How to grow White mulberry

White mulberry grow and care – tree of the genus Murus, is also known as Morus alba. White mulberry perennial deciduous plant; grow in temperate or mediterranean climate and growing in hardiness zone 5-10.

Flower color white, the flowers small grow in groups that connected to each other in cone shape, there are female and male flowers that grow on separate trees.

White mulberry fruits

Mulberry fruits assembled from small cells (fruit) that make cone shape 2-5 cm. The mulberries color: white, red, pink, purple dark to light, black

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How to grow White 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:
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 small, easy to manage the big amount of fruits

Size of the plant?
3-20 m, 10-60 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
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 early spring, in temperate climate the early summer

Fruits pests or diseases:
Birds, mediterranean fruit fly

What can be done with big quantities of White mulberry 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
Subspecies

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:

Morus alba

White mulberry fruit harvest

Growing White mulberry fruit

Growing White mulberry tree

White mulberry tree

Weeping mulberry fruits white and black

How to grow White mulberry

Categories

Blooming Seasons
  • Spring flowers
Edible Parts
  • Edible Fruit
Culinary uses
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Dried fruit
  • Eaten raw
  • Fruit
  • Ice pop & Ice cream plants
  • Jams
  • Juice
Flower colors
  • White flower
Climate
  • Mediterranean Climate
  • Subtropics Climate
  • Temperate Climate
Harvest Season
  • Spring Harvest
  • Summer Harvest
Ornamental parts
  • Ornamental leaves
  • Ornamental plant
Plant growing speed
  • Average growing plants
  • Slow growing plants
Plant life-form
  • Deciduous
  • Perennial plant
  • Tree
Plant Uses
  • Edible plants
  • Ornamental plants
  • Shade tree
Planting Season
  • Spring Planting
  • Summer planting
  • Winter planting
Plants sun exposure
  • Full sun Plants
  • Part shade Plants
Watering plants
  • Regularly water
  • Small amounts of water
Hardiness zone
  • Hardiness zone 10
  • Hardiness zone 5
  • Hardiness zone 6
  • Hardiness zone 7
  • Hardiness zone 8
  • Hardiness zone 9