On Friday, October 7, 2016 at 7:19:35 PM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Oct 2016 09:20:08 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 07 Oct 2016 15:34:37 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
> >
> >>Jeßus wrote:
> >>>Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Mulberry trees can easily live 300 years...
> >>>
> >>>What are your minimum temperatures during winter there and do you get
> >>>frosts, just out of interest?
> >>
> >>Typical winter temperatures here average around 0ºF but for some
> >>periods the temperature will spend a month between -10ºF/-20ºF and for
> >>some few nights in a row can hover around -40ºF.
> >
> >-40ºF? Really??? Worst I've seen it here is around 8°F.
> >
> >>Winter temperatures
> >>here depend heavily on topography, higher elevations are colder and
> >>the north face of hillsides are colder yet because they go all day
> >>with no direct sun, those areas are always in shadow.
> >
> >Same here but in reverse (south sides are in shade).
> >
> >>Before choosing a mulberry tree it's best to do your research and buy
> >>from a local well established plant nursery. Within each type; white,
> >>red, and black mulberry there are several cultivars, each with their
> >>own characteristics. The colors have nothing to do with fruit color,
> >>has to do with bud color. I chose my trees mainly for attracting
> >>wildlife, not to be beautiful specimen trees. What I really wanted
> >>were weeping mulberry trees (the weeping portion is grafted) but they
> >>wouldn't survive here with all the deer unless I kept them fenced,
> >>which I didn't want to do, so I chose the erect type of Russian
> >>mulberry. I bought my trees from a well established nursery, been in
> >>the same family for over 125 years:
> >>http://guernseysnurseries.com/ They are located further north so that
> >>area is colder during winter than here and are in a valley making it
> >>colder yet. They are very knowlegeable so I trust they sold me
> >>Mulberry trees that fulfilled my criteria... I buy a lot of plants
> >>there.
> >>There's some good information he
> >>http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/mulberry.html
> >>That's an old farm house across the road from a property I own, there
> >>you can see a few very old weeping mulberry trees (~200 yrs), fenced
> >>of course.
> >>http://i65.tinypic.com/2vd1pjd.jpg
> >>Mulberry leaves are very important to the silk industry, the only food
> >>of the silk worm, interesting video:
> >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqFm...ature=youtu.be
> >
> >It can only be the frosts that stop Mulberries from growing here if
> >your temps are accurate.
> >
> >I've yet to see a single one grown locally and they're not a cheap
> >tree to buy in nurseries, so I'm a little hesitant to risk growing
> >one... Mainly because I've planted hundreds of so-called 'frost and
> >cold tolerant' plants here only to find them lucky to survive the
> >winter, if at all.
>
> Those are probably the least expensive trees I've bought in a long
> time. I didn't pay much for those two mulberry trees, They were
> normally $64 each but since it was end of season they were reduced by
> 33.3 % so cost me $85.33 for both plus sales tax, $6.83.

I get mulberry trees free, courtesy of the local birds. Of course,
they are somewhat lacking in judgment as to where they plant them.
Under spruce trees is one of their favorite locations.

I noticed yesterday that they attempted to plant glossy buckthorn
on the hood and windshield of my car.

Cindy Hamilton