My Edible Fruit Trees: Mulberry Trees VIC

Giant Yellow Mulberry

Native Mulberry

Dwarf Mulberry - Black ^10/10

Comments: -

10/10 for rapid growth and surviving my nice and nephews... Planted this in September 2020 as a tiny Bunnings plant and by the start of Winter 2021, its about 7 foot tall! looking forward to it fruiting.

10.08.2022: This tree fruited 3 times in its first season. The 1st fruit was dissapointing as so tiny and I was contemplating taking it out. Im glad I waited as it fruited 2 more times and the berries were large and luscious. Now sitting pretty at around 12 feet. Beautiful uniform shape and its autumn leaves provide great garden mulch - VERY worthwhile tree for small gardens.

Planted: 2020

Height 7 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Mulberry 'Majestic Dwarf' Morus nigra (Seedling)

Planted: 2021

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot ^10/10

Comments: - Would love to try this fruit, fruited in spring but all dropped due to young age. It's growing very nicley and will great shade tree for summer.  * first fruit almost two years later dissapointing hopefully in another year itll be sweeter. Tastes like a not so sweet watermelon for some reason. 

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2018

Height 70 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 8 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: none

Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2018

Growing: In a Pot

Water Given in: Spring

Mulberry - White Shahtoot (Grafted) ^10/10

Planted: 2018

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Mulberry - White Shahtoot

Dwarf Mulberry - Black (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: -

UPDATE

Flowers every time I prune, without fail. I have mine in a big pot and it gets quite a bit of water and coffee grounds and seems to enjoy.  Is now about 1.8m with multiple branching points. Purchased in May 2018, was under the height of the bamboo stake in the pot at the time.  Now (August 2019) has 4 berries growing at each leaf point - over 150 mulberries on the tree which I hope all go to maturity and I can get before the birds.

INITIAL

Thought I'd grow a dwarf mulberry to see what the results would be. Has put on quite a bit of growth - had flowers appear very quickly but all fell off over Winter - two made it through. Mulberries were quite nice - looking forward to seeing how productive it can be over the years. 

Fruiting Months April, May, November, December

Planted: 2018

Height 1.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Coffee grounds, pea straw, Seasol

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Yearly, Winter, Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot (Grafted) ^10/10

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Fruited soon after potting into 430mm pot - 2014 crop mainly fell off - i think i tasted 3 - Autumn crop its now holding well and has lots on it - cant wait to tast a few at one time - YUM

2019 - spent 2 years fixing a constricted rootstock with verticle cuts - see pic - now has a good Autumn crop - December crop was dry and terrible - lets see?

Fruiting Months February, March, October, November

Planted: 2013

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Mulberry - Black (Cutting) ^9/10

Fruiting Months October, November, December

Planted: 2017

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot (Grafted) ^7/10

Fruiting Months February, March, April

Planted: 2017

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Dwarf Mulberry - Black ^7/10

Height 1 metres

Water Given in: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Mulberry - Black English (Cutting) ^5/10

Comments: - Lots of fruit, but few fill up, most shrivel up before they are ripew. Water is not an issue.

Fruiting Months October, November, December

Planted: 2010

Height 3.6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 Fruit Per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seasol and manure

Organic Status:Organic

Mulberry - White Shahtoot (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Just received it today and counted about 20 fruit currently on it. The tree has just come out of dormancy and i can't belive i will be having fruit in a few weeks. I will be potting it up in a 510mm pot (52L) and that would be its home for a while before i transfer it to a self watering barrel (100L)  permanently in a year or 2. I will regularly update on plant growth and taste of the fruit as it will mature in a few weeks time. 

Planted: 2016

Height 0.6 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter Plus Fruit Food, Nitrosol

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Mulberry - Hicks Fancy ^6/10

Planted: 2014

Mulberry - Hicks Fancy (Seedling)

Height 60 Centimetres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: mulberry white

Fertiliser or Organics Used: worm farm leavings, home compost, seasol

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Mulberry - White Seedling (Seedling)

Planted: 2016

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: hicks fancy mulberry

Organic Status:Organic

Mulberry - Dwarf Red Shahtoot (Cutting) ^8/10

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Mulberry - Black (Cutting) ^8/10

Planted: 2014

Height 70 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: -

Love the large green leaves and looking forward to sampling the fruit of course!    Also, being decidous I hve planted next to our deck to provide shade in summer but let in the winter sun. Hope it grows a lot more this spring onwards.

Jan 2014- In a pot, does not grow due to bad graft. Does provide a few lovely sweet mulberries each season.

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2011

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2011 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

None required so far.

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Mulberry - Black

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Dwarf White Mulberry (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2012

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Mulberry - Black English (Seedling) ^6/10

Comments: -

Can't wait to eat the fruit

Planted: 2011

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Winter

Pest Control:

Chickens

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Mulberry - Black English

Mulberry - Black English (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

Actually this is my neighbours tree, a large portion falls on my side of the fence.  I prune and take care of my side, little I can do for the other side.  The kids love picking the berries in summer.  I don't think the berries are as plump as they should be, they feel abit dryish and not juicy but taste sweet.  It's a very large neglected tree.

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Mulberry - White Shahtoot (Grafted) ^6/10

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From all accounts a beautiful, decorative, fruit tree providing shade in summer and deciduous.  Still small at the moment, with new leaf buds about to burst.  I pruned the top of it to try and get it to branch more.  Seems to be happy where it is. Nov 1st 2011- Has grown lateral branches and I managed to find one ( others had dropped off) large, plump fruit about 10 cm long- really impressive!  Tasted sweet but still not ripe enough. Very promising! I am sure will take off during Summer.

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2011 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

When can I expect to get fruit?

Mulberry - White Shahtoot (Grafted)

Comments: -

The Red Shahtoot I bought last year produced fruits within 2 months, I was so impressed with the performance that I decided to try out the White Shahtoot as well. Both white and red varieties are said to tolerate clayey soil very well which is great because some parts of my backyard's soil is clayey, and the thought of reaping the fruits of these plants without the need to improving the surrounding soil quality is too good to be true.

I ordered this tree from Daleys during one of the hottest weeks, and yet it looks most healthy. Very impressed. I hope the fruits taste as good as what is suggested.

Planted: 2011

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot

Comments: -

Dec 2010: Plant is already bearing about 1/2 dozen fruits, hope they don't drop off prematurely like a few of my persimmon trees.

Oct 2010: A branch was broken when I opened the parcel but all is fine. The tree is now planted into 25cm pot, will plant in the ground autumn/spring next year. Can't wait to taste the fruit.

Planted: 2010

Height 40 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Months from Purchase in Pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mulberry - Black English (Cutting)

Comments: -

Black mulberry is said to taste better than the white and red ones. I'll plant the other two varieties too and test it out.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1