How to grow Paper mulberry 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 fruits attacked easily
Planting season:
Winter, spring, summer
Pests and diseases:
Aphids
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?
5-20 m, 15-60 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
Purple flowers and very showy
Thinning the bloom:
Just the first year should thinning
Pollination is done by:
Bees, fly
Edible Fruits
Fruit harvest season:
Summer
Fruits pests or diseases:
Birds, mediterranean fruit fly
What can be done with big quantities of Paper mulberry fruits?
Eaten raw, jam, juice, cakes
Work requirements on the fruit:
Cover with a net
How long does it take to bear fruit?
2-3 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
Scientific name:
Broussonetia papyrifera
Categories of growing
Planting Season: Spring Planting, Summer 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: Edible plants, Ornamental plants
Requirements for watering the plant: Regularly water, Small amounts of water
Hardiness zones: Hardiness zone 10, Hardiness zone 11, Hardiness zone 7, Hardiness zone 8, Hardiness zone 9
Ornamental parts: Ornamental fruit, Ornamental leaves, Ornamental plant
Leaf color:
Blooming season: Spring flowers
Flower colors: Pink flower, White flower
Harvest Season: Summer Harvest
Edible Parts: Edible Fruit
Culinary uses: Alcoholic beverages, Dried fruit, Eaten raw, Fruit, Ice pop & Ice cream plants, Jams, Juice
