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| About the Author frui Red Shahtoot mulberry Northcote Vic 10th August 2019 4:00pm #UserID: 13506 Posts: 5 View All frui Red Shahtoot mulberry's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Farouk says... Hi, I brought mine last winter & got about 20 fruits off it, most of them held on, I did water it very well & mulched to keep it from drying out. Have you watered it enough? Also note mulberry doesn't really need fertilizing, it doesn't really ask for much generally. Have you burn't it or over fed it? | About the Author Farouk SOUTH WENTWORTHVILLE,2145,NSW 15th August 2019 4:51pm #UserID: 8110 Posts: 206 View All Farouk's Edible Fruit Trees |
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frui Red Shahtoot mulberry says... Thanks Farouk. Not overfed but possibly underwatered maybe. Will try more mulching. A normal dwarf black mulberry about 2 metres away fruits very well in the chicken run and already has new leaves and young fruit! The Shahtoot is very healthy, nice shape and about 1.5 metres tall but still dormant. It would be nice if some of the fruit stay on! Richard | About the Author frui Red Shahtoot mulberry Northcote Vic 17th August 2019 9:51am #UserID: 13506 Posts: 5 View All frui Red Shahtoot mulberry's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author frui Red Shahtoot mulberry Northcote Vic 17th August 2019 10:38am #UserID: 13506 Posts: 5 View All frui Red Shahtoot mulberry's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Amanda says... I have had similar issues. Ours sets such an astounding amount of fruit that it's crazy - and the tree always naturally sheds quite a lot of them - which is a natural form of "thinning the fruit" This still leaves plenty though - and I find they are better for it. As Farouk said - make sure it's watered regularly - don't drown it but make sure the surface soil is kept moist and mulched. Feed it once it has started fruiting - I use a slow release, lower nitrogen pellet (like Dynamic lifter) If you tip-prune your new growth, after the first fruiting flush - you can usually get a second crop, not as big but better than nothing! Sometimes hot and dry winds will dehydrate the fruit also. Our tree is a similar age and holding fruit better now it's older I find. It has a cool root-run and gets a little shade, it's very sheltered.
| About the Author Amanda LESCHENAULT,6233,WA 18th August 2019 12:26pm #UserID: 16828 Posts: 89 View All Amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Amanda LESCHENAULT,6233,WA 21st August 2019 1:49am #UserID: 16828 Posts: 89 View All Amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author frui Red Shahtoot mulberry Northcote Vic 25th August 2019 11:02am #UserID: 13506 Posts: 5 View All frui Red Shahtoot mulberry's Edible Fruit Trees |
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