Mulberries prefer a climate with moderate temperatures and can tolerate both hot and cold conditions. They are adaptable to various altitudes and can thrive in both lowland and highland environments.
Mulberries
Mulberries are deciduous trees that are known for their hardiness, drought resistance, and frost tolerance. They bear delicious fruit that can be eaten raw or dried and powdered for cooking. Mulberry trees are also versatile, serving as a source of timber, livestock feed, and a companion plant for grapes.
Morus spp
China
- Mulberries are known for their sweet and juicy berries, which are enjoyed both fresh and dried. - The berries can also be used to make jams, jellies, pies, and other desserts. - Mulberry trees are long-lived and can live up to 300 years. - They are hardy and drought-resistant, making them suitable for various climates. - Mulberries are frost tolerant and can thrive in cool areas. - They can tolerate shade and adapt to different soil types. - Mulberry trees are prolific fruit bearers, with heavy yields ranging from 19 to 24 tons per hectare. - The fruit can be used as a self-harvest pig food, supporting 2-3 pigs per tree during the fruiting season. - Mulberries are also a nutritious forage plant for poultry. - The timber of mulberry trees is suitable for making tool handles and fence posts. - The leaves of mulberry trees are nutritious and can be fed to livestock, including silkworms. - Mulberries are considered beneficial companion plants for grapes and can serve as trellises for grapevines.
Mulberries are well suited to most soils and sites. They are tolerant of shade and can thrive in a variety of soil conditions.
Family: MORACEAE
Mulberries form small to medium sized, long lived (300 years), deciduous trees. These easily propagated and transplanted trees are both hardy and drought resistant. They are also frost tolerant and well suited to cool areas. They are tolerant of shade and are suited to most soils and sites.
They are heavy (19-24 t/ha), regular, bearers of fruit. The fruit is delicious eaten raw and can be dried and powdered to produce a flour suitable for cooking. The fruit is used as a self harvest pig food supporting 2 - 3 pigs per tree at 86 trees per ha, for the fruiting season (60 days for Hicks variety which has the longest fruiting season of all). It is also an excellent self forage plant for poultry.
The tree coppices readily and the timber is good for tool handles and fence posts. The leaves are nutritious and can be fed to livestock including silkworm.
They are considered a good companion plant for grapes , for which they also form a trellis.