Prune Mulberry Trees like Crazy and They'll Thrive (Here's How)

[@davidthegood]

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[@TheRealToastman]

This video is very accurate. I have two mulberry trees (side by side) in my back-yard and one day I decided to get rid of them. I cut both to the ground and sprayed black paint on the truck. One tree died and one grew back. The tree that survived grew back in a vengeance as there was no other tree competitors near by. It grew back to its original size (about 9 feet) within two years. It doesn't matter how much or when I prune the mulberry tree it keeps coming back. It even grew an offspring 7 feet away! It even grew another offspring at the crack that is in front of the house between me and my neighbor's property. The birds like them and my rabbit eats the leaf. I was also told that shrimp likes the mulberry leaves as well so I decided to keep this tree.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you

[@nunyabiznes33]

Raise silkworms maybe? 😂

[@tangadsangig]

I like your shirt! "Compost your enemies."

[@hdwoodshop]

I hate squirrels. I proved your t shirt. Completely gone within 3 months lol.

[@eb7713]

I love how straight forward your videos are. Lol! Especially when you said, "don't do this to palm trees or they'll DIE!"

[@workwillfreeyou]

I lived by a "Pick your own apples" orchard. The Apple Trees were trained like grapes. They had all of their branches tied to a fence at about 4-5 feet tall.

[@rustedoakhomestead]

Rewatching because I have a young volunteer mulberry that I'd like to keep but it's in suburban backyard and I want to keep it more of a small tree/bush in my Grocery Row Garden I'm currently planting! Keep up the great work DTG!

[@davidthegood]

No fear

[@TheTamrock2007]

Thanks David. I found a strangled mulberry in a family property that was mostly a few sticks and leaves. I transplanted it. Buried a fish underneath. In two months it has bushed and out growing by leaps and bounds. This video was very helpful 😃

[@mycedarridge]

I don't know who asked about the mulberry tree but I could hug them! I planted one here last year. I was HOPING it wouldn't get the size of the mulberry tree of my childhood. So I'm HAPPY to know I can prune it! Thanks for taking the time to film this!

[@davidthegood]

Yes! No problem.

[@burgessvicky7770]

I want my mulberry tree to not produce fruit

[@GameChanger597]

@@burgessvicky7770 I think that's the strangest thing I've ever heard🤔 Especially considering how valuable and healthy the fruit is. It actually has 80% more antioxidants than blueberries, is packed with iron, calcium, magnesium, protein and tons of other vitamins and minerals, and it's considered a superfruit because of its nutrients and health benefits.

[@allanvisser2746]

@@burgessvicky7770 8

[@83btm]

@@GameChanger597Not everyone appreciates having their property covered in bird sh*t. The comment isn't remotely strange.

[@kerry3710]

Thanks for this. I planted a mulberry 8 years ago and now it's huge ... and I've never even tasted one solitary mulberry.

[@SunSerii]

ThankYew So much! I live in NC and I am fortunate to have a white mulberry randomly sprout in one of my garden boxes a couple of years ago. I've been whacking it down solely on intuition and this year I let her grow to see if she would fruit and she's is a giant now . Thank you so much for this wonderful informative video! I am even more excited to have received this beautiful blessing from mama gaia 😍💓💕

[@Vinteroffer]

Got my first house recently. It sat unoccupied for a couple years and while it sat a whole row of mulberries sprouted beneath the back powerline. I'm planning to prune those for harvest (and to keep them out of the power lines). There are a couple that started in places overly close to the house foundation and plumbing that have to go, and it's a battle with them for sure. They're green this year after being taken down to stumps. Lol.

[@natashalindner2059]

Thank you - my son has been buying mulberries in punnets and then my husband buys the tree (10 x 10 metres), but as it is small at the moment I wondered if I could prune it to manage it's size. Now I am excited to grow my own tree and get back that taste that store bought fruit often lacks. I am on my way to planning a orchard as I love the idea of homegrown food, and that knowledge is just a click away from great people like you.

[@mikesprau6149]

Thanks for the video. I have a volunteer coming up in my yard and want to use it for harvesting but without having to get a ladder every year. I had a hunch you could top them off to keep them short and your video confirmed it. You are correct, the mulberry is one tenacious tree. They seem to come up everywhere and are hard to kill, even if you try!

[@cagedmercury]

I just loved "you can do anything to trees! particularly mulberry trees. don't do it to palm trees, cause they DIE."

[@michaellewis6569]

It sounded like palm, but I assumed he meant pome like apple and pear.

[@cagedmercury]

@@michaellewis6569 no, palm trees die if you cut their heart out, that's why heart of palm is a thing

[@Andre-xl4uq]

More knowledge from the great one.! Thanks Dave. I have a 30 foot mulberry tree, that I was affraid to prune and train heavily. Im getting up tomorrow to start chopping. I'll put the branches at the bottom of my hugelmound

[@davidthegood]

Awesome.

[@Scotty.G]

Inquiring mind(s) want to know. Did you prune/train heavily, and if so, how'd it manage?

[@natebecerra9847]

Just planted a 5 ft mulberry in my backyard

[@elizebethparker5412]

"You'er not going to kill it." Truer words have never been spoken! Sharpening the pruning shears now!

[@darrenjray]

Whew! I watched this tonight after pruning back my two year old mulberry tree today for the first time and hoping I'd done the right thing. We're into Autumn here. Thank you from Australia.

[@michaellangford7589]

How is it looking a year later ?

[@darrenjray]

@@michaellangford7589 About to compete with the electricity lines! I’ll cut it back tomorrow. Thanks for the reminder.

[@lisakukla459]

My cuttings are growing new leaves! It worked! I'm so excited for when they're planted out and big enough to chop up and get bendy! I like making things weird, so it sounds like mulberries are right up my alley.

[@davidthegood]

You'll love growing them.

[@laurieparis2203]

Thanks for the tip! I bought my white mulberry to make tea from its leaves, the fruit was an after thought. Its an extremely hardy creature!

[@fredrose9285]

Excellent info. We have a young , but bushy volunteer that I want to save for fruit...so I don't want it to get too tall. Perfect video to answer my exact question!

[@kirstenwhitworth8079]

In regard to festooning: I planted some 1-year old apple whips last year. As they started branching, I started training the branches with bonsai wire. It worked very well. Just don't leave the wire on too long.

[@davidthegood]

Really cool.

[@blessedhope6293]

Ocala area here; we did our pruning a month ago and it's a good thing we did. It's been very warm the last couple of weeks and our mulberry is exploding with new growth already. I'm seeing some fruit starting to grow too.

[@ajcsonsforge6370]

Where in the Ocala area are you we're in Dunnellon/ williston area trying to build a permaculture food Forest on our 1 acre. I've got two mulberries now very young.

[@thetexianpatriot2201]

I came back for a refresher lesson on pruning mulberry trees. You look like a baby in this video,David.😂🤣

[@pajamawilliams9847]

I one used a mulberry log as a tire wedge for my school bus. I came back a year later and the log had grown roots and put off leafing twigs.

[@JamieJ1]

I am in South Florida and have young Everbearing Dwarf Mulberry trees. I have had them about 1.25 years. They have never dropped their leaves. They keep them all year. When do I prune them? During the winter growing season or during the summer off season? They are now like 10 feet tall with minimal branches. I want them to be short and bushy not tall and scrawny.

[@bethb8276]

I'm also in South Fl. Zone 10a, I just purchased my mulberry and was wondering if it would or wouldn't go dormant in winter, and if not, when is the best time to prune. I'm guessing end of January or February regardless of whether it goes dormant or not? Hope he responds to us.

[@Encourageable]

@@bethb8276 yes, Jan and Feb in Florida. It’s when the trees are growing slowest.

[@danielwebb1004]

Given that this guy prunes his 7 times per year, I'd say anytime is probably fine for mulberries. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6bdcot-qNWreac

[@RasheedahNizam]

I know you have a lot of loyal followers who subscribe and watch your videos as soon as they come out. But I'm coming to this video 3 years later. When you say that now is the time to prune for us Floridians, please let us know more or less the time of the year you're talking about.

[@davidthegood]

Abou Jan/early Feb for shape, in June/July/August to reduce vigor.

[@JamieJ1]

I had a similar question. I am in South Florida close to Miami. Is the answer any different? My trees have never shedded all their leaves.

[@polkcellar]

Thanks DTG for the info . My black dwarf mullberry planted in a half barrel is still very vigorous. I'll use your guide and be aggresive LOL at the clothesline . Hard to picture you in your current place for gardening. I know you'll bloom wherever your planted🌴

[@davidthegood]

It's just another season of life. Eventually I'll get space again. For now, I am content.

[@NoahNobody]

I got some white mulberry seeds from China, but I couldn't germinate them. Tried various methods, including the cold storage one. I can't get cuttings where I live.

[@davidthegood]

Order trees from a nursery. Burnt Ridge has some great varieties: www.burntridgenursery.com/Mulberry-Trees/products/20/

[@farisasmith7109]

How far away from the house should you plant a mulberry tree? I've had some seedlings in pots that I planted from seed and I need to put them in the ground.

[@melissab8500]

Way way way far away, based on the one I saw yesterday. That beautiful monster was 30'across.

[@reforest4fertility]

Our mulberry tree up in zone 5 CDN Rockies is just beginning to leaf out now, with maybe 4 or 5 leaves starting out, thus far. Thanks for the "permission" to prune cuz ours is a tangle mess & the tree is only 7ft high, approx'ly.

[@ElectrifyMySoull]

Love this video! Thank you! Question though: I read that mulberries are a good windbreaker, could I plant it on the northern side of my orchard to provide shelter for my Meyer's lemon tree? My orchard area is in the backyard, north facing. I was told to put the lemon on the south side to give it the best chance. Many have killed theirs here (north Florida). I don't know how close it has or can be to the house or if I just tell it to suck it up in with the rest of them lol. Silly me bought a whole bunch of different fruit trees and now I'm stuck realizing they each have different needs 🤦‍♀️

[@boprosplumbing]

for the record, i've had a tree growing under the back edge of my house pier and beam house for years, every single year for 5 years now i've been cutting it down to the ground, this year i decided i was going to let it grow and so i could propagate some branches and try to make a fence out of whatever this indestructible tree was, then i started seeing berries on it and realized mulberry can grow in Texas heat and is darn decent at not dying. i guess it's just survived off rain water from the roof and the shade on the north side of the house

[@davidthegood]

That is really cool.

[@pinkfrosty6247]

Thanks. So simple and easy, just what I’m looking for.

[@guiaavesani3283]

Thanks for this video. I have a Persian mulberry, and yes I let it grow to big, over 12 feet. I am definitely feeding birds and rats and rarely enjoying fruits of my labor. Its gotten very wide aswell and its crowding out my concord grape arbor. So I would really like to attempt to trim it by 50% and do that lateral branching you were discussing, "festuning". But wondering if it is possible to do it only in one direction, because I would like to keep the branches as far away from by concord grapes. Do you think that having lateral branches mainly on one side only would create too much unbalanced weight and tree will tip over?

[@johnkenley4687]

I used to always eat the fruit from these as a small kid. Had a whole row of these growing on the empty lot next to my house. I miss those times

[@davidthegood]

They are wonderful.

[@TTy-w9g]

Is it okay to prune the tree in late summer? Meaning late August or early September?

[@rozebradshaw157]

Hi. We have a female mulberry. We had a horrid ice storm earlier this year in okc. Lost one, completely uprooted. Now a couple months later our other tree looks like it’s dying from the top down. Can we do anything to save it? thanks!

[@jordanyates769]

Hi David, What kind of of fruits are compatible to graft onto you mulberry tree? Looking for your recommendations.

[@davidthegood]

So far as I can tell, only mulberry varieties will graft onto a mulberry tree. I tried grafting mulberry onto paper mulberry without luck, and tried intergrafting fig and mulberry without luck.

[@Xray.71]

Yooooo, I had a 10-12’ mulberry that’s basically growing straight up with minimum leaves way up no thanks to the 2 hurricanes here in Florida…. So there was the single stalk and a little branch that came off the side with a few leaves…. I grew it from a propagated cutting from a buddy’s house that was loaded with fruit… I took your advice and cut it down to 3-4’….. assuming it’s going to bounce back? Thanks!

[@DavidSimsStocks]

My phone identified about 40 white mulberry saplings in my 0.25 acre yard last summer. I went ahead and potted at least 30 of them and transplanted a few others to different areas of my yard. What are the chances they will fruit when growing wild like this?

[@retiredbackyardorchards6612]

Hey ole Davey boy, its your brother from Dixie County Fl. I've been growing trees for the past 5 years sense my retirement. I actually have 5 different varieties of mulberry trees growing. I must say that out of all the fruit trees in my " retired orchard " the mulberry is in the top 2 and they make the best cobblers 😊

[@davidthegood]

Yes, for sure. They are really good in cobbler.

[@sharonl649]

Thank you! Great info. So excited. Mine self planted all over my yard after a mulch drop from a tree company. Deer kept eating the tips, so they have been trimming for me 🤣 but the tree just keeps getting bushier and more lush.

[@roxannpatzman2703]

So, I live in central western Wisconsin. I just discovered I have an overgrown Mulberry tree in my yard. So next spring, before the leaves pop out, I can cut it back to the ground and start over with it? It's a young tree, but it's already taller than our one story house, and the trunk is about 4" in diameterl.

[@davidthegood]

Yes, I would. Just cut it.

[@simonjack8122]

Im trying to stop my mulberry tree from bleeding sap, even some black tree sealant wont stop it, is there any way to save it? Might just try some super glue

[@helen_grace_cosplay]

Hurricane Irma did what I was too chicken to do and topped my everbearing mulberry last season. The record warm weather this spring means that here in Plant City my tree is already loaded with blossoms and green berries. Its shape is bushy with all the fruit reachable by me and (more importantly) the kids. I will remember your lesson for next season and be brave---that is as long as another storm doesn't beat me to the punch again 😀

[@davidthegood]

Perfect! At least we can thank Irma for something.

[@bestcrossroad]

Thank you. Good info. I use the leaves for tea.

[@DDWASH9595]

Do you think you could use a mulberry as a chop and drop I saw some at Home Depot and thought about it

[@FISHERMAN331977]

I have a mulberry tree with dark berries that look purple. I would say the tree is probably close to 50 feet. I'd like to really hack it down because I have a pool and it's blocking the Sun but want to keep the tree alive! Any suggestions

[@davidthegood]

If you cut it down when it is still asleep near the end of winter, it will likely grow back. It's more likely to die if cut while it's awake and leafed out.

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

Just the info I needed! We've got two volunteers right now, and we decided to see if we could keep them in control, and easy to harvest...but it was a search for the tv show that brought me here. Heh.

[@davelyn786]

Hi. So it’s summer. I was going to prune the mulberry for the summer, just a small trim. I was feeling lazy so I asked the lawn guys to trim it down. Well the chopped it way down and pretty aggressively at that. I’m a little worried as what will happen. Any thoughts.

[@davidthegood]

It will probably live

[@andrewmcvicar8527]

David, when is the best time to take a cutting to clone white mulberry trees? Any advice on what medium to use for propagating would be great too. Thanks

[@meetmando]

So.. Dave, it's been in 80s last 3 weeks in central Florida.. warmest on record.. and the 2 mulberry trees I planted last year, doubled in size.. BUT.. you said to cut back before they leaf out.. and mine are already starting to get leaves.. is it too late to cut back and still get fruit this year?

[@davidthegood]

You'll probably get some fruit if you prune, as they'll often set fruit on the new growth; however, I'd probably just let them go until after they fruit, then prune. You can shape them later. It's just easiest to deal with when you can really see the full shape of the tree in late winter.

[@paigeburton8995]

I want to grow one! How do you all figure out where your water lines are located in order to plant ? Thank you for the info

[@insaneinnixa]

I found a maulberry while clearing a spot in my woods to put my house. It is now in my front yard so I'd like to keep it small and manageable ty for this information.

[@davidthegood]

You bet. They respond very well to pruning. And good find!

[@PhuongTran-ch6gs]

I like every berry but no one in my yard. I must plant them this Spring, at least I can have one.......Very interesting with your videos. I can learn many good thing from you.

[@banhatlessducks]

Watching older videos without the luxurious beard is almost like when dad shaves his moustache and he looks funny for a day or two

[@susannasmiles]

What about they lost all leaves but the bulbs have come out? Can I still prune it?

[@davidthegood]

Usually they come back from pruning just fine.

[@PracticalPrimate]

Hi DavidYou no doubt know this but mulberries suck at healing cut wood. I have a few big rotted out trees from when I had no choice. Helps to keep them small from the beginning for sure.

[@davidthegood]

Do you happen to know which species you have? I've noticed the rot on bigger trees but they seem to grow out and around it.

[@PracticalPrimate]

Hi David I have two black varieties (what they call dwarf and standard here) and a few of the white (including the shahtoot types, I think you guys call them pakastani? Longer fruit). Most are cutting grown but I grafted some of the shahtoots. All are slow/bad healers. The mangos/avos/jacks etc all heal well here but not the mulberries. They still grow fine but the their structure is damaged which is a long term issue (though they grow quick enough so replacement is easy). It certainly is not a problem with smaller trees though :) I have read that 2 inch branches is when it becomes an issue. While I have you here I also want to say your channel rocks and I am often laughing watching it. Keep up the great work :)

[@davidthegood]

Thank you. I have seen trees that grew right back after damage, but I'll keep an eye on them. My pakistani one always had rot issues, but my black ones grew around it.

[@ms.l643]

I bought a mulberry tree but it has several trunks. Should i prune it to one trunk so there aren't so many cross branches?

[@davidthegood]

It's up to you. More branches = more fruit. You might just cut the crossing ones out of the center of the tree.

[@ms.l643]

@@davidthegood Thank you for the advice!

[@canadian4oodie115]

I just cut off one of the thickest branch because it was growing into the neighbours yard and annoying them. I was afraid I had killed it. Thank u for this video assuring me it will grow back.

[@davidthegood]

You bet. It will live!

[@JigmeChhimi]

Just a quick question I've been scarring the internet high and low I just got a bare root mulberry Pakistani Mulberry and it has one liter but it's about 10 11 12 ft tall should I cut it right now the first season or should I wait for the second season it has no leaves right now it's January Northern California Sacramento area

[@TubeTelivision]

I just purchased a very young mulberry tree. It only has the one main branch with no branching outward. Its very green and has leaves, so I probably wouldn't want to prune it?

[@davidthegood]

Give it a little while to establish.

[@TheChinaLady]

I need this. We purchased some land last year and I found a mulberry tree! and its HUGE... like 50 or 60 feet tall. I've been wondering what I could with it. Could I get Hubby to cut it down and leave the stump? (I kinda think its a wild tree? Though the trunk is a 6 or 8 inch diameter)

[@davidthegood]

You probably could if you cut it in winter just before it wakes up. That's almost certainly a "red mulberry," our native Morus rubra. You might just leave it, though. They are great trees for feeding wild life.

[@Laurablushing]

I'm in Florida 8b. My mulberry is just the lead stem, no branches- about 5 feet tall. It just started leafing out but I want to prune it to encourage branching. Am I too late since it's leafing out?

[@davidthegood]

You could probably prune it, but during dormancy is better.

[@Laurablushing]

@@davidthegood thank you so much for the response!!

[@missygilly9917]

Thanks for info about pruning. I wondering about watering requirements? I’m up near Niagara Falls. My Mulberry tree was watered in well when I planted it last year. It had lots of rain this Spring, it’s already produced fruit for birds, but I’m not sure if I just leave it to dry out? Or should deep water once a week? Or just leave it to Mother Nature to water it? If you’re in Florida, it’s hot there, so do you water it regularly? Thanks in advance.

[@davidthegood]

Shouldn't need water now unless you get a few weeks drought.

[@brendacosta3663]

How about a weeping mulberry tree? The height is perfect for us but it is getting broader and broader every year. How can I stop it from getting wider?

[@annalvarez6998]

Hi. Do you have any experience pruning mulberry trees in the tropics? We don't have a dormant winter period here in the Philippines. My 2 mulberry trees are still small, and I want to grow them as" bushes" but still produce some mulberries to eat. My 2 trees were grown from cuttings and both of them have 2 main branches each that are kind of getting long and "leggy". I was thinking of already cutting these 2 branches shorter in order to prevent " legginess" and to promote more branching further down the base of the tree...but when I googled "pruning mulberry trees", many warned cutting more than 2 inches because it would cause "bleeding" where you cut it. Then I saw your post on Survival Gardener about pruning mulberry trees... I would appreciate it if you could give me some advice on how to prune them in the tropics? Is it safe for them if I just cut them? Would "bleeding" from the cut branch be a problem? And if so, is there a way to prevent it or stop it?

[@chaddsteinberg3758]

Hi, great video but question. My 15yr. Old prob hybrid mulberry outside Philly, Pa suburbs grows fast. I prune it way down. But I’m worried about neighbors tree eventually overshadowing. Some new limbs are longer then tall! Should I let it grow up? And out? I’m afraid it’s fighting for light certain times of day?

[@davidthegood]

You can also bend the tall branches sideways and tie them perpendicular to the ground. But if you can't trim back the neighbor's tree, you might just let yours get tall and fight for the light.

[@_Ambient_]

Anyone know if pruning malberry trees will also keep the roots in check? Trying to prevent concrete damage by not letting it grow more than 6 feet.

[@lofenoialof5320]

I have some cuttings (18" tall ) that are starting to leaf out. I think it's a pakistan mulberry. How low may these be kept at? Also how many main branches do they ideally have (5)? Will they grow well in containers ? Do you have a goblet shape or central leader approach ? How about feeding , soil type, watering , and lighting requirements ? thank you so much for any help you have be able to give !!

[@pa.fishpreacher6166]

Hey David, I got a couple mulberries fro m Lowes. They didn't have a tag with them. Would you have any idea what kind of mulberry they might be? I saw on line there are fruitless mulberry, of course I hope that is not what I have

[@davidthegood]

Probably Dwarf Black

[@445supermag]

What is the best way to propagate mullberrys? Can you root the trimmings? We have some that are unfortunately growing right in our fence (probably planted by birds sitting on the fence), but would like some in a better spot. Are there male and female trees? A couple of ours don't have berries.

[@davidthegood]

Mulberry trees take a very long time to fruit from seed. Some are probably female but haven't outgrown juvenility yet. Some mulberries root easily, others will not. Often, you'll stick cuttings and the cuttings will leaf out and even bear fruit so you'll think they rooted - but they haven't. I had luck rooting them in a mist house, but often they wouldn't root easily.

[@eatyourgarden]

Just stick the cuttings in some soil, and just keep moist. Do this when they drop all of their leaves. They will start growing roots when they break dormancy. This works with all varieties. :)

[@blissfulacresoffgridhomest2098]

Can I root the branches to create another tree? Like maybe put them in water or soil when I prune the tree? We have a lot of Arizona desert and need to create a Windbreak and fruit to enjoy.

[@davidthegood]

Possibly. Here's my breakdown on mulberry propagation: www.thesurvivalgardener.com/from-inbox-two-mulberry-questions/

[@spearageddon3279]

Good tips, thanks .... and love the shirt! 😂

[@kyleeomania1219]

How long does it take for them to grow back after cutting them back?

[@davidthegood]

Very fast if the weather is warm.

[@canadianproudgetoutdoors]

Love the video well explained. I have mulberry trees they've gotten huge,Its still hard winter here ,can I cut them back now ? Or should I wait until spring ?

[@ChiaraMorgan]

Please, may I ask? I'm trying to understand if you can trim/cut the mulberry tree almost at the beginning (when you buy it little): I'm going to buy one, I'd like to cut it when the main trunk is 3/4 feet. Is it possible to do so, so that it will then divide itself in branches, or by cutting it so early will I lose it? I hope that you find some time to answer, it would be so much appreciated.. thank you very much..!!

[@davidthegood]

Do it. It will live.

[@ChiaraMorgan]

@@davidthegood thank you really very much!!!

[@onetwocue]

I'm in iowa and they pop up everywhere!

[@Curtis1984]

Cedar trees will die too. I accidentally killed 3 of the 6 on the back of my yard.. it was right when I moved in and they were neglected for years.. I didn't think about their livelihood when pruning.. I just cut without knowledge (not thinking). Atleast I still have 1/2. Got vines, black walnut and mulberry trees going next to them. Cedar doesn't rot either, vines have somewhere to go, ha.

[@genejaytre]

How much planting space from other trees would say I would need for my red mulberry? Love the video the best one by far!

[@Gardenfairy2001]

I would say 20 feet or more. I have a big huge one and it really spread out

[@danielwallengren2564]

How fast do cuttings grow i bought some and they're only like 8 inches high i don't want to plant them too small and have the dogs go "oh a stick." I bought a pakistan and a black beauty

[@JamieJ1]

I got dwarf everbearing cuttings and they got leaves in 1 week. I was totally surprised. I had 18 cuttings and 16 out of 18 became trees.

[@dbbdeb2327]

Thank you so much! Very helpful

[@larrykillian5285]

Hi David, we have a Mulberry in our front yard. I guess there are a number of different types, but ours has large heart shaped leaves with small sawtooth edges. The fruit gets real dark purple. I was trying to find out if the leaves are edible of the type. I saw a lot online about some mulberry leaves being really good especially for diabetics. Can you tell me what kind I have and if the leaves are edible?

[@davidthegood]

No, I'm not good at identifying the varieties.

[@pelqel9893]

All mulberry leaves (as well as the unripe fruit) are mildly toxic when fresh/raw, but perfectly fine to eat when cooked as a green, or dried and used as tea.

[@DavidJJames]

Many thanks for sharing your skills with me.

[@davidthegood]

Thanks, David

[@castleofcostamesa8291]

Thanks for your fun video! I will go forth and prune my 2 year old behemoths! cheers from Southern California, USA. #CastleofCostaMesa

[@mannurse7421]

My goats punish any wild mulberry they find but these trees don’t die I have a few trees that are a few years old and a only few feet tall, they’ll kill them eventually but it’s a wonder how they hang on for so long

[@Frank020]

Cool can I vestune a shade tree tudga gree giant. Desert museum Palos Verdes, crepe myrtle. Can those be bent for shade and ease of pruning? Hate paying trimmers 1000. Thanks

[@virginiaseedsskogen2038]

Thank you!

[@udeshikadesilva1130]

Thank you

[@full_metal2452]

Interested in planting an Illinois Overbearing Mullberry after you latest video so I KZbin pruning Mullberry because I dont want a 35' tree but something smaller and what do I find but this video. David the Good is a one stop shopping experience 👍😉

[@shadyogrady3831]

Is that a metal detector ? I know it's off topic but would like to know what things you find there...

[@davidthegood]

Yep. I go hunting now and again. I've found nothing interesting, really. Old chunks of lead, bottle caps, bolts, a rusted out machete, metal bars, old links of chain, etc. I keep hoping to find some Spanish gold or a piece of 8, but no luck.

[@jillmadigan9841]

How about a 3yo black cherry tree that I at-least-slightly over-pruned during the freeze a few weeks ago? The branches are nearly an inch in diameter and black cherry aphids had attacked it last summer. It's pretty bare-bones right now.

[@davidthegood]

Black cherry trees are different. They love to grow almost straight up. I haven't tried keeping them under control. The last one I planted is probably 50' now.

[@davidthegood]

But, you probably didn't hurt it at all.

[@jeannethornburg2694]

weather has been so warm in the last month that my mulberry tree is already leafing out. Is it too late to prune now ?

[@davidthegood]

No, but I would wait until after it fruits at this point.

[@jeannethornburg2694]

Yeah, I went out to look it over better and it's already covered in little green berries. Thanks

[@milintica02]

Compost your enemies! Hehe

[@countryside8122]

I pruned mine in the summer once and half the branches died and no mullberries.

[@cathyplantlover2862]

Love your t shirt!!!

[@RichAlvaradoDR]

It took me a while to notice buy your tshirt is hilarious. Even without cracking a joke I laugh. Super informative as always. Glad you are well down in SA.

[@daviedodds3050]

Ha ha! Here's you pre beard. Lol Do you compost your beard at the same time as you prune your beard. Lol Thanks for the video. Cheers!🧔

[@williambass8368]

this is a little late for palm beach county my dads trees are already loaded with mulberries.

[@davidthegood]

Just wait until later. South Florida is already well into spring now.