Rooting mulberry cuttings

[Merle Hawggard]

Has anyone tried this and how was your success? I'd like to add some Illinois everbearing mulberry trees and can get cuttings online pretty reasonable assuming they root and make trees.

 

[Catscratch]

I'm in for info. I bought and planted an everbearing this spring. After a couple of months it took off, would like to have more if it does well.

 

[wiscwhip]

They don't really need to be "rooted", just dip them in the proper rooting hormone and shove them into the ground like a willow or hybrid poplar cutting. They may need to be watered if you plant them into higher, dry ground areas where consistent underground moisture may be lacking.

 

[wiscwhip]

Catscratch, I take it yours was a bareroot seedling?

 

[Catscratch]

Catscratch, I take it yours was a bareroot seedling?

Yes.

 

[Catscratch]

Another question on this topic; can it be grafted onto Red Mulberry?

 

[wiscwhip]

I do not have firsthand knowledge of this ^^^, but since half of it's parentage is red mulberry, it seems like it would work fine.

 

[Merle Hawggard]

Well, I may go ahead and get a tree and then attempt to root cuttings from it or graft them to red mulberry seedlings.

 

[yoderjac]

It is my understanding that mulberries can be started from an unusual cutting called truncheons. These are basically long thick cuttings. They can be from a couple inches in diameter to a foot. They can be 1-3 feet long or even longer. They are basically denuded of foliage and buried in the ground and kept watered until they sprout.

I've been told that trees propagated this way are not as long-lived as those started from seed. I doubt that would be an issue for wildlife. I'm considering planting some for turkey.

Thanks,

Jack