How to Harvest Mulberries FAST!
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Mulberries are an abundant source of food and in this video we'll cover how to identify them, how to harvest them, and how to process them for recipes. The White Mulberry is a common tree found in urban areas and the berries are very prolific. Identification is easy this time of year as the berries are a sure sign, however the leaves are easy to learn as well. The leaves are egg shaped, glossy on top, have serrated margins, and varying numbers of lobes. The bark usually has an orange tint to it and it will have a diamond like pattern. Mulberries start off green and then turn to white and finally dark purple when fully ripened. To harvest your berries, there's a couple methods. One is to set out tarps or sheets and let the wind do the rest. This is time consuming and usually results in very dirty berries. I like to use an implement to shake the branches. In this instance I use two different items, one is a shepherds hook for hanging baskets and the other is a grappling hook improvised from a deer antler. After shaking the berries off the tree you're ready to start processing them. This is easy however they do have bugs in them, so to remove the bugs I like to use some salt water. After letting the berries soak in salt water for a few minutes, we just need to rinse them and let them drain. After that we have to remove the green stems and then the mulberries are ready for use in recipes.
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I never have a problem with bugs. My problem has always been getting to the berries before the birds do, once they've ripened.
That's a difficult conundrum to be honest. Are the birds totally wiping out the tree? If so, something that might work is giving them something else to eat so they'll leave the Mulberries alone.
@@TrilliumWildEdibles Yes, they wipe the trees out completely. I have a window to harvest of roughly a week per year depending on the weather.
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Oh dear, that's crazy they wipe it out so fast! However the harvest window is about right as i usually get about 1 to maybe 2 weeks if lucky. Hopefully you can get some this year before the birds do!
@@TrilliumWildEdibles Can you just eat the berries when ripe or do you have to cook them ?thanks
The wind is harvesting mine! 😂
Yeah, I've left my tarps out and they're filled! Problem is ants and Flys and birds have been all over them, at least for me. Wishing you a good harvest!
I've never had mulberry. Thanks for the video.
You're very welcome! They're really good. A little tart for some people but flavor wise they taste a lot like a Raspberry, BlackBerry, and a Blueberry had a baby.
I first had mulberry a couple of years ago, they're like the fruitiest fruit I've ever had, I now have a black mulberry and a white mulberry tree in my back garden :)
There’s soo many here in Maryland, So good
I love mulberries! So yummy!
They really are!
Where did you get that the unripe berries were slightly hallucinogenic? Just curious as i have never heard that before. Thanks man, tarp method works great, especially when your tree is 60ft tall lmao.
I was young and read erowid a lot and after reading about them there I tried it. One night I ate young shoots, about 75 or so. Felt really good for a couple hours but the hangover was terrible. Worse than alcohol hangover and almost narcotic like. Then when thr berries started coming on a couple months later I tried the unripe berries. I ate 50 to 60. Also felt really good with slight visuals. However the hangover was again terrible. Since then I steer clear. A few months later I got the Peterson Field Guide and it mentions the slight hallucinogenic properties.
Very helpful and just on time… thank you!!
You're very welcome!
We used to eat so many of these as kids in the 80s are skin on our hands and face were dyed purple 😂😂
Good informational video, thanks for sharing YAH bless !
Glad it was helpful!
So does the saltwater bath just kill the bugs but not actually remove them or am I misunderstanding something?
Most will die in the process, it's the rinsing afterwards that removes most of them. The bugs are known as Thrips and are technically harmless to consume but I like to remove them, so it's up to you. Do what you prefer!
Oh my gosh, I wish I knew this before. We went around the neighborhood and harvested quite a bit. I went to sort and rinse, saw little white “worms” and threw them out. I thought they were maggots! Now I know they were thrips. Dang it!!!!!!
Nice! I've never seen one.
That might be a good thing in a way as they're highly invasive and they stain everything. If you've ever seen purple bird feces, it's most likely coming from these trees. Another tip to find them is when driving, look on the edges of roads for purple staining in the summer, or now in the case of warmer weather. That's usually a good indicator of Mulberries.
@@TrilliumWildEdiblesThe red is native to the Eastern half of NA. Also, wherever I've seen them it's not like they spread out and take over and wish I could find more.
Great tutorial on harvesting, love your video's, stay safe & hh, 👍🌾🌻🍇🍒🫒🍁🌲🌳🍀🌿🌵
Thanks Ron, always nice to see you in the comments!