Eat The Weeds: Episode 119: The Paper Mulberry

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Related to the common mulberry, the paper mulberry produces an exotic pompom like fruit if conditions are right. Invasive in most places its leaves are edible and its bark can be made into paper and cloth.

[@snocamo154]

Had no idea that I had so many edible plants and trees in the yard till I started watching EatTheWeeds videos. Now the paper mulberry growing in my backyard is discovered to be edible. Way cool.

[@stasioser123]

Still providing great info 12 years later! Thanks!

[@willfrost]

Hey Green Deane, I've been keeping an eye on the local paper mulberries ever since I saw this video. Today (06/08/11) as I was driving I saw some fruit on them. I collected a few, brought them home, re-watched this video to double check that I had the right thing, and then gave them a try. They are pretty tasty! Thanks for the great information. I look forward to your next video!

[@ytfp]

I loved the closeups. For some reason I find it hard to get a sense of depth on video. You did a really great job with the closeups and in the hand for visual reference at a distance. I am also very happy you ate one(or two) so we know how to eat just the fluffy bits. Great video and I love this history lessons and origin too. You continue to do us and mother nature a great service and get it gets better each time. Thank you so very much for the work that you do for us to enjoy and learn from.

[@EatTheWeeds]

Surprisingly yes, if you don't have really deep freezes. The tree is from temperate China.

[@jmp116]

We have male paper mulberry trees in south Texas, I use the wood to make spoons and bowls. They're very nice. The leaves steamed are great.

[@fastandcool]

Your videos just keep getting better. Such fun with the 70s "brown chicken brown cow" music at just the right scenes. Green Cheers from Texas!

[@digdugdiggy]

Thanks! Turns out we had one of these growing in our front yard! And another larger one in the backyard. ours only has the green fluffy balls, and not orange fruits. not enough cold maybe?

[@AbigailSanchez1986]

There are many here in Hemet California! Especially my backyard. They are taking over😊The fruit is lightly sweet

[@picklefoot]

That's where mine are lol. We call it the COVID TREE

[@AbigailSanchez1986]

@@picklefoot I think my mom had also mentioned it looked like Covid🦠🤭

[@EatTheWeeds]

@theracemixer Had Durian when I lived in Japan some 40 years ago.... can still smell it...

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

i've never seen a fruiting paper mulberry. thanks!!

[@CriticalElixer]

similar to the strawberry tree. few people have ever seen a strawberry tree fuit. almost identical to this. They gro in southern cal. mulberry leaves are also some of the most nutritious on earth for livestock such as rabbits. u should look into MORINGA trees. most nutritious for humans and livestock, makes salad oil, water purifier, nuts, green beans, and leafy greens. u can buy thm on ebay and use as an indoor plant. moringa trees contain all thee amino acids which is rare. they build bodies.

[@digemsmacks5690]

All this rain this past week or so has made my paper Mulberry explode with some juicy sweet fruit

[@picklefoot]

The roots can be used for rope and paper made from the inner bark

[@0MrENigma0]

Great again! The music played during the video of the lady bits of the tree was funny. ;-)

[@EatTheWeeds]

I have an article about moringas on my website and I have three in my yard.

[@fastandcool]

p.s. All I have are the male paper mulberries growing like mad in my Austin backyard. I'm glad to know the leaves are edible.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@kryptiea I've been trying to do one on the Solanum americanum but it is not cooperating, and I am all over the area doing classes. I'll get going again, promise.

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Thank you for this. I need to know why to preserve what weeds are still good

[@TroddinSod]

Great video man!! I love you! What a wonderful way to share the beauty that's all around us. I envy your gift of generosity. Thank you.

[@EatTheWeeds]

Yes, sweet and pleasant.

[@xq3975]

I had one of these in my backyard, it was a fruitless paper mulberry. It was 50 years old, and it grows out in random directions and is insane looking. Mine had three different trees coming from the same place. It collapsed though and we lost it unfortunately. It shaded the entire yard. They grow insanely fast.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@veggiegrow7 It would be a great plant to do a video on, when I find some. They don't grow locally but if I can take a trip up north I will do one.

[@faithhesteredna]

I know this was put out many long years ago. But I’m glad it’s hear to properly identify these trees. I HATE them. The home we bought 7 years ago has a few of these mature trees. They are in the side of our house that’s near the fence. So we don’t go over there and they do provide good shade over that side if the house. Well the way these things produce They are so invasive. Or whole property is just a huge root network of these trees constantly shooting up babies. Those home was build in 61 and those were probably planted then ornamentally. Well now they are a massive problem for us. We have a huge water leak and just trying to dig in that area is a nightmare, nothing but roots all varying in size and entangled with each other. I’m also hypothesizing they may be the reason for the busted water line. But can’t 100% be certain bc the pipes are original to the houses build. So we’ll soon find out, if we can ever get to the area, through so these damn roots. These trees are awful.

[@2boddah]

You made my morning! This tree is so cool

[@EatTheWeeds]

The green one turns into the orange one. The orange fruit is edible but the hard (green) seed inside is not.

[@krystalynnx]

I have idenitifed one of these shooting up to 15 feet in one season in the backyard of an abandoned house (8+ years now) and I'm totally not wanting to deal with it!

[@gplunky]

Thank You.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@ccm800 Me too... these used to be in thye mulberry genus but were moved.

[@Thee-_-Outlier]

Bro it is all over the place around Philly. Trust me it made it north

[@greendeane1]

It likes cooler weather, Central Florida is usually too warm for it in the winter

[@billmoss926]

Very good to watch, nothing like out about what you can eat in bush.

[@ovandocarter]

@EatTheWeeds lol man your vids get me thought the days.

[@EatTheWeeds]

yes, I know what the plant is. What do you do with the harvest?

[@picklefoot]

I actually keep one in a bucket yay! Where can I find a male? And...I had know idea how wonderful it is

[@jugifu]

Thank you Green! You are one lean mean weed eatin machine!!!

[@dwightcurrie8316]

Not a lot except give to friends who like the vine, and try out different places either in pots or outside to see how it grows best and until last year always keep some for next year. Even here in Middle Ga. they don overwinter well......Okay now what what is it????? You really have my curiosity up and running.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@avian5 At video 101 I started using a 2 gig Flip camera. For the first 100 videos I used a one gig Flip camera.

[@kryptiea]

Really miss your videos here. I figured you were really busy this summer.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@pastthebrink They can look similar but mulberry leaves have teeth, and sassafras do no.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@marthale7 On the west side of Jervey Gantt Recreation Complex there are recycle bins. Across the street is where there are located.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@jakearick Sure, buy the state might be mightily irritated by it. Its very invasive.

[@denergy2307]

Great vid. thx for posting!

[@monicadahl7715]

Thank you so much I have one in my backyard in California. I was told the ones springing up in my yard were mulberry when I took the fruit to a local nursery they didn’t know what it was.Can you eat the fruit?

[@greendeane1]

THe orange part, yes, Not the big hard core.

[@miulingleung3543]

Hi Monica, I have been looking for paper mulberry tree , when did you purchase it?

[@miulingleung3543]

Oops, I meant where to get the tree?

[@EatTheWeeds]

@digdugdiggy Be patient. This is only June. They might indeed turn into fruit.

[@theracemixer]

i was thing of jack-fruit just before you mentioned it. I think you should try Durian i tried it 6 months ago and now i'm, addicted to it

[@ccm800]

nom nom LOVE mulberries

[@EatTheWeeds]

@ovandocarter I've trimmed it back for summer.

[@dwightcurrie8316]

Other than give to friends who like the vine and try in different locations to see where it grows best, and until last year save enough for the next year I don't do anything with the "nuts". If I don't know what a plant is I always found it best to avoid consumption. You have me very curious. What is the plant please?

[@surplusdivision2461]

Is it anything like the che tree here in the midwest?

[@EatTheWeeds]

@mrhulot101 Where do you live?

[@embaradosmithingandwoodcraft]

hay dean i think this one looks more like jaraf than zebra

[@EatTheWeeds]

@trentontrading I think so. It loves to grow. But I would get a she and a he so one could have fruit.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@apeinacrate76 There are some Pacific Northwest instructiors listed on my site under foraging instructors. Feral Kevin is in California and has some videos.

[@humbleone6405]

Music sounds like it came from a 60s show..different but cool

[@EatTheWeeds]

@NewPuritan07 Ocala, Jervey Gantt Recreation Complex, 2390 SE 36th Ave., Ocala, FL, 34471, across the street from the recycle bins.

[@olgakozlova4413]

Tanks! Does anyone has a recipe how to use paper mulberry in a pastry or is there way to make a jam?

[@picklefoot]

There are two female trees here in my trailer park in INLAND EMPIRE,CA

[@adriennef4637]

Goats love it too😆

[@theracemixer]

@EatTheWeeds Some people hate the smell some love it. personally i love it and the fat per kilo in it is amazing. To avoid bloating i trying to find high nutrient food per kilo rather than volume Were i am not persimmon is on season had few the other day (it have 10 times more cal than tomato)

[@dwightcurrie8316]

At about 4:45 in the background there is a plant/vine with green heart shaped leaves. I believe this is a vine I have had for several years, but have no idea what it is. In the fall the vine will produce "nuts". Brown and rough textured. Here in middle Ga we pick and store the nuts overwinter to make sure we have have a constant supply. This year I have only 1 vine and hope to get nuts this fall, because last year I neglected the vine due to a bad summer & no time. Any idea what the vine is ?

[@diannenaworensky6698]

Dwight Curry, that vine is air potato vine. IT IS VERY INVASIVE, so beware. Even the smallest potato will start a plant. ✌🏻❤

[@johnstarnes]

What do the fruits taste like? Pleasant?

[@srimplernremtp]

we have them up in NYC already.

[@asupremum1246]

Where in NYC? I've never seen them there

[@EatTheWeeds]

@0MrENigma0 Thanks. Quirky music for quirky fruit.

[@geraldgustav]

can these live in new jersey? great vid

[@embaradosmithingandwoodcraft]

and the leaf of the paper mulberry looks like a Klingon bird of prey

[@EatTheWeeds]

@chthjhjhnh Been doing some of that.. hence part II et cetera. Time and season rule. Some of the early ones I can't do until spring.

[@adolthitler]

Looking at the bark and the way it comes out of the ground and leaf shape it makes me think it is related to the paw paw.

[@elmadas]

it looks like an inside-out fig :)

[@poopgorilla1586]

which is the fruit? the green one or the flower like one?

[@kryptiea]

Deane come back to us 1 vid all summer ouch

[@instrodude94]

i think i have the male version it doesnt produce any fruit it looks like the leaves on this plant but it doest produce fruit

[@geraldgustav]

can these live in new jersey?

[@SanaKhan-rp7oj]

From Pakistan... Ye humary ghr me hai.. Ye itny mitty or juice hoti hai😃😃

[@Sofiarivassculptor]

I want that plant

[@ovandocarter]

your beard is getting big

[@rcruz2008]

looks like an air potato plant

[@bitofcc1901]

Hi do you know if any bark can be made into cloth? Thank you!

[@EatTheWeeds]

That's been one of the uses of the species for hundreds of years.

[@bitofcc1901]

@@EatTheWeeds thank you so much for replying. Just for my own clarity, any bark from any tree? Lol thanks again!

[@EatTheWeeds]

@@bitofcc1901 No, but the paper mulberry was used for that.

[@bitofcc1901]

@@EatTheWeeds appreciate your insight thank you!

[@bitofcc1901]

@@EatTheWeeds hi again, do you know if juniper bark can be used for bark cloth ?

[@picklefoot]

The markings on the tree are dead giveaway

[@crystal.knightrwe]

Can you grow a female tree in a pot to prevent spreading?

[@chthjhjhnh]

hey green dean, how about taking your new camera and re-doing some of your early videos? respectfully, doc

[@mos6507]

Toodles!!!

[@havoc6g]

groovy disco music

[@dwightcurrie8316]

And the answer is??????????

[@hedykarim3614]

Iv3 heard It’s very invasive

[@hatesyardwork1865]

Hey how can I kill this tree thanks

[@cayuga2532]

🤤