Rinsed out a bunch of 3 gallon buckets tonight. Tomorrow they’ll get filled with 1/3 sphagnum peat moss, 1/3 vermiculite, and 1/3 perlite. Then either tomorrow or this weekend, I will take a bunch of red mulberry cuttings and propagate them. The red mulberry tree on my backyard south fence line is growing way too tall and too far out so it needs a pruning anyways. Might as well propagate the plant and have more berries in subsequent years, right?
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Any tips for propagating mulberries? We just found some growing wild and we want to try propagating them.
I just prune and stick in the ground!
Sounds easy enough! I might just go take a few cuttings and do that.
It helps to know what kind of mulberry you’re propagating. White mulberry is super easy. Just just cut off your cutting at a 45 degree angle slightly below a node and plant it.
Other varieties may require more work. Again, cut off your cutting at a 45 degree angle slightly below a node. Pull all the leaves off except for a couple small ones at the top. Store cuttings in a water container until ready to plant them for rooting. Use a rooting hormone on the cutting. Gel rooting hormones work best because the gel adheres to the cutting.
Give them humidity domes like a clear trashbag. Give them plenty of time to develop roots before transplanting them. Cuttings like humidity while establishing roots. Give it a few months.
When you transplant, use mychorizal fungus to give the roots a “modem” so they can connect to the local mycelium natural internet economy where they trade sugars and minerals and enzymes.
Thank you!
Ah, soil-less!
Can I buy a red mulberry from ya?
I can gather some berries maybe and ship them to you? I’m not sure I could ship cuttings intended for propagation. I believe the cuttings must remain in a water filled container until they are planted but I don’t know…perhaps there’s a way if cuttings are of interest to you.
