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Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / December 2008Mulberry flowering and fruiting
What time of year does the black mulberry flower? Books say November to January and I recall from childhood we had fruit by Xmas. I have fine healthy specimens 2m tall with no sign of flowers yet. How much is the time influence by climate and location or cultivar? David > What time of year does the black mulberry flower? I'm not sure what you mean by "black" mulberry, but ours has fruited and been eaten. Sydney. >> What time of year does the black mulberry flower? > > I'm not sure what you mean by "black" mulberry, but ours has fruited and > been eaten. Sydney. I mean Morus nigra, as opposed to the white mulberry or the shahtoot which are fairly commonly grown. David > What time of year does the black mulberry flower? Books say November > to January and I recall from childhood we had fruit by Xmas. I have > fine healthy specimens 2m tall with no sign of flowers yet. How much > is the time influence by climate and location or cultivar? > > David They are ripening now in Melbourne >What time of year does the black mulberry flower? Books say November to >January and I recall from childhood we had fruit by Xmas. I have fine >healthy specimens 2m tall with no sign of flowers yet. How much is the time >influence by climate and location or cultivar? G'day David, ours from a bit further south than yours also hasn't done much this year. Usually it would have fruited and been picked and eaten by now, but I only saw a few fruit there this year (and the birds/bats got most of those).  SignatureRoss McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia "Tuesday is Soylent Green day" "David Hare-Scott" <secret@nospam.com> wrote in message > What time of year does the black mulberry flower? Books say November to > January and I recall from childhood we had fruit by Xmas. I have fine > healthy specimens 2m tall with no sign of flowers yet. How much is the > time influence by climate and location or cultivar? Mine have already flowered and fruited. Mind you, the fruit was a total of about 6 mulberries but they are only babies which I planted last year for my sericulture. > "David Hare-Scott" <secret@nospam.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > of about 6 mulberries but they are only babies which I planted last year > for my sericulture. I thought silkworms preferred a different type of mulberry. David "David Hare-Scott" <secret@nospam.com> wrote in message > "FarmI" <ask@itshall be given> wrote in message >> "David Hare-Scott" <secret@nospam.com> wrote in message >>> What time of year does the black mulberry flower? Books say November to >>> January and I recall from childhood we had fruit by Xmas. I have fine [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> of about 6 mulberries but they are only babies which I planted last year >> for my sericulture. > I thought silkworms preferred a different type of mulberry. They are supposed to prefer the white mulberry, but mine have eaten black mulberry quite happily. They are also supposed to be able to eat oak leaves but I don't know anyone who has managed to get their silkworm to eat oak. >> I thought silkworms preferred a different type of mulberry. > >They are supposed to prefer the white mulberry, but mine have eaten black >mulberry quite happily. They are also supposed to be able to eat oak leaves >but I don't know anyone who has managed to get their silkworm to eat oak. As kids we fed ours on leaves from the black mulberry. Silkworms also can be fed on lettuce leaves (for white silk), and beetroot leaves (for pink silk). We did try the lettuce; but I can't remember whether we tried for pink silk. -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) > What time of year does the black mulberry flower? Books say November to > January and I recall from childhood we had fruit by Xmas. I have fine > healthy specimens 2m tall with no sign of flowers yet. How much is the > time influence by climate and location or cultivar? > > David Hi David, mine are in fruit now, at the small not ripe stage, ie still light red colour, it looks like quite a good crop, so I've put the bird net on, because otherwise the blackbirds get the lot. We are in surburban Melbourne. I grow ours surrounded by violet and curry bush as a book on companion planting recomends this. |
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