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I grow mulberry trees mostly to keep the birds out of my blueberries as they would rather eat them than the blueberries but dang those things are good..........
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The buds on my Russian mulberry (Morus Alba) trees were just starting to swell and it snowed 6 inches today. Color me green...
Pete R - Hudson Valley, NY - zone 5b -
I'd rather be eating the blueberries.... which today I was.
SoCal, zone 10.
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Your harvesting fruit and I still have a month and half to my frost free date....... Heavy sigh!!!Scott - Colorado Springs, CO - Zone 4/5 (Depending on the year) - Elevation 6266ft
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I love mulberries! But don't harbor any thoughts of hanging clothes out to dry if there's one within a mile of your place. Let's just say that there's a reason my Mom's sheets have purple polka dots.....Bryant...Franklin County, VA...Zone 7a. Wish List: a 32 hour day....more sleepComment
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Wills, those look delish. I was gifted a rooted mulberry cutting this year and it has really taked off big time. I wish my fig trees would grow so well.Jerry, Canyon Lake TX 8bComment
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They do grow fast. Those things and I are in a constant war as it wants to be a tree and I insist it will be a bush.Comment
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I was considering training one down a fence line like a grape vine. Wonder if it will work? Oh well guess I will have to try....when all this stupid new snow melts!Hi my name is Art. I buy fig cuttings-so I can grow more figs-so I can sell more figs-so I can buy more fig cuttings-so I can grow more figs....Comment
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Art,
Yep it will work just fine. After harvest you prune them and then all the new growth will have fruit the next spring. It is a good way to keep them small.Comment
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Does it really work as a decoy? i am considering getting some yaupon holly to use as a hedge and for the honeybees. i was concerned about the holly berries attracting more birds to my yard than before, and eating my other crops. i think they may prefer figs and blueberries over holly. So, decoy or invitation ???Comment
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Msfiglake,
Your resident birds are always there so you are not drawing in new birds. As long as they ripen at the same time it does work. It is just a matter of which they prefer and in this case they prefer the mulberries over the BB and the mulberries ripen in the exact same window as the BB.Comment
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