over a year, and haven't seen any berries, you may need to add some compost and mulch. It may be hungry.
Hi h ow old is that mulberry tree? thanks
About 3 years old... in the ground at my house about 2.5 years
@@WildFloridian waoo i guess they grow,fast i have about 20 but they are young. so i gonna be busy in a future picking up fruits and pruning for sure. thanks. love you videos by the way. thanks for sharing
Does the mulberry loose it’s leaves?
In winter, my leaves look very sad. It doesn't lose all the leaves but there is a lot less and they look not fully green. I wonder if I was further north if it would drop its leaves.