How to Grow Mulberry Trees from Cuttings | Expanding Our Fruit Trees: Beginnings of a Food Forest 

That's so awesome to hear! I love it when young people and kids get into this. I'll have to put some thought into a video, thanks Ellen, and best of luck to your grandson, Lincoln!

@@MikeKincaid79 I'm so happy to hear that you are thinking about making a video for kids that are in love with rooting plants. My 10-year-old grandson is excited about it too. We took a bunch of cuttings off my hydrangea and have them in soil on the north side of the house in shade. He checks them daily, how long will it take for them to root?

I am filling up my back yard with fig and mulberry trees so my kids can grow up like I did. If my parents couldn't find me, I was in probably in a tree somewhere having a snack 😂

@@MikeKincaid79 hi mike I’m a 11 year old gardener and I love you channel I was wondering if you could do a video on all the different trees and plants that you can propagate thank you

@@gardeningaustralia8732 hey bud, theres thousands upon thousands of edible fruit trees and fruit producing plants and in America we commonly only see maybe 10 different fruits and mostly different variations of those fruits , if you were going to grow plums, theres probably over a 1000 different varieties of plums and some can be blood red inside while other may be pink or orange fleshed or can be orange with blood red streaks throughout and theres hundreds of different color variations and every variety has it's own sugar content % and own variation of terpenes which are what make up its smell and alot of the taste so there are some you can grow for their beautiful fruit or some that may not be very pretty but have the best smell and taste and theres even some that dont produce edible fruit but produce an incredible display of flowers and that's common with plants in the stone fruit family which is the family that includes apples and pears and plums and apricots and peaches but if you really want to get into propagating than the best fruit trees for any gardener to propagate both in terms of ease to root and grow but also in how quick you will get fruit and the cost of the plants themselves, figs are one of the best starting plants! Theres thousands of different fig varieties and theres figs that taste like every type of fruit so you can get figs that taste like strawberry or cherry or plums or honey or grapey and you can find figs at places like home depot for $30 for a multiple foot tall tree and in the first year that you plant it in the ground it wont produce much growth but in the second spring it will grow 6+ feet in one year and you can take a bunch of cuttings from that and as long as you watch Mike's vids on rooting figs you'll have those cuttings rooted in only a few weeks! And than those cuttings will do best in pots till they fill those pots with roots because the pots protect the figs from the cold but the figs wont need the protection once they've gotten established roots and are ready to transplant into the ground and a year after planting those rooted cuttings all those cuttings will grow 6ft plus In their second spring and so that you've effectively turned one plant into 20+ plants and if you started with 10 fig varieties than in 2 years you would turn those 10 to 200+ and 2 years later you could turn those 200+ into 4000 plants and only 2 years later you can turn those 4000 into 80,000 and so 10 fig plants can become 80,000 plants in only 6 years and if you sold 70k of those plants for just $10 a piece which is cheaper than a nursery or home depot, than you would make $700k and so this is a great example of how if you tell your parents about what you want to do and they invest just $300 in to getting you 10 fig trees to start, by the time your an adult you can have a million dollar empire built completely from figs and you'll be able to produce millions of pounds of figs with that many plants as well! The main thing that limits you is how much property you have to grow on! :)

Really cool, Shafqat. Thanks for sharing your memories.

​@@MikeKincaid79 i have questions sir. How long does mulberry grow from stem cut and how long fruit will come? 😅

Good thing Mulberries grow fast

This is what a good ancestor is made of

That's so awesome to hear! I'm really looking forward to these. Now I just need a white variety.

I'm thinking if I plant one back behind my blueberries, the birds might allow me to eat some.

@@nancyfahey7518 yea farmers do that to keep birds away from the more expensive crops

That's my claim to fame, haha! Thanks for your support Bill!!!

Hahaha, sounds like you had a good time growing up! The girl, not so much.

Thanks, Richard. I'm getting excited about the fruit on these.

@@MikeKincaid79 Hard to pick unless you do the sheet and shake method. Plan to be dyed deep purple for a few days. Exquisite taste when over ripe.

@@RRaucina they fruit forever too. I hated mulberry until I saw how long it fruited. I learned to like them a lot. Not love but like a lot. Except white. White don’t have enough flavor.

It makes me so happy to hear that my videos make you happy, Susan. Have fun in the garden!

Привет Америка , я жил в Узбекистане там шелковица на каждом шагу.

Sounds wonderful!

@@MikeKincaid79 i was wondering do you have any videos on how to propagate magnolia trees?

You are very welcome!

seeds grow so easy and they fruit within a few years...

Sounds great! No shortage of red currants now.

Yep, now we're onto mulberry! LOL. I think we're all going to need more property soon.

I love hearing that, thank you. I've always tried to make my propagation videos a reference that people could come back to, like a library of propagation. There are so many more plants to go, just need to get this house done and back to gardening.

You are so welcome! I was just reading more about them this morning and found that the male mulberry tree shoots its pollen out at 350 miles per hour (almost half the speed of sound), which makes it the fastest moving plant in the plant kingdom.

Sounds really good. I've heard they are very sweet when picked ripe.

@@MikeKincaid79 oh yes they are. Birds love it also! When ripe they can be pinkish, yellowish or black in color. I prefer black ones. Yellowish color fruits are too sweet

Go get em Glenda!

I have several videos on hardwood cuttings and this is one of them. Search the channel and you should find them. I plan to do more videos about hardwood cuttings in the future.

Sounds like you’re excited! Good luck with all your cuttings Brie.

So as long as I stay away from the males, I guess I’m good here. Good to know.

How do you tell between male and female trees or sticks

@@RobertBee-fs8hv yes I need to know also cause I just recieved some cuttings myself

There's definitely no lack of different plants around here.

LOL, in the end, I couldn't help it.

Good luck!

So cool to hear all your great info about your mulberry. I'm still learning about them so I appreciate the info. We just drove through Northeastern Nevada last spring and I loved the landscape from West Wendover up to Jackpot. The huge boulders in the mountains were amazing and I really liked the look of all the grey/blue low ground brush (not sure what it's called). Is that kind of the area you live in?

@@MikeKincaid79 Hi Mike, yes that's the kind of area we live in but on the western edge, elevation is 4500' in a valley below the Sierras. Lake Tahoe is just up and over the mountain about 30 minutes. Gardening in the high desert can be a challenge with such extreme temperatures, plenty of wind and basically no humidity, but you just need to learn to work with nature. The majority of the brush/scrub are many different native sage and grasses. There are also a multitude of wild flowers in the spring and some interesting ground covers. My mulberry produces black berries about an inch long and half inch in diameter. Since it turned into a tree, I really haven't seen it bloom much, which I find interesting, but it does produce some fruit each year. I hope by planting a second one we will get better pollination and more fruit. BTW, I cut some branches yesterday, got them ready, dipped them in rooting hormone and potted. I have put them in my garden room for the winter where it stays 55F - 65F and hope they spend the winter making really strong roots. If anyone has an idea of what variety it may be?? I hope they will comment. If you know what a snowball bush looks like, the flower balls were very close to that. Thanks to all.

Me either, so we're both going to learn a lot.

You're so welcome Jennifer! Have fun with your propagation project and good luck. I am so looking forward to getting some fruit from these trees but I'm sure it will be another year or 2. Who knows, maybe they'll produce this year like figs do.

So glad!

Thanks, Thelma!

Thanks Robert

@@MikeKincaid79 you re welcome, I always love watch more of your beautiful video ! Hot today !! 😁👋🌿🚜

Heard that some cities in Texas banned new mulbery trees. Is it lifted?

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks man!

Have fun and good luck!

Just like the force, it binds us together.

Sure you could do that too, and I've got several videos doing just that.

This works great! Find a nice thick cutting to work with and give it time. Good luck

You can definitely do this! These mulberry were super easy to propagate in this manner.

Wow, you've been at this a long time!

What a nice compliment. Thanks for watching, Faye!

Good luck! 🍀

Thank you!

Thanks Rick!

Can't wait for these to produce berries.

Thanks! Glad you enjoy the videos. Yeah, I read they are related, pretty cool. They sure do root just as easily.

Looking forward to them.

You can do this. Never give up, I believe in you!

@@MikeKincaid79 Yep, well, i guess its because the long winter, but i see some roots in the grapes and mulberries and can relate to your feel when you find roots :))))))

Love seeing the roots growing!

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Ohh you are in England. Do you know where i can get the white one? Thanks

@@cyriuscrypto which white one mate 👍

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Awesome. I’ll bet you can grow some really nice figs there too.

Good luck, have fun, and may the odds be ever in your favor.

Thanks so much. What kind of fruit?

You're welcome!

Wow, that's really interesting. Thanks for sharing, I'll have to read up on it.

That is awesome!

How tall do they grow? Some people say they are invasive and grow around 40 ft tall, etc. Now I am scared. Lol. I just planted 2 in my yard today.

These trees have invasive roots and can tear up sidewalks and interfere with plumbing.

@@nancycrisman7496 it's always good not to plant trees next to sidewalks or right against your house or next to a septic tank. And probably want to keep them kind of away from your house because the birds like the fruit and that can be a mess.

I'm looking forward to seeing them ripen fruit. Thanks for not letting up on me.

@@theoverworkedgardener5648 I plan on planting a pomegranate instead. I have blueberries already. I live far from a large garden center I am used to living near. Have to order everything. I always look up plants and learn before planting. I don’t have access to lots of land.

@@nancycrisman7496 I planted a pomegranate as well. I have a blueberry plant or two. Planning on getting some muscadine grapes at some point. If you don't have a whole lot of land it's definitely a really important to do your homework on plants so that's a good idea. I have right at 5 acres so if I mess up it's not as bad as if it's right on my house. I got blackberry vines. And got one weird fig tree that just won't grow very well in ground but I'm growing in a pot right now.

Hahaha, it's true!

Glad you're doing well, Nate! I'm still here and plan to be for the foreseeable future. Have fun with the mulberry!

Glad you liked it!

Awesome! They're new to me. Can't wait to try the fruit. Adios!

You bet!

Uh Oh, sounds like you got bit but the propagation bug! LOL. Good luck and have fun with it.

Good luck

Thanks 👍

Thanks Christopher!

Sounds like a cool project for my kids. I had never heard of the allergenic part either until reading about it last spring.

Wow, in Vegas too? It's always interesting to read this stuff and learn about different plants and their history. Good luck with your cuttings.

Why ban a tree that feeds people?

Ohhh...the beneficial tea leaves are from white mulberry trees!

Lol...the outlawing is prolly cuz of the benefits...pharma is the snake oil salesman gone slithery...lol

I actually like the seed crunch in fruit but I'm really excited to try these mulberries. Definitely agree about pharma.

Are you rooting hardwood or softwood cuttings? The easiest way to root mulberry are as hardwood cuttings without a tote or humidity bin.

@@MikeKincaid79 I'm not sure if it is hard or soft wood. How can I tell?

@@bwforbes I thought green new growth twigs are softwood and Older, bigger brown tough twigs is hardwood?

Glad to hear it. I just read that somewhere but I guess you can't believe everything you read, lol.

Superfoods are not a real thing

Cool childhood memories

Thanks for the background and all the tips!

Thanks, I'm hoping they give me some nice crops of mulberries.

You could make thousands of new plants out of just the one!