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How to grow Morus nigra growing and care: Add irrigation in the fruit season, two trees male and female
What is the best way to start growing? Plant / Vegetative Reproduction
Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction? No but it insure the fruits
Difficulties or problems when growing: the fruit make a lot of dirt, attract a lot of insect
Planting season: End of the winter early spring
Pests and diseases: Silk worm
Pruning season: End of autumn start of the winter
How to prune: Recommend to keep the tree short, easy to manage the big amount of fruits
Size of the plant? 3-15 m, 10-45 feet
Growth speed in optimal condition: Fast growing / Medium growing
Water requirement: Small amount of water
Light conditions in optimal condition for growing: Full Sun
Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant? No
Growing is also possible in a planter /flowerpot / containers: Yes
Blooming information Bloom season: Spring
General information about the flower Small white flower that connected to each other in cone shape
Thinning the bloom: Just the first year should thinning
Pollination is done by: Bees, fly
Edible Fruits Fruit harvest season: In warm climate in the end of the spring, in temperate climate the beginning of summer
Fruits pests or diseases: Birds, mediterranean fruit fly
What can be done with big quantities of Morus nigra fruits? Eaten raw, jam, juice, cakes
Work requirements on the fruit: Can be cover with net (not recommend), to make the pick-up easier should put sheet or big nylon
How long does it take to bear fruit? 2 years
Grow from seeds Sowing requirement: Not recommend starting from seeds although it’s easy
Saving seeds until sowing: Clean the seeds from fruit pulp, dry, cold area
Sowing season: Spring
Planting spacing: Pot/container
Depth of Sowing: 1 cm
Conditions for seeds germinate: Moist ground, full sun
Watering requires for Seeds: Average amount of water
Germination time: 1-7 weeks
Condition of seedling: Moist, full sun, big amount of water
Do the seeds require burying? Yes
Time to bury the seeds: Winter
Chilling Requirements Little time of cold, don’t have too much time, temperature can be something like 5C or colder
Vegetative Reproduction Vegetative Reproduction Vegetative Reproduction Method: Cutting
Preferred time for vegetative reproduction: End of the winter early spring
Time to grow roots in vegetative reproduction: 3-4 weeks
Treatment for vegetative reproduction: Half shade/ or light, moist, big mount of water, take before the branch grow leaves
Scientific name: Murus nigra
Categories of growing Planting Season: Spring Planting , Winter planting
Light exposure requirements: Full sun Plants
Climates that the plant can grow: Mediterranean Climate , Subtropics Climate , Temperate Climate
Growing speed of the plant: Average growing plants , Fast growing plants
Plant life-form: Deciduous , Perennial plant , Tree
Plant Uses: Bonsai , Edible plants , Ornamental plants
Requirements for watering the plant: Regularly water , Small amounts of water
Hardiness zones: Hardiness zone 10 , Hardiness zone 5 , Hardiness zone 6 , Hardiness zone 7 , Hardiness zone 8 , Hardiness zone 9
Ornamental parts: Ornamental leaves , Ornamental plant
Leaf color:
Blooming season: Spring flowers
Flower colors: White flower
Harvest Season: Spring Harvest , Summer Harvest
Edible Parts: Edible Fruit
Culinary uses: Alcoholic beverages , Dried fruit , Eaten raw , Fruit , Ice pop & Ice cream plants , Jams , Juice