How many uses can I find for a Mulberry tree? | Global Permaculture educator Morag Gamble 

A Korean visitor told me years ago to eat our mulberry leaves, but I wasn't sure if it should be cooked or eaten raw, so thanks Morag for clearing that up. The wallabies love the leaves!

My leaves on my Mulberry here in North east United States are a lot different. Less then half that size and they are loafed.

Is this a climbing tree

Great video, thank you. Reminds me of a great quote by Imam Shafi. “Look at the leaves of the mulberry tree. The colour, taste, smell, composition and properties of every leaf are the same. Despite being exactly the same, when consumed by the silk worm, silk is produced. When visited by the bee, honey is produced. When consumed by the goat, dung is produced and when consumed by the musk deer, musk is produced. Only the design of a creator who is eternal and all powerful could cause so many diverse things to be produced from one substance. Otherwise, logic would demand that the end product of all be the same as the substance which entered all was the same.” - Imam Shafi

For about 5 months of the year, they make up about 10 % of my Rabbitry diet. The Comfrey I have growing underneath makes another 10%. Turning free photosynthesized carbs into meat protein for the crock pot for the win!

Great! I am in Isaan Thailand, the heart of traditional silk production and weaving. There are mulberry trees everywhere! We have about 3 rai at home but the family have almost 30 rai of rice paddies. Old Mum, Ma Wie, still makes and weaves silk cloth. I have finally succeeded in sprouting some calendula seeds and am very excited about making some salve with the flowers. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm.

Thank you. I have a White Mulberry Tree. I didn’t plant it. It just appeared :-)

Thank you for sharing this. Mulberry plants heal my blood. And its free food. AYEEEEEEEE

Hello. Wondering if the fruitless mulberry tree has the same benefits?

Just found you and absolutely love your videos. 💚 We have the largest mulberry tree on our property and wish we would have know to trim it back. We are new owners of our orchard so live and learn. 😉 I’m going to try and propagate this tree because it’s so gorgeous. When we’ve spoken to growers/experts we tell them about our tree and we get the same response each time “mulberries are bushes not trees and they never get as big as you’re describing,” 🤣😂 Well, our 35+ foot mulberry tree is real. 🤣😂🤣 Thank you so much for the info. 💚

My daughter dried some and they are reminiscent of Captain Crunch Berries!!

The leaves cured me of my coved induced arthritis. Had acute pains for 10 months.

My sheep absolutely love Mulberry leaves. When I briefly run them through my food forest they run straight to the Mulberry bush.

Very informative video. Thank you very much. On my a hectare rural block. I now have many black mulberry trees growing in various ages. There were two planted by the previous owner. From these two, I propagated a few yearly, and now I have them all around my house. During the spring, the branches are weighted down by the berries in various stages of ripening. The first thing I do is to eat them as quickly as I pick them. My resident bobtail lizards, 6-7 of them, feed on them on the ground, and birds help themselves to the fruits. Of course the shades provide sanctuary for the bobtail lizards from predictors. I read a story about a large mulberry tree which may have saved a house from the huge bush fire last summer. The farm suffered from the drought like most farms did last summer. The farmer saw everything turned brown and died except the tree which stayed green. So she saved what is left of the water, and watered the tree. That tree was, well, a ray of hope for them. Then the fire came. Everything went up in smoke. It so happened that the tree stands right in front of the house, and in the direct path of the fire. According the farmer, everything turned to ashes except the black mulberry tree, and yes, the house ! Apparently either it was because the tree is fire retardant, or because it has enough green leaves on it to prevent it from catching fire, it stood its ground, and saved the house. It would be interesting to conduct a scientific research to see if a mulberry tree is indeed fire retardant.

I was hoping to make a medicinal extract but cant find a recipe or the parts of the ftree that is used.Any ideas? I will be drying and powdering the leaves for tea after our delicious fruit has been harvested. Great video thanks!

amazing! I just planted a white, red and Pakistan Mulberry in my garden this fall! I'm super excited to see them grow. Thanks for the vid and info!

Hi Morag! I've heen learnig a lot with you! Is it the same of Morus nigra ? Here in Brasil we know it as Amora. Thank you

Very interesting. I have started growing them for rabbit fodder.

Not the same mulberry we have in USA ... Ours is a tree with small leaves and a small fruit that resembles a wild blackberry ...

So Mulberry is very Versatile. I will grow One plant Soon 👍

I coppiced my mulberry for many years to use the branches for staking. You have to be careful though because they can take root, and this may not be what you want! They are difficult to shred because of the sap which can clog your machine.

Have been eating raw Mulberry leaves for 20 years ... am now 62 .... with no harm and plenty of benefits. I guess if you gut flora is a live and active then digestion is of no trouble.

And if you coppice it I'm sure you will end up with a bunch of nursery stock. Thank you Mrs. Gamble! I didn't know it made such good animal forage. I have one my dad got from his co worker at the local animal shelter and I've been caring for it. It is now in a 25 gallon pot and reaching 10ft tall. I know what I'm doing with it now...its going at the end of my chicken run and i will definitely use the leaves to feed the goats, sheep and chickens. I will definitely coppice it as well and get me as much nursery stock as possible to keep the animals fed, the wild birds happy and plenty to go around for me and the family as well. It would be such a privilege and honor to be able to pick your brain. You are a vast wealth of plant wisdom and I am so grateful to have found you and your content and teachings. I have learned so much from you and my quality of life gets better every day thanks to what you, Geoff Lawton and Paul Stamets have taught me. All 3 of you are my heroes and a lot of hungry people are going to get fed thanks to your teachings once i get this 6 acre family farm into full production. Permaculture style! 😊

I mix my Mulberry with Green tea Would these be good for deer? They eat so much from my garden we have lovely wild raspberries growing around us So berries should grow well here in my zone 6 Eastern US soil I really enjoy you when you speak in utube Thank you for announcing it again because with storms and everything I lost my connectivity and all my RU-vid channels and I try to remember how to found find you again now I know good day lovely lady until next time

Wow I didn't know it could be used so many different ways.

You have inspired me to experiment into lacto-fermentation of mulberry leaves.

I really like this video. I just bay a property in Florida, and I am exploring the plants that are already there. Love your presentation.

I also have heard of people making paper pulp from coppicing young mulberry trees, and the berries always stain the ground real good with dark color, bet it would also make an awesome dye. They way they grow makes them seem like good trees to use sticks for weaving to.

I eat the Mulberry leaves raw and love it!

Hii Are the loaf more big than that Are the ciclon Sorry my english doest good My be our the butter much more than Every country

I collect my old used tea leaves and use mulberry leaves to line the container I collect them in for easy clean up.

You come across mulberry trees everywhere in Armenia 🇦🇲 even at streets

My red and black mulberry is a bit chewy. Korea white mulberry leaf would be more vege tender. White mulberry trunk is more elastic and hardy, best for bow making.

Thank you, awesome video. You made my day. God Bless you.

Good information and good ideas I have tried to reproduce mulberrys by cutting once but with little success. and I think it is because not all varieties grow well from cuttings, I think that some varieties grow very easily, others take almost 1 year to produce timid roots and others do not even produce them. Do you know which varieties reproduce more easily by cutting and which do not? thank you

First off, I love your name. It’s so apropos for what you do. Second, I’ve learned so much (and I’m sure will continue to learn) from you. Permaculture is something I’d like to adapt in my garden (little by little - 🤞🏼). So far my efforts seem “messy” and not as I would like it to be. Anywho, thank you for the lesson on Mulberry. I have a huge mulberry tree that has been a source of food (berries) for me & wildlife. Good to know that I could also eat young leaves.

GREAT PRESENTATION!!! 💕Thanks for sharing!!! 😎💕🙏🏾Blessings

41minutes ago!~ WoW amazing mulberry? Im very curious

Thanks Morag, I'll add some leaves to my chickens run now as well as the berries! I've tuned in to you for years. Thanks for the permaculture knowledge. 🐔

Great video thank you I’ve just got my first black mulberry

Can i grow in zones 5 and 6 Chicago. Additional differences of cooking this valuable plant. Thanks

I have a black Mulberry her in New Zealand. Is this one edible? Mine is only small, but hope in a couple of years it will be producing more leaves and the composite berries :)

I have 3 years old mulberry, another one from cutting, it never flowered or fruit, my friend got some cutting from me, her plant got long flowers. What should I do to get fruits?❤

The heart wood is great for ageing homemade fruit brandy. It mellows it without creating a wooded taste like oak. This is done in the Balkans region for their plum and other fruit Brandy’s.

Thank you for a great ideas👍

OMG. I LOVE STUFFED GRAPELEAVES BUT...I always heard mulberry could only be eaten very young....thank you...I havea very special group of mulberries

There are white mullberry and black mullberry tree. Are both varieties leaves edible ? Somehow I remember one tastes bitter.

If you have aquarium shrimps, they love mulberry leaves

Love your garden 🤩👍 Wow never know we can take mulberry leaves make like tea ☕️ How long to take the trees big like your please 😊

So what is the most effective way to coppice mulberry for regular use of the leaves and twigs as fodder? I know silkworms go through a LOT, and rabbits even moreso.....

That is very interesting to make dolma from mulberry leaves we normally use grape leaves and Swiss chard leaves but I will give it a try and Will be happy to join your channel👍😋👌💃🏼💃🏼

Have you tried grafting to get exactly what you want

Can a dwarf everbearing variety have leaves this large?

Oh jeez. Took me a minute to comprehend you saying dolmades 😂😂

Your tree is different.I never seen it with such big leafs.Is it some special name for it?Thanks for good tips.

The leaves also send some parasites packing in animals. We use them for our ponies and chickens.

I bought a home and have two mulberry trees, full of mulberries,mulberry, didn't plant them so how can I be sure their safe to eat? Are there poisonous berries that look like mulberry? How do you know when their ready to pick and eat?

😮....I had no idea...I have one growin like a tree-bush next to my garden, its puttin too much shade on my bby plants...I kinda thined it and tossed the pile in the compost😣......great news tho the mulberry bush still looks like a tree😁

Sweet berries and the young leaves can beaten raw with hot rice or cooked in coconut milk! Philippines.

Hey Morag! I planted a white mulberry sapling for the first time in my food forest and was horrified when the I saw the leaves fall off. It is growing slowly but surely and I appreciate your tips. Looking forward to getting some fruit. I am told the white ones taste like honey. Cheers!

My mulberry leaves do not grow that large in Kentucky

Hi I have 2 Holland lop bunnies can I feed them mulberry leaves ? Is it safe ? Thanks

Please 🙏 help me for my mulberry tree because the stem become yellow.what should I do.thanks

I have a question I'm trying to grow mulberry from cuttings too they bud but then stopped showing signs of growth what could I do to save them this is my 3rd attempt.

J. Russell Smith in his classic book Tree Crops a permanent agriculture praised the fruiting Mulberry tree as one of the best all around trees for farmers.

How’s mull berry tree, starting seeds?? And were I getting??

Going through the comments it is absolutely insane how many places have mulberry native to them, it's native to the US as well.

wonderful video..thank you for all the information. Thank you.

Hi , I live in zone 6B, I wanted to plant Shangri La, White & Black Pakistani, Morus Nigra of Spain, do you think they will be able to fruit in my zone?

What species of Mulberry is your tree? I live the size of the leaves and I am looking to plant these as food to my goats.

Interesting facts about Mulberries: 1. Most Mulberry fruit has little white worms in them. They are harmless if eaten..but if you want them to be dead before eating then freeze your mulberries overnight. Again..the worms don't hurt you and are totally natural. 2. Mulberries can be eaten at any color stage. But the darker the fruit the sweeter the juice. Just experiment and try them when they are red for a tangy flavor or black for a sweeter one. 3. Mulberry leaves are completely edible and full of nutrition..but it is best to cook or steam them as they can be tough to chew otherwise. Enjoy and stay well!

do you have a temperature recommendation for the tea. Should it be boiling hot or 160 F? and thank you

The leaves on your trees are huge. I live in the USA, Michigan and the native species hear have smaller leaves. Smaller than my hand.

My favorite mulberry is so delicious and prolific. It grows in my rabbit pen so I suspect the extra fertilizer may contribute. My rabbits definitely eat too much fruit while the mulberries are ripe. Me too. Year round my mulberries provide food for the rabbits. They devour the leaves twigs and bark . I have actually used the bark of young branches to lash together things when I don't want to go inside for twine

Very good tree. I planted more than 20 small trees myself and also wrote blog about it too in Mulberry tree:borneo lady

Hello Nice to see you here today I drank the tea years ago I did not know all it’s uses and the leaves are like Hibiscus leaves , thank you

Mubuerry grow in Washington states

Which variety of Mulberry is this?

Wait so can we make tea out of it & eat the leaves? Like first put them in fresh hot water out of a kureg then eat the leaves after theyre cooked?

Hi and thnx for the informative video. What variety of marlberry tree is eadible?

If this is one of your first to plant in a garden, what would be the others?

Reason why it shouldn't be eaten raw?

The leaves are used by silk farms to feed caterpillars to produce silk.

I'm sure google said the leaves are toxic

I'm going t try to grow it in my apartment. It has great medicinal benefits.

How old does a mulberry tree needs to be before its root system begins to be a destructive problem for house foundations? I'd love to grow one but the fear of it destroying the foundation of the house puts me off. But if it takes about 30 years for the roots to become a problem, then that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

How long before it fruits

I cut mine from the bottom: 10 foot high cutting. Emmersed bottom in a bucket for 24 hours. Shoved it 1 foot in the ground. It’s my only cutting but it’s already loaded with leaves.

Can you share me some cuttings(? From 🇵🇭 Philippines

Thank you soooooo much!! I removed a mini tree from a garden bed where I used to work, it was about 2 feet high, I dug that baby up & over 2 years later, it is now 6 ft. high!!! I still have it in a pot and at this point I think I need a bigger pot, it has yet to fruit but I check on it daily.....it even survived the Texas snowstorm!! It's leaves are growing now. I am thankful to learn that it can be pruned and when, I new the leaves were edible, I just didn't know the best way to prepare them. Hope you have a video about that.....I will try to propagate! When is a good time to this? Thanks again!! Take care!!

The Trunk of Mulberry tree can be used to make a Persian Kamancheh. The Kamancheh Bowl made of Mulberry acts like the best amplifier because it is not too dense like Walnut.

horses also love them!

Can they be planted in big containers

Hi. Did you ever have issues with the mosaic virus on your mulberry? My tree seems severely impacted. Any idea on what my options are other than digging that tree out? Thank you!!

What kind of mulberry is that

It was YEARS b4 I realized that the tree in my yard dropping purple berries all over the driveway wasn’t an annoyance, it was a valuable source of food & much more! Thanks for your videos, I’m a new subscriber & fledgling permaculturist.

Love from india.

Thanks for sharing video 😊

Loving this info!!👍🌱

Pls share some cuttings from philippines w love