Which Mulberry to choose (forum)

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Hi food growers,

I have the luxury of a large front lawn in my new house that I want to plant up.

I want to include a mulberry. I love the look of a dwarf black but I wouldnt mind a decent sized tree (cue in memory sequence - up a mulberry tree with best friend and buckets, both of us stained purple).
I am not sure how they do in Perth and I wonder how they might stand up to the Freo Doctor? Any tips before I go buy a sapling at the nuresery?
thanks
Haakon

Time: 21st September 2010 4:01pm

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Brad says...
the lady on the radio whose name escapes me right now has a white mulberry in her backyard in myaree and recommends them. they don't stain. nice climbing tree.

Time: 21st September 2010 4:08pm

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Mark says...
We have the dwarf black and the dwarf red shahtoot here in Brisbane. The "dwarf" black hit 3m in on 6 months. Two years on it's been cut back a couple of times to keep it to that 3-4 metre mark and covered in mulberries. The dwarf red shahtoot on the other hand is healthy and now almost 50cm :). So while the dwarf black may still be too small for climbing kids it's no midget.

Time: 21st September 2010 7:10pm

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Lorna says...
I was sold a Black English that turned out to be a Hicks Fancy (That seems to happen too often!!). It's fruit look godd but are completely tasteless, and it's growth habit is dreadful. It gets long willowy branches that can then snap off. I know three people who pulled out their Hick Fancy for these reasons. Bought a real Black English last year and put it in. Will have to wait and see how that goes.....

Time: 22nd September 2010 9:18am

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Brad says...
Good to know. If the mulberry tree in my new house turns out tasteless - I might be asking for grafting material down the track

Time: 22nd September 2010 12:11pm

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Evo says...
I got a dwarf black from daleys and it hit 3 metres inside a year! Its aiming for 4 metres this season. And the taste? Bloody amazing! I'm shocked more people don't grow them...oh, and it is covered in a large bucket's worth of fruit too so you get a very fast payback!

Time: 22nd September 2010 8:07pm

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Julie says...
hawkypork, I moved house three times when the kids were young, and each time they were on their bikes and had found a mulberry tree in no time, with branches overhanging the lane. All in Perth.

In older areas, originally settled by Italians, they would plant a fig, olive,lemon, mulberry and grapes.

Time: 22nd September 2010 8:14pm

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amanda says...
Hey Hawkypork - if they can stand up to the wind here in Geraldton you will have no dramas with the Freo Dr - it's just a gentle breeze in comparison! :)))

My mulberry tree is very exposed and doing fine (a little bent - but that's all) A hot easterly at the wrong time will fry my berries though... :(

Time: 23rd September 2010 9:32am

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Itdepends says...
I'd go with the dwarf black for early crops with maybe a Black English for a larger (but slower growing) tree.


Time: 23rd September 2010 9:03pm

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