Great info! BUT, the scientific name thing is very confusing! Red and white is so much simpler! I just got into Mulberrys last spring, even though I've known about them since i was kid. I've been grafting Satsuma trees for a couple years and have a small homestead that im working on. My plan is to have a bunch of Mulberry trees!
At 2:27, I've seen this before with different species, where one species produces a whole lot of fruit and is very prolific, while another species produces less fruit and is less common. I found some native red raspberries growing in an isolated forest area once, and they had very few berries, but meanwhile, I find millions of the native black raspberries, which produce a whole lot more fruits and are found everywhere. The same happened with common groundcherry (physalis longifolia) versus clammy groundcherry (physalis heterophylla). The common one has TONS of fruits with a LOT of seeds, whereas the clammy groundcherry is much less common here in central PA, with fewer fruits, and fewer seeds per fruit. Both are native. It's a bigger problem when something is foreign and extremely invasive like the white mulberries are, with potential hybridizing. Oh, I also see it with the American versus Asian bittersweet vines, too - the Asian ones have a lot more berries and are more invasive, while the American ones have fewer berries and are less common. It's something I watch out for, and it signals to me that a particular species is less common, more vulnerable, and might be easily overwhelmed by competition.
Hey Weston, do you have any tips on grafting? I've had a lot of success with most things that I graft but completely struck out last year when grafting mulberry. Are you whip, or chip bud, or what to get success?
Amazing! Thank you. Would you ever be willing to sell rubra cuttings for propagation? Rubra is endangered in my area and it’s surprisingly hard to find for sale
Very interesting commentary. Have been fascinated with mulberries since discovering some wild trees several years ago in Thomasville, Ga ..Alba put out few fruit this spring, but disappointing. I appreciated all your descriptive pointers to identify them! Thank you!
