Betty July 9, - pm My question may not be relevant.
Feb 06, Mulberry trees are one of my very favorite fruit trees, providing a huge amount of berries for very little work. However, they also grow like mad and can become a tangled, unruly big mess of a tree if you just let them grow.
Also the tree is so big the birds do get most of the berries.
With this in mind, Victor wrote me to ask about pruning mulberry trees to keep them small. Nov 18, Prune the tree in winter. Trimming while the tree is dormant for the winter allows the tree to heal the wound easily, and minimizes the chance of diseases or fungi entering the tree through the 79%(42). Pruning should be done when the tree is dormant, usually late winter. Mulberry trees are prone to bleeding. Cuts over 2” in diameter should be avoided because they will most likely not heal.
This will also leave your tree susceptible to fungi and disease. Apr 16, Mulberry tree pruning is easiest when the tree is dormant. You can see the structure of the tree without it being obscured by leaves.
They are great for juicing, making syrup and tea, and make a wonderful jam.
Don’t prune when the weather is very cold. When the temperature is under 50 degrees F. (10 C.), it is harder for the tree to seal off its treedelimbing.clubted Reading Time: 3 mins. Sep 15, LIKE COMMENT SHARE SUBSCRIBE My Seed Store: treedelimbing.club Organic Worm Castings: treedelimbing.club Nov 19, Mulberries respond well to pruning - if you prune now it may try to shoot but the cold to come may injure new growth. Leaving it later you would expect it to grow well in the warming weather, and then after it fruits you again give it a good prune - you may even get a 2nd crop then.
Jul 10, I'm with you Bec, and my own dwarf mulberry (black variety) is just shooting out some leaves after losing the first lot in the autumn and it is only a metre high.
I'll be putting it in the ground once it looks healthy in spring as it can grow quite tall (about. Mar 20, With a mature tree, you should only prune to remove dead or damaged wood or crossing limbs, since the wounds caused when removing a major branches are slow to callous.
Be careful when pruning your tree, mulberry trees have milky sap which can causes skin rashes in some people. UF/IFAS Sites. Florida Plant ID: Mulberry.