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Not pepper related - problem with my new Mulberry tree :(

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svtcontour

I just purchased a mulberry tree and put it in the ground. While I was doing so, I noticed a section of bark had a hole in it and the surrounding bark was very soft. The hole was partially below soil level in the pot. I peeled back the very wet and what looked like decaying bark and I removed some soil until none of the hole was below soil level in hopes that eventually it would dry out or heal. I also hosed the inside of the hole to remove any debris.

Is there anything more I should do? Should the tree recover fine or do I need to apply some kind of medication to promote recovery and or protect against fungus? Note that I had just watered the plant in the pic which is why its all wet.

Thanks for any help or suggestons.


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you should keep some backup. get some cutting and put them in water. these mulberry's are quite easy to propagate by cuttings. the bigger part can be cut replanted with some rooting powders. it looks like a crown rot. hope fully it can recover from that. good luck.
 
It looks to me that you just got some crappy nursery stock. It is clear from the picture that there was another lead growing out of that stump that was trimmed. It is possible that the area in the lower picture that you are seeing rot is from another branch that was cut or broken off. The tree will eventually compartmentalize the rot area but there will always be a scar there. It is possible the tree could die but it should be alright.
 
just like a pepper that has been transplanted and not feeling well, take an aspirin add it to 1 litre of water, mix well and feed the tree. find some dried seaweed, make a light tea for 3 days and give it a drink. you can fill in the hole by getting some parafin wax($1.94 at loblaws super store, or $6.95 everywhere else) and fill in the hole, to prevent incoming disease.

i have been feeding my cherry trees and blueberry plants seaweed tea and alfalfa tea and they are responding very nicely.

good luck
 
Thanks everyone for all your replies. I'm really thinking about taking it back and exchanging it with one that is solid...just incase. I only planted it today and I called Home depot (where I got it) and they I could bring it back / exchange it.

After looking at the pics, I wonder if that tree might just be too close to the walkway and might eventually be an issue (unless I keep trimming the side towards the walkway).
 
Sorry I can't really help with your question, but are you sure you want the tree in that location? Mulberry trees get pretty big (~20+ feet tall) and have a large canopy. The fruit will stain your sidewalk, and everything in the general vicinity for that matter. I would also be worried about people stepping on the fruit and tracking it into your house. Also, birds will be eating the berries and dropping staining poop bombs all over the place. I'm not sure, but I think the roots could even do some damage to the sidewalk and/or plumbing that close to the house.

White mulberry trees are everywhere around here, I have them all over my back yard. They're pretty invasive. I have a white car, and the birds are constantly dropping purple-stained bombs on it. I have to cut back branches frequently to keep them from blocking light to my garden. I can hack and hack and hack with my hatchet and the trees just grow back unfazed. I'm always pulling up the seedlings that sprout all over the back yard too. A lot of people around here consider them a nuisance. I don't mind them too much since the birds love them, and they do keep the birds away from my peppers and fruits. I don't really eat the fruit but it's nice to have the birds around and not eating my peppers. I wouldn't want one that close to my house though.
 
Hmm not sure if this is a different variety, but the tag on it claims a max height of 8 feet. I see online that there are dwarf mulberry trees so maybe this is one of those? I looked closer at the whole today and it didnt seem so bad so I decided to stick with the tree. I did pull it out and put it a foot further away. Thats not much but a little bit better.

Avon Barksdale said:
Sorry I can't really help with your question, but are you sure you want the tree in that location? Mulberry trees get pretty big (~20+ feet tall) and have a large canopy. The fruit will stain your sidewalk, and everything in the general vicinity for that matter. I would also be worried about people stepping on the fruit and tracking it into your house. Also, birds will be eating the berries and dropping staining poop bombs all over the place. I'm not sure, but I think the roots could even do some damage to the sidewalk and/or plumbing that close to the house.

White mulberry trees are everywhere around here, I have them all over my back yard. They're pretty invasive. I have a white car, and the birds are constantly dropping purple-stained bombs on it. I have to cut back branches frequently to keep them from blocking light to my garden. I can hack and hack and hack with my hatchet and the trees just grow back unfazed. I'm always pulling up the seedlings that sprout all over the back yard too. A lot of people around here consider them a nuisance. I don't mind them too much since the birds love them, and they do keep the birds away from my peppers and fruits. I don't really eat the fruit but it's nice to have the birds around and not eating my peppers. I wouldn't want one that close to my house though.
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Well I know its not much, but I've moved it one foot over from the original picture. We'll see how it goes. The picture on the tag that goes with it shows dark coloured fruit (almost blackberry coloured). Wonder what it tastes like.

RedtailForester said:
There some dwarf and weeping cultivars out there. I would still consider moving it back from the brick a bit.
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svtcontour said:
Wonder what it tastes like.
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You'll like it, sweet when ripe, sweet/sour when partially ripe. Too bad the normal type is such a pest tree. Not sure if it was mentioned but be careful with mulberry seedlings, you can cut them down a hundred times and the root just keeps living and growing and producing new leaders. In other words pluck out the root when you see a seedling.

Mulberry trees are great fun when planted alongside riverbanks where carp (fish) are known to live. During berry season you can cast a bare hook under the tree canopy and watch gigantic carp jostling for it thinking it's a berry.
 
svtcontour said:
Hmm not sure if this is a different variety, but the tag on it claims a max height of 8 feet. I see online that there are dwarf mulberry trees so maybe this is one of those? I looked closer at the whole today and it didnt seem so bad so I decided to stick with the tree. I did pull it out and put it a foot further away. Thats not much but a little bit better.
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Hmm must be a dwarf variety then if it says 8 feet max height. Definitely makes more sense in that location if it's a dwarf variety.
 
There are 2 or 3 mulberry trees on my neighbors back yard, my front, that must be over 20' tall - acutally there streets name is Mulberry St.
 
I'm wondering is it a Red, White or Black mulberry tree ? As we have Black and White mulberry trees here. The Black are great as every 1/2 month I cut them and get berries coming right after, but takes 3 months or more to pick the berries. Not sure how to get the white mulberry to set berries yet as my white mulberry are young graftings and cuting does not do it yet? I must say if I could grow Rassberries I would not have the mulberries at all as they are very mild tasting berries. Same troubles I'm having with growing strawberries here, Think I'll get the ??? Tree that has berries that taste like strawberries. Was very happy when I tryed the berries off the tree and found they taste very close to strawberries. The tree I've seen had so many berries 10 people could not eat them all.
 
Exavier said:
I'm wondering is it a Red, White or Black mulberry tree ?
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Most likely a white mulberry I think. Black mulberry isn't cold tolerant enough for Toronto, or the northern US for that matter. Red mulberry is mostly a wild (and threatened, because of cross breading with white mulberry trees) species native to the eastern US and I believe it's usually considered the least flavorfull one (black being the most flavorful). Red mulberry is kind of borderline for Toronto as far as cold tolerance too.
 
Great to know thanks, Hmm think your in trouble if Black has the strongest taste as The black mulberry is very mild. Hope the White mulberry trees don't need winter sleep to fruit as mine will never fruit then. The White mulbery graftings we bought are said to have almost white berries, where as learn most white mulberries are red. The leaves are whitesh though. Hmmm learning all the time
 
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