How to Grow Mulberry Trees from Cuttings | Expanding Our Fruit Trees: Beginnings of a Food Forest

[@ellendean1181]

My 8 yr old grandson, Lincoln, is obsessed with propogation of plants since we stumbled on your channel, Mike. He watches every episode he can find. He'd like to see something about what kids his age should do to get started. Thanks so much, Mike.

[@MikeKincaid79]

That's so awesome to hear! I love it when young people and kids get into this. I'll have to put some thought into a video, thanks Ellen, and best of luck to your grandson, Lincoln!

[@Clarinda787]

@@MikeKincaid79 I'm so happy to hear that you are thinking about making a video for kids that are in love with rooting plants. My 10-year-old grandson is excited about it too. We took a bunch of cuttings off my hydrangea and have them in soil on the north side of the house in shade. He checks them daily, how long will it take for them to root?

[@FrenchedRacks]

I am filling up my back yard with fig and mulberry trees so my kids can grow up like I did. If my parents couldn't find me, I was in probably in a tree somewhere having a snack 😂

[@gardeningaustralia8732]

@@MikeKincaid79 hi mike I’m a 11 year old gardener and I love you channel I was wondering if you could do a video on all the different trees and plants that you can propagate thank you

[@GoldenBoy-et6of]

@@gardeningaustralia8732 hey bud, theres thousands upon thousands of edible fruit trees and fruit producing plants and in America we commonly only see maybe 10 different fruits and mostly different variations of those fruits , if you were going to grow plums, theres probably over a 1000 different varieties of plums and some can be blood red inside while other may be pink or orange fleshed or can be orange with blood red streaks throughout and theres hundreds of different color variations and every variety has it's own sugar content % and own variation of terpenes which are what make up its smell and alot of the taste so there are some you can grow for their beautiful fruit or some that may not be very pretty but have the best smell and taste and theres even some that dont produce edible fruit but produce an incredible display of flowers and that's common with plants in the stone fruit family which is the family that includes apples and pears and plums and apricots and peaches but if you really want to get into propagating than the best fruit trees for any gardener to propagate both in terms of ease to root and grow but also in how quick you will get fruit and the cost of the plants themselves, figs are one of the best starting plants! Theres thousands of different fig varieties and theres figs that taste like every type of fruit so you can get figs that taste like strawberry or cherry or plums or honey or grapey and you can find figs at places like home depot for $30 for a multiple foot tall tree and in the first year that you plant it in the ground it wont produce much growth but in the second spring it will grow 6+ feet in one year and you can take a bunch of cuttings from that and as long as you watch Mike's vids on rooting figs you'll have those cuttings rooted in only a few weeks! And than those cuttings will do best in pots till they fill those pots with roots because the pots protect the figs from the cold but the figs wont need the protection once they've gotten established roots and are ready to transplant into the ground and a year after planting those rooted cuttings all those cuttings will grow 6ft plus In their second spring and so that you've effectively turned one plant into 20+ plants and if you started with 10 fig varieties than in 2 years you would turn those 10 to 200+ and 2 years later you could turn those 200+ into 4000 plants and only 2 years later you can turn those 4000 into 80,000 and so 10 fig plants can become 80,000 plants in only 6 years and if you sold 70k of those plants for just $10 a piece which is cheaper than a nursery or home depot, than you would make $700k and so this is a great example of how if you tell your parents about what you want to do and they invest just $300 in to getting you 10 fig trees to start, by the time your an adult you can have a million dollar empire built completely from figs and you'll be able to produce millions of pounds of figs with that many plants as well! The main thing that limits you is how much property you have to grow on! :)

[@shafqathussain9954]

Back in Pakistan We used to have a big mulberry tree in our garden and I used to climb it as a child to get mulberries, the long branches were pruned in the Autumn and used to make baskets with, that were used to put chickens under for the night and also for storing stuff in, I had a lot of fun in my childhood.😊❤❤❤

[@MikeKincaid79]

Really cool, Shafqat. Thanks for sharing your memories.

[@NekzLvL]

​@@MikeKincaid79 i have questions sir. How long does mulberry grow from stem cut and how long fruit will come? 😅

[@thesarge-]

“I can’t help myself, I gotta see those roots” lol. I love this guy.

[@billastell3753]

There are so many videos that folks make where they show you how to do something but not the results. Mike shows the results. Thank you Mike for doing it all the way. Thumbs up again!

[@MikeKincaid79]

That's my claim to fame, haha! Thanks for your support Bill!!!

[@Terri_Stauffer]

Mulberries are the sweetest tasting berries, even the birds prefer them to other berries. Growing up had one in backyard and everything was purple, but boy did they taste good. Was so excited to plant two this year in forest area, red and white. Just found a purple one growing in church lot and got permission to take cuttings, and have them rooting right now.

[@MikeKincaid79]

That's so awesome to hear! I'm really looking forward to these. Now I just need a white variety.

[@nancyfahey7518]

I'm thinking if I plant one back behind my blueberries, the birds might allow me to eat some.

[@joe1535]

@@nancyfahey7518 yea farmers do that to keep birds away from the more expensive crops

[@johnclarke6647]

Mulberries are great eating. In 1959 at my 8th grade trip we went to a place that had a great big mulberry tree that was fruiting. I ate my fill until I was almost sick. They make great eating.

[@RRaucina]

Every cemetery in Wisconsin seems to have a huge Mulberry tree. Learned to love them as a kid above all berries. 40 years ago, after a long search I found a fruiting Mulberry in California. Inspired by you, I recently took a few dozen cutting from this fine tree. Never had anything so anxious to grow! Roots and leaves long before a fig or even grape. Thanks for spreading the word.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks, Richard. I'm getting excited about the fruit on these.

[@RRaucina]

@@MikeKincaid79 Hard to pick unless you do the sheet and shake method. Plan to be dyed deep purple for a few days. Exquisite taste when over ripe.

[@catherinegrace2366]

@@RRaucina they fruit forever too. I hated mulberry until I saw how long it fruited. I learned to like them a lot. Not love but like a lot. Except white. White don’t have enough flavor.

[@sbkhider]

I love plants and growing plants and starting new plants from seed or clippings and your videos just makes me so happy!

[@MikeKincaid79]

It makes me so happy to hear that my videos make you happy, Susan. Have fun in the garden!

[@amekh1956]

Hi Mike. The mulberry trees grow easily and become big very fast in the Mediterranean climate. My wife make me sugarless jam out of its fruit. I prefer the taste of the black ones. Nice day to every one.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sounds really good. I've heard they are very sweet when picked ripe.

[@amekh1956]

@@MikeKincaid79 oh yes they are. Birds love it also! When ripe they can be pinkish, yellowish or black in color. I prefer black ones. Yellowish color fruits are too sweet

[@marlacoughtry1452]

I live in northern Nevada zone 4-5. Hot dry summers, cold dry winters, lots of wind. I have a mulberry in my backyard, no idea what variety as it was here when we bought the house. I thought it was a snowball bush. It was about 5 feet tall and stayed that way for many years. About 10 years ago, all at once it took off and turned into a 15-20 foot tree. It's beautiful and amazing. Even with our severe windstorms (60 - 85 mile an hour winds) it has never had a broken branch. It gets regular water from the sprinklers as it ended up being just at the edge of the lawn when we finished landscaping. It is our grand daughter's favorite tree and she climbs in it regularly. Have never had suckers pop up from it either. It seems to be the perfect tree. Thank you so much for the video on propagation as I want to plant another one and now I know how to do it! And, thanks to all the others who commented, all good info! Cheers.

[@MikeKincaid79]

So cool to hear all your great info about your mulberry. I'm still learning about them so I appreciate the info. We just drove through Northeastern Nevada last spring and I loved the landscape from West Wendover up to Jackpot. The huge boulders in the mountains were amazing and I really liked the look of all the grey/blue low ground brush (not sure what it's called). Is that kind of the area you live in?

[@marlacoughtry1452]

@@MikeKincaid79 Hi Mike, yes that's the kind of area we live in but on the western edge, elevation is 4500' in a valley below the Sierras. Lake Tahoe is just up and over the mountain about 30 minutes. Gardening in the high desert can be a challenge with such extreme temperatures, plenty of wind and basically no humidity, but you just need to learn to work with nature. The majority of the brush/scrub are many different native sage and grasses. There are also a multitude of wild flowers in the spring and some interesting ground covers. My mulberry produces black berries about an inch long and half inch in diameter. Since it turned into a tree, I really haven't seen it bloom much, which I find interesting, but it does produce some fruit each year. I hope by planting a second one we will get better pollination and more fruit. BTW, I cut some branches yesterday, got them ready, dipped them in rooting hormone and potted. I have put them in my garden room for the winter where it stays 55F - 65F and hope they spend the winter making really strong roots. If anyone has an idea of what variety it may be?? I hope they will comment. If you know what a snowball bush looks like, the flower balls were very close to that. Thanks to all.

[@Lotus3135]

Thanks for showing us how to do this! One thing you forgot to mention; Tajikistan and Uzbekistan also produce silk. I grew up eating mulberry and miss it so much every season.

[@Pamir19-61]

Привет Америка , я жил в Узбекистане там шелковица на каждом шагу.

[@GIJeaux1]

Growing up I knew a girl who would break out in hives if she ate mulberries. Even if she just bit one and spit it out. We were little heathens and would pay her a nickel to eat one so we could watch her break out. We were young, don't judge me.😂 I found a wild Mulberry tree on my property and I am going to try rooting some cuttings now. Thanks for the video.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Hahaha, sounds like you had a good time growing up! The girl, not so much.

[@larryharvey7709]

Ancient Greek definition of intelligence. Old men planting trees which they will never enjoy the shade of. ❤️

[@avodotcado]

Good thing Mulberries grow fast

[@Pepperheadsavage]

This is what a good ancestor is made of

[@kdh130]

We were all secretly hoping you would pull them out and show us the roots. Yeah, you did not let us down. Awesome.

[@MikeKincaid79]

LOL, in the end, I couldn't help it.

[@neysanpertl7173]

I love your videos Mike! Your so enthusiastic and motivating! Im 26 years old and live on a permaculture farm with my parents and am learning how to grow plants myself! Keep up the awesome content and videos

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sounds wonderful!

[@neysanpertl7173]

@@MikeKincaid79 i was wondering do you have any videos on how to propagate magnolia trees?

[@jajphotog77]

The mulberries here in my backyard in NC are heavy producers. They are wild and are almost weeds. I can cut them down to the ground and in one year they have grown back 8 to 10 ft. I never thought of selling them but I will now!

[@auroraborealis3764]

Thank you Mike! I’ve been trying to propagate mulberries with no success so I’m sooo happy you made this video. I really appreciate it!

[@MikeKincaid79]

You are very welcome!

[@violethouseworth5943]

seeds grow so easy and they fruit within a few years...

[@elvindaryl1]

Silk worms are fed mulberry leaves so they will spin a gold cocoon....Different plant foliage produces different colour silks from green(spinach) to pink (beetroot) ...an interesting experiment for a kid`s class room!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Wow, that's really interesting. Thanks for sharing, I'll have to read up on it.

[@liamgrows]

I have 1 word to say Thank u For the last 2 year you shown me how to do cuttings and now I’m doing red currents and all rooted :)

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sounds great! No shortage of red currants now.

[@jcgjcg3844]

The best part of being subscribed to you Mike and watching almost all of your videos is when I decide to propagate a certain plant I usually remember watching one of your videos so I just look for them and give myself a refresher course!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I love hearing that, thank you. I've always tried to make my propagation videos a reference that people could come back to, like a library of propagation. There are so many more plants to go, just need to get this house done and back to gardening.

[@lobe2032]

I am so glad you did this, I was wondering if I could do cuttings of mulberry and now I am going to go get them. I love you for this, you have taught me so much. 😇😇😊😊🤗🤗

[@MikeKincaid79]

Go get em Glenda!

[@janellis8861]

Mike, I love your videos and have started doing cuttings using your instructions. I have had amazing success with rooting my hydrangea’s and evergreen shrubs. Unfortunately, I have not had any success with the hardwood cuttings. I hope you can do a video strictly on rooting hardwoods. Again I cannot thank you enough for your videos and the education they provide.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I have several videos on hardwood cuttings and this is one of them. Search the channel and you should find them. I plan to do more videos about hardwood cuttings in the future.

[@naturalgardeningagricolture]

You are one of a few, that actually show the roots of the result. Today i told my boss im not ready to die before i succeed to grow mulberry from cutting From some reason they dont root and i do it just as you Big branches, hormone, light sterile medium.. Shabat shalom

[@MikeKincaid79]

You can do this. Never give up, I believe in you!

[@naturalgardeningagricolture]

@@MikeKincaid79 Yep, well, i guess its because the long winter, but i see some roots in the grapes and mulberries and can relate to your feel when you find roots :))))))

[@ndoghouse6853]

Thanks man! Im doing the same with loquat. I know the tree is at least 30 years old because I made some wine from the fruit about twenty five years ago and managed to age some of it for 23 years and man was it good! Mullberries grow wild all over my property. My next plant will be dragon fruit.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Wow, you've been at this a long time!

[@timaking]

Mike: Yes, the Large Mulberry trees caused problems in Tucson & Phoenix, AZ. The problem was these were male Mulberry's which grew quickly & which shed a lot of pollen which was very messy & some people were allergic to it. Many of us love the female Mulberry trees which do well here & give off much fruit.

[@MikeKincaid79]

So as long as I stay away from the males, I guess I’m good here. Good to know.

[@RobertBee-fs8hv]

How do you tell between male and female trees or sticks

[@latrice8262]

@@RobertBee-fs8hv yes I need to know also cause I just recieved some cuttings myself

[@nildacastillo6172]

OMG!! THEY GROW WILD HERE IN TEXAS!! LOVE EM!!

[@panpeter2969]

Heard that some cities in Texas banned new mulbery trees. Is it lifted?

[@fayemartin465]

you got the greenest thumb i ever seen thanks for sharing your knowlodge

[@MikeKincaid79]

What a nice compliment. Thanks for watching, Faye!

[@joeparker6070]

Brilliant video 👍. In England I buy dried mealworms in plastic containers the same size as these pots you're using. The containers are clear plastic so you see the roots growing 👍😁😁

[@MikeKincaid79]

Love seeing the roots growing!

[@Pragathigardening15]

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[@cyriuscrypto]

Ohh you are in England. Do you know where i can get the white one? Thanks

[@joeparker6070]

@@cyriuscrypto which white one mate 👍

[@cyriuscrypto]

@@joeparker6070 Morus Alba

[@BMarie774]

This gets me excited. I thought some of my cuttings would be too small! Yours are smaller than mine lol. This is so special to me because we are getting our cuttings from family friends who have become like family to us. Every year we go pick mulberries with them. This year I’ve been getting into cuttings and grafting more and they asked if I wanted some mulberry cuttings when I mentioned it. I took some and it felt so weird cutting EVERYTHING and the top off. But I’m excited!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sounds like you’re excited! Good luck with all your cuttings Brie.

[@ebhsports6251]

White mulberries are fantastic . They have a sweet slightly nutty taste. One of my favorite berries to eat .

[@MikeKincaid79]

Looking forward to them.

[@americanrebel413]

It's amazing how easy they root, I think it's time for me to get some of those. Thanks Mike!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yep, now we're onto mulberry! LOL. I think we're all going to need more property soon.

[@laleetapersaud3334]

Watching from Suriname. I have a mulberry tree. It's very simple with mulberry cuttings. I just cut some 5 inches cuttings and stick them in sand. In about 3 days I see young leaves. Awesome!

[@topp352]

real informative Mike.U r the future of plants.

[@MikeKincaid79]

There's definitely no lack of different plants around here.

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

Finally talked you into it. I believe you will enjoy these trees.

[@nancycrisman7496]

These trees have invasive roots and can tear up sidewalks and interfere with plumbing.

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

@@nancycrisman7496 it's always good not to plant trees next to sidewalks or right against your house or next to a septic tank. And probably want to keep them kind of away from your house because the birds like the fruit and that can be a mess.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I'm looking forward to seeing them ripen fruit. Thanks for not letting up on me.

[@nancycrisman7496]

@@theoverworkedgardener5648 I plan on planting a pomegranate instead. I have blueberries already. I live far from a large garden center I am used to living near. Have to order everything. I always look up plants and learn before planting. I don’t have access to lots of land.

[@theoverworkedgardener5648]

@@nancycrisman7496 I planted a pomegranate as well. I have a blueberry plant or two. Planning on getting some muscadine grapes at some point. If you don't have a whole lot of land it's definitely a really important to do your homework on plants so that's a good idea. I have right at 5 acres so if I mess up it's not as bad as if it's right on my house. I got blackberry vines. And got one weird fig tree that just won't grow very well in ground but I'm growing in a pot right now.

[@patricia_burkham]

I am from Texas. I have never heard of people NOT growing them. They are so simple to root. Mulberries are super food.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Glad to hear it. I just read that somewhere but I guess you can't believe everything you read, lol.

[@louisel.8360]

I’ve been living in Las Vegas for the past 30 years. I recall vividly when mulberry trees, olive trees, and others were banned. You cannot find an any nursery store. I happen to purchase another property and wouldn’t you know, I have a white mulberry tree. I am so excited and will definitely try to propagate as you are showing. Beautiful beautiful tree. Thank you so very much.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Wow, in Vegas too? It's always interesting to read this stuff and learn about different plants and their history. Good luck with your cuttings.

[@allywilkeforsenate]

Why ban a tree that feeds people?

[@brittneygaines4709]

Mulberries are absolutely amazing. We’ve got two Mulberry trees in our yard. My kids love going out there every day picking the berries for their afternoon snack. Even got a really cute video of a baby raccoon. That was just hanging out in the tree watching us. We didn’t stick around after we spotted the baby though. Because I highly doubt mama had gone too far away. And nobody wants to mess with me angry mama.(sorry for any spelling or grammar errors I have a cats help)

[@MikeKincaid79]

That is awesome!

[@carrasco2011sc]

How tall do they grow? Some people say they are invasive and grow around 40 ft tall, etc. Now I am scared. Lol. I just planted 2 in my yard today.

[@noclu4u384]

I've got a mulberry tree in my yard . It's about 30 feet tall . The fruit is delicious. Tastes very much like blackberries..

[@imienazwisko6150]

Thank you for the video! Im gonna try to do this with a tree that fell down a week ago

[@MikeKincaid79]

Have fun and good luck!

[@merryanneadair4451]

Thank you for this!! I have a white mulberry tree behind the barn by the goat lot. The goats LOVE the leaves & berries!! White mulberries are sweeter than the dark ones. They grow wild everywhere here, but whites are harder to find. I've been trying for several years to root some starts from my white one with no luck. I'll be trying your method!! God bless!

[@MikeKincaid79]

This works great! Find a nice thick cutting to work with and give it time. Good luck

[@tru432]

i have mulberry tree in my front yard in Pakistan. the fruit is yummy and i m in love with it

[@MikeKincaid79]

Awesome. I’ll bet you can grow some really nice figs there too.

[@danettefunston9763]

I've cut the green branches off mine and stuck them in water and never had a problem. I'm going to try this method now though cause everyone wants one

[@MikeKincaid79]

Good luck

[@thelmaaguas6730]

Wow! Those are beautiful roots….

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks, Thelma!

[@tinaroderick1049]

So excited to see this video. Found a large mulberry tree in a cemetery in the city where I live. Going to get a few cuttings and try this. Thank you for posting!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Good luck!

[@DeniseElizabeth-l5e]

Just an fyi. A bird pooped a few seeds on my property. Even with mowing three grew to trees and I let them. The fruit, being like raspberries gets eaten, pooped out and voila, mulberries, mulberries EVERYWHERE. I love them, and so do the birds and squirrels.

[@MrsGreenThumb]

Thankyou so much Mike. Always learning from you and I have never seen a Mulberry Tree.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Me either, so we're both going to learn a lot.

[@scooter5005]

Wow! I learned so much from this video about tree cuttings, thank you!

[@MikeKincaid79]

So glad!

[@malik2433]

You already had fruit on those cuttings. Amazing. I'll be doing this with mine this winter too

[@waqasqazi8779]

When I was a kid i always eating this fruit with some homemade greek yoghurt every morning in my villages. Now i'm 19 y.o Nice video, Greetings from Azerbaijan (Former soviet union)

[@MikeKincaid79]

Cool childhood memories

[@jjayneartworkx]

My landlady has a mulberry tree I have been obsessed about cloning since I moved here...she told me she uses the leaves for a tea for her eyes. I have a couple types of mulberry teas that are made by an Asian American family in San Francisco I buy and support called triple leaf tea. However, it's the tiny seeds in the berries that I am in love with...compared to raspberries or blackberries...these are a gem if you don't like their big seeds...ours taste kinda like sweet ripe plums...💚

[@jjayneartworkx]

Ohhh...the beneficial tea leaves are from white mulberry trees!

[@jjayneartworkx]

Lol...the outlawing is prolly cuz of the benefits...pharma is the snake oil salesman gone slithery...lol

[@MikeKincaid79]

I actually like the seed crunch in fruit but I'm really excited to try these mulberries. Definitely agree about pharma.

[@jenniferhenderson3249]

Thank you so much for this excellent video. I am looking forward to making some cuttings from my mulberry tree following your directions. Everyone should have at least one mulberry tree in their garden. Mulberries are so delicious and are super healthy as well. I make pies, jelly, jam and also use them dried like raisins.

[@MikeKincaid79]

You're so welcome Jennifer! Have fun with your propagation project and good luck. I am so looking forward to getting some fruit from these trees but I'm sure it will be another year or 2. Who knows, maybe they'll produce this year like figs do.

[@carminepetracca7518]

i just knew you were gonna get to exposing the roots. like my mom used to say," ya just can't leave things alone". cp.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Hahaha, it's true!

[@soonzach4017]

love mulberries, mr green thumb can root anything.

[@kearstinnekenerson6676]

Found out a tree I front of my moms house is a white mulberry tree and she has been chopping the branches excessively because she didn’t know well there are tons of little branches and from what I am reading now is about the time to take the cuttings and get it ready for pots to move with me to the new house I can get tons of good cuttings from it it seems I am excited

[@TacticalCaveman997]

Great hardwood for so many things! You can also make paint with the berries

[@AmapolaAzul-us5gt]

This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you! I just found out that a mulberry tree I had for a couple of years started fruiting recently after a couple of weeks of rains and bad weather. I thought the tree was dead because I don't remember it bearing fruit for some time, but my mom told me that she heavily pruned it not long ago, so maybe that's why? I'm not sure because I'm a beginner with all this. So I was delighted and sad at the same time because it casts a shadow over the spot where I'm planning to start my vegetable garden (I'm in the Southern Hemisphere so spring is 10 days away over here!) and I was planning to cut it off when I thought it was dead so it wouldn't be a problem for my veggies. The main problem is that I really want to keep the tree but I already placed some of the beds and trellises and started working on getting the whole structure for my vegetable garden set up and I can't move all of it to a different spot now, and the tree is really tall and huge overall so replanting is definitely not an option, plus it's also in a place where I can't take care of it properly. So I was thinking of just making cuttings and planting them in a different spot and just get rid of the tree no matter how heartbroken I'd be, I'm just happy of having my first fruit tree along with the 45 different types of veggies I'm preparing to plant!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yep, just a few cuttings will do!

[@cassieoz1702]

When I was a kid, we all kept silkworms in shoe boxes and fed them mulberry leaves from the garden. We all grew mulberries and I've never heard of them being allergenic

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sounds like a cool project for my kids. I had never heard of the allergenic part either until reading about it last spring.

[@SCROOGE96]

I heard the excitement in his voice 😄 Great Vid. I just got my cuttings.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Good luck! 🍀

[@robertdurkin7596]

You're so smart for planting, getting roots inside, keep growing more and more ! Good video, Mike !👋👋😁😁🌿🌿

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks Robert

[@robertdurkin7596]

@@MikeKincaid79 you re welcome, I always love watch more of your beautiful video ! Hot today !! 😁👋🌿🚜

[@bwforbes]

I was so excited to stumble across this! My dad passed away recently and he had some mulberry trees that I wanted to take down to my own house and plant. My quandry is this: I don't have a green house and when I first took the cuttings, it was a dry season for weather. Its getting more humid, but while it was dry I decided to put the pot of cuttings in a moist ziplock bag about 2 weeks ago. I sprayed the inside of the bag with water, made sure the soil was moist, and blew CO2 into the bag and zipped it up. I went to go change bags (to one that doesn't leak air) and I saw that there was mold on the dead leaves of the cuttings!! What do I do? I don't want it to be too moist in there, but I really want this to work. There are little leaf sprouts toward the bottom of the sticks, so that is encouraging. But it doesn't get consistently humid here (NC/SC border) until mid July. I don't want to lose the cuttings before then. Help!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Are you rooting hardwood or softwood cuttings? The easiest way to root mulberry are as hardwood cuttings without a tote or humidity bin.

[@bwforbes]

@@MikeKincaid79 I'm not sure if it is hard or soft wood. How can I tell?

[@meanqkie2240]

@@bwforbes I thought green new growth twigs are softwood and Older, bigger brown tough twigs is hardwood?

[@farhadalavimehr]

Hi Mike. They usually graft the white mulberry trees, use scion of Herat(Afghanestan) white mulberry, which is very sweet, big and bears more fruits.

[@alyssapeters6271]

Way to go! So exciting to learn new things! Thank you!

[@MikeKincaid79]

You are so welcome! I was just reading more about them this morning and found that the male mulberry tree shoots its pollen out at 350 miles per hour (almost half the speed of sound), which makes it the fastest moving plant in the plant kingdom.

[@crochetwithnature419]

Wow nature connect people well done 🍃🇨🇭👍

[@MikeKincaid79]

Just like the force, it binds us together.

[@gasmandl]

I’ve planted fruitless mulberry trees in the past and discovered that they grow very fast and are a hearty tree

[@gobigrey9352]

Awesome, gonna try this. I've got them growing all over but in all the wrong spots. Might take cuttings and even try to dig one up and move it.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Good luck, have fun, and may the odds be ever in your favor.

[@summertime2433]

I was fortunate to find 3 different varieties of female mullberry trees. One grows the dark purple berries, 2nd one grows lavender/white berries, and the 3rd grows green/white berries in which the last 2 are super sweet but extremely soft. The purple berries are much more firm and have better shelf life but they're not nearly as sweet. I just started rooting them 3 weeks ago and they all started producing foliage and even berries but not much in the way of roots however.

[@rickschulte8594]

You remind me of myself, love it, I so enjoy your videos

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks Rick!

[@jecoyson3617]

Love your channel, i am also propagator of rare fruit here in philipines.🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks so much. What kind of fruit?

[@ck8313]

Awesome work as usual. Being from Pakistan, I do hope those Pakistani variety do good for you as they have done here. Best of luck.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks, I'm hoping they give me some nice crops of mulberries.

[@woodstockxx]

Berries are gods gift to humanity..loaded with antioxidants & nutrients..natures medicine for preventing inflammation & disease 😉👍

[@MikeKincaid79]

Yes! I love berries of all sorts.

[@mjrussell414]

Thanks for the informative video! I don’t know what kind mine is because my dad got it for me as a cutting from some random tree in London, ON, but I want to try to propagate some for my neighbour who has admired its bright fall foliage. I cut some branches today and have some rooting compound ready to go, so I’ll pot them up later, and then be patient.

[@amyk9126]

I love mulberry. So good best berry

[@MikeKincaid79]

Can't wait for these to produce berries.

[@panpeter2969]

Thanks Mike! Big fan of your fig videos. Mulberry and figs are actually related believe it or not. I too noticed that when rooting cuttings it makes difference to open some new materials.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks! Glad you enjoy the videos. Yeah, I read they are related, pretty cool. They sure do root just as easily.

[@GulsDiary]

I am Pakistani and I tried to grow it from cutting..it is easy to grow plant

[@MrChickadee]

If a warm place indoors with bottom heat and grow lights are provided, why not start hardwood cuttings early, as in DEC-Jan and give the plants a long time to develop before spring?

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sure you could do that too, and I've got several videos doing just that.

[@b.krajagopal5199]

Good efforts. Congrats! each cutting in separate pots..... replanting easy. OK

[@raymondkyruana118]

Was thinking about doing this, your video just sealed the deal haha

[@ruthfurlow1943]

We have mulberry trees EVERYWHERE and constantly cutting them out of our yard, bushes and gardens in Southern Illinois and surrounding states are also covered up. They make great shade, just have to watch out for the birds and staining your vehicles lol. My family has always been in the logging business, they have extensive roots, and don't die off as easily and withstand winds better.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sounds like a blessing and a nightmare all at once, lol. These will be planted way out on the property, far from the house, so hopefully I don't get too many problems with them. Sure am looking forward to the fruit.

[@ruthfurlow1943]

@@MikeKincaid79 well the seeds are spread by birds, and squirrels so good luck lol

[@ByDesign333]

Fascinating plus helpful...THANKS

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks man!

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

It is amazing how you have berries on those already! Just a warning about mulberries, they stain really bad and it does not come out.

[@MikeKincaid79]

I was pretty impressed too! The cuttings that Jan Doolin sent were fantastic to begin with. I've been hearing about the staining but I'm thinking it can't be much worse than blackberries........or can it?

[@zaviahopethomas-woundedsou9848]

@@MikeKincaid79 If you do not have them near driveways or other concrete I think you will be fine.

[@rachelmartin3574]

@@MikeKincaid79 my husband and I grew up with mulberries growing everywhere (in Moab, Utah). When she's talking about the berry stains, she's not kidding. They are worse than blackberries. Blackberries don't stain concrete, mullberries do. They can become kinda obnoxious with their fruit, unless you spread nets or landscape/fruit fabric under the branches to collect the fruit as it falls to help harvest the berries. Total side note: they are/were a primary dye ingredient for the fiber and fabric colors that were highly prized throughout medieval Europe which were reserved for royals.

[@MikeKincaid79]

@@rachelmartin3574 Wow, another awesome little tidbit of info that I didn't know about them. Thanks, Rachel!

[@beebob1279]

Keep those under control. I do like the fruit. I pick them while I walk the dog

[@MikeKincaid79]

Not sure how I'll grow them yet. I may keep them small bushes but it would be cool to see them get big too. I guess time will tell.

[@wyndiefeatherstone948]

I have a fruitless mulberry in my front yard that my parents planted about 45 years ago. If you suffer with allergies this tree may bother you. My sister is allergic to a lot of things and she hated to see the tree in spring as it began sprouting. If you do not have allergies, you should be fine. This tree is fabulous for size and shade however so I love it! At one time the canopy went from one property line to another which was 50ft and it was almost as tall but we were not pruning it at that time. I have a fruit bearing mulberry in the back yard that was just a "volunteer" and it has three trunks which is unusual, but I left it that way because it is beautiful! This tree seems to have grown faster than the one out front but that may be due to the 3 trunks. The birds love the fruit as well as the squirrels. With climate change it is now extremely hot in the summer and these trees are a blessing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@MikeKincaid79]

And thanks for sharing your experience with mulberries.

[@natewelch6608]

Mike!!! It’s been awhile. I built a nursery and opened a business 😂. Well the bug got us bad over here. Or down here in Oregon. I finally have some time to start watching a few videos again. I have missed watching you. I’ll send you some pics of thing when the Facebook police let me back on. I’m glad to see you still making videos. And I just bought 20 mulberry cuttings lol. Keep it up man!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Glad you're doing well, Nate! I'm still here and plan to be for the foreseeable future. Have fun with the mulberry!

[@AldousHuxley7]

Great work my friend!

[@THEGROWITS]

Brother- mulberries are delicious. I root them the same as you taught about fig trees. I also have a tree with 6 varties grafted to it and another 6 varities in the ground. The only thing that roots easier is persimmons!

[@MikeKincaid79]

They sure were easy to root. I'm definitely looking forward to tasting them.

[@scooterman1965]

Have you ever rooted a Fuyu Persimmon?

[@THEGROWITS]

@@scooterman1965 i have grafted them, but not started a cutting.

[@scooterman1965]

@@THEGROWITS Thanks for the information, was just wondering if it was even possible.

[@Fabian_A86]

We have them down here in Costa Rica and Mike amigo those things grow wildly. Enjoy your mulberries! Adiós

[@MikeKincaid79]

Awesome! They're new to me. Can't wait to try the fruit. Adios!

[@AndreTenBohmer-jz6wy]

If you don't want yo use rooting hormone powder you can dip the ends in raw honey. Works very well every time👍

[@MikeKincaid79]

Honey doesn't contain any plant hormones. It is a great antibiotic though, and can help prevent rot in cuttings. I know a lot of people use honey.

[@scubamage]

Regarding your fun fact - the city where we live was at one point the 2nd largest producer of silk in the world. Ben Franklin realized that mulberries would grow really well here and could help the newly founded US make money by selling silk to Europe. Anyways - because of all the silk mills that popped up, we have mulberry trees everywhere in our city. To the point that they're treated like a nuisance plant and people mow them down. They grow out of sidewalks, next to houses, etc. They're all some sort of white Asian mulberry. But, thanks to your video I'm going to go around taking some cuttings and seeing if I can get one or two growing in a pot for the heck of it. Thanks for the tips!

[@MikeKincaid79]

Cool story. Thanks for sharing and good luck with your cuttings.

[@dcgardening1423]

Hey Mike, when you mentioned mulberry being allergy inducing. From what I heard, only male mulberry will produce pollen. Female fruiting mulberry trees on the other hand do not. Also, will you be doing a fig tour soon? I would love to see your collection.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks for the info, no male mulberry trees here so maybe it won't be a problem. I plan to do a fig tour eventually, just wanted to let them get established and get some growth on them first. How would you like to see it? Should I go through them one at a time or show the whole orchard in general?

[@dcgardening1423]

@@MikeKincaid79 Yes, I would love a tour of each fig one by one. Thanks for the response! Love your videos!

[@superawesomechannel2600]

amazing mate well done

[@Archmundas]

Definitely can grow mulberries here in Illinois. Heck i can walk in the park here in Naperville by the river theres good 20 of 3 story Mulberry trees that bear a lot

[@emiliabalogh6526]

Thank you for this video!

[@anoldladi]

Yes, my 5th grade teacher had us collect the leaves, feed the caterpillars and moths in class, and we tried to unravel the silk by boiling some cocoons. Seems like he froze the eggs over the winter because the silk moths project was a year-to-year thing. The mulberry tree was out by the sandbox.

[@alyssastropicalfruittrees5754]

Thanks for sharing your experience 😊🙏 Great job😊👍

[@MikeKincaid79]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

[@MrMockingbird1313]

Hey Mike, good video. Mulberries grow like weeds. In the City of St Louis all mulberries in parks and public lands are cut down because they are prolific. Some would say invasive. Worse yet they grow fast and big. They are a tree that breaks easily in a storm. Finally, worst of all, they are called a rat vector source. In simple terms, they draw mice and rats. Birds usually eat the berries before they can be harvested. Birds get DRUNK on the fermenting berries. It is funny to watch a tree full of drunk birds. So, be careful where you decide to plant them. Cut the root suckers, before you wind up with a forest of them. On the good side, a couple mulberries in an orchard will distract birds from your quality fruits. Partly this is because they have a fairly long fruit time. The trees are producing for several weeks.

[@MikeKincaid79]

Thanks for the info. These will get planted further out on the property away from the home. Looking forward to the fruit and love the idea about it being a bird distraction.

[@7Days2Slay]

You are attractive enough to watch the whole video. Thanks for making it interesting. I'm currently trying this method.

[@jasondixon9095]

Great video

[@mojtabadolaty9375]

Biotifull job

[@abuhabibalkhair250]

Me and my father go on this nature trail by our house, it has more mulberry trees then people to walk the trail, we’ve only found 1 white mulberry and it’s true they make the finest silk. So we are air laying it and should be cutting it in a few weeks! The fruit tastes like a sweet creamy pudding and it’s been defined as a super fruit! It sells at the grocery store DRY for $12 for 12 oz’s 😵‍💫 BUT I MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE SOME CUTTINGS 😉 thanks mike! 😄

[@MikeKincaid79]

Sounds fantastic! I'd love to have some of those cuttings.

[@abuhabibalkhair250]

@@MikeKincaid79 we could figure something out! Quick question, what would be the best time to take fresh cuttings like you have in your video? I am assuming spring right as they are waking up?

[@MikeKincaid79]

@@abuhabibalkhair250 I prefer spring (just before they break dormancy) for many different types of hardwood cuttings because they root very easily at this time and then have all summer to grow into strong healthy little plants before the winter comes. That being said, I'm finding that you can root these and the fig cuttings as hardwood cuttings at just about any time of year.

[@abuhabibalkhair250]

@@MikeKincaid79 awesome! Thanks for the great advice, I watched a ton of your videos on rooting all types of cuttings and plants (especially figs) your new orchard looks amazing! i live in the city of Chicago but one day I want to move out into the rural land of Illinois (or preferably someplace warmer) and propagate as many plants as you do. If you do want some white mulberry cuttings get in contact with me at [e-mail] and I would be happy to send you some!

[@kpag3030]

I have a mulberry tree in my back yard. It’s pretty old and big. I tried last year to take a cutting and see if I could get it to root and no luck. I’ll try again this year. Thanks!

[@MikeKincaid79]

You can definitely do this. New chances every year!