JudyB
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How about a training flat?
Bought a Mulberry... now what?
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GGB
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Awesome, you're doing something right if your leaves aren't covered in brown cankers. These tree's leaves always look like hell in my corner of the world
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Well done chop. That is exactly where I might have cut it, if it were mine.
The small pot will be okay for this year. I too would have moved it into a larger grow out container. But if you didn't have one on hand, like most of us, you make do with what you have. Looking good.
I agree with your comments about mulberry needing to be a larger bonsai, rather than smaller. That is making good use of the natural traits of the tree.
Nice.
Well done chop. That is exactly where I might have cut it, if it were mine.
The small pot will be okay for this year. I too would have moved it into a larger grow out container. But if you didn't have one on hand, like most of us, you make do with what you have. Looking good.
I agree with your comments about mulberry needing to be a larger bonsai, rather than smaller. That is making good use of the natural traits of the tree.
Nice.
Gustavo Martins
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Thank you all for your interest.
Let's see how it goes this year and I can plan repotting it into a larger pot next spring if needed.
Yes. I think it needs to be a larger tree. The leaves reduce but they are still on the larger class... One thing I noticed was that they tend to put very straight branches and that they get hard to bend after a short time. So I need to be on top of it to avoid this...
Let's see how it goes this year and I can plan repotting it into a larger pot next spring if needed.
It grew fine. no problems so far... I noticed it drinks lots of water, more than the other ones I have. Had a bit of scale but nothing serious, easily handpicked...
Yes. I think it needs to be a larger tree. The leaves reduce but they are still on the larger class... One thing I noticed was that they tend to put very straight branches and that they get hard to bend after a short time. So I need to be on top of it to avoid this...
sorce
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Why do I love a picture of a tree hacked to 2 stubs?
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Nice!
Sorce
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Nice!
Sorce
GGB
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They are super invasive near me. Wayyy more common than our native morus rubra. They exist on every type of site, but the happiest ones I typically see are growing on the edges of streams, sometimes half submerged in water.
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Leo in N E Illinois
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nice.
You need a branch or two above and below a large scar to help get the chop scar to heal over. Once the scar is partially healed you can always remove the branches. Your design won't need the branches in the axils, but for the short term health, and scar healing it would be my preference to let them grow for at least a season, maybe more.
You need a branch or two above and below a large scar to help get the chop scar to heal over. Once the scar is partially healed you can always remove the branches. Your design won't need the branches in the axils, but for the short term health, and scar healing it would be my preference to let them grow for at least a season, maybe more.
Gustavo Martins
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Just to update...
The Mulberry is doing fine it appears
Took the photo in the weekend and the tree has since put some more growth than that that can be seen in the photo...
There were two tiny bud low on trunk. One in the back, the other on the left (can be seen on the photo). However, the latter was gone this morning... Maybe a bird ate it???
The Mulberry is doing fine it appears
Took the photo in the weekend and the tree has since put some more growth than that that can be seen in the photo...
There were two tiny bud low on trunk. One in the back, the other on the left (can be seen on the photo). However, the latter was gone this morning... Maybe a bird ate it???
ihaveaspaceship
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wow, thats a nice little bud poking out on the bottom left. Protect it!
milehigh_7
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This might be of some use:
Gustavo Martins
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lol..Like I said in my previous comment, it is gone... I think a bird or something ate it.
Gustavo Martins
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I think I got a white mulberry... I don't think the American red mulberry can be found here... My question, initially, was if it were a white or black mulberry... not that it really matters though.
Nice work!
Look forward to more updates on this one
May I ask if you had any problems with bleeding when making big cuts/chops?
I've read somewhere that bleeding can be incredibly hard to stop on these which makes me a little afraid to touch my own M.Nigra...
Look forward to more updates on this one
May I ask if you had any problems with bleeding when making big cuts/chops?
I've read somewhere that bleeding can be incredibly hard to stop on these which makes me a little afraid to touch my own M.Nigra...
pweifan
Shohin
I can speak for landscape trees on the bleeding issue. We have a white mulberry in our back yard and the power company comes every few years to trim the tree. there are cuts that are years old that weren't cut cleanly and were torn off leaving a jagged wound. They bleed continuously every year. The clean cuts have healed over and stopped bleeding.
Gustavo Martins
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No bleeding whatsoever. It may depend when you cut it maybe?!Nice work!
Look forward to more updates on this one
May I ask if you had any problems with bleeding when making big cuts/chops?
I've read somewhere that bleeding can be incredibly hard to stop on these which makes me a little afraid to touch my own M.Nigra...
Leo in N E Illinois
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Sealing the cut is not to stop bleeding, it is to slow or stop dehydration and die back from the cut surface. Whether it bleeds or not says nothing about how much it will die back.
Gustavo Martins
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Though I would update this. It’s been growing. It pushed some this year and now seems to have stopped. Defoliate one branch (except the leaves at the tip) to test what happens. It’s putting some fruit too.
Nice. I have a morus rubra coming in a week or so, whole new world for me. Any tips?
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