Mulberry bumper crop

They're really set on this year.

Same here, and squirrels are wearing them.out already!

Same here, and squirrels are wearing them.out already!

Yep.seems like every squirrel in the country is on yhe trees. There are 8 big trees. Hopefully they'll be a few left for us

I've always placed a bed sheet under the tree and collet them that way when they ripen. Could never have enough at the farmer stand.

There's a bumper crop of mulberries forming here too. The pollen from the male mulberry trees covered the ground like a lightly greenish yellow flour. Both of us had very bad allergies to the pollen this year. I'm going to cut down about 20 mulberry trees that are close to the two bedroom windows, this Fall, to reduce the pollen in the future. Mulberry trees can be male, female or even change sex. The ones closest to the house stay almost all male.

Keith

Same here. Yhe bedsheets.

Do both male and female trees bear fruit?

I have 17 trees,,loaded......we use them what the birds dont get.

Those trees would get along fine here in Oregon then. LOL

They're great smashed up and poured over pancakes!

Only female and hermaphroditic mulberry trees bear fruit. Hermaphroditic mulberry trees are uncommon. Mulberry trees can change sex, but mostly don't unless the conditions around them change. More sun is one of the conditions that causes male mulberry trees to turn female.

I like mulberries and mulberry wood is by far my favorite wood to grill on.

Keith

Quail got 99% of mine, I checked today and they’re gone !

Carl, do you have mulberry trees out in Oregon?

They are one of the most common trees on my farm. Almost any sunny area, where softbill birds land and poop here, has mulberry trees pop up.

If you want some mulberry trees, I'll send you some.

Keith

Deer here keep the trees pruned to as high as deer can reach on their back legs. The browse lines down fence rows look like they were cut by a master gardener. The deer eat berries, leaves stems and smaller branches.

Keith

Mulberries are great carp bait. The carp stack up under the mulberry trees when they are dropping their berries in the water.

Keith

Good place to catch coons too!

Last year we had tons of mulberries but we had so much rain they had very little flavor. Weren't worth eating. Worried it might be the same this year. Everything eat the mulberries here. Even the coyotes feast on them.

All the mulberry trees must be females at hearts because they are all.loaded with berries

Catfish too. I like to soak canned sweet corn kernels in mulberry mash. Then fish with the kernels after a day or so. They turn purple and catch both Catfish and Carp like crazy under overhanging mulberry trees when the berries are dropping.

I'd rather have quail than mulberries.
Haven't even heard one here in at least 10 years

Neighbor has 2 mulberry trees, and they are at an angle. Every year 2 grey fox run up the tree and feast on the berries.

Everything around here eats mulberries while there in season, including us. As well as squirrels, coons, muskrats, birds, fish, even my dogs!

Storms last Saturday evening knocked most of mine off our tree. There are still a few on it though.

Squirrel season opens here Saturday.
They’ll be paying rent.

You've got quail? Man you are lucky, used to bird hunt after school and get my limit. Now can't flush my limit in a hunting season.

Lots of Quail. But they are all in town.

Ours have not budded out yet we're not frost free yet. Our mulberry trees look dead till the 1sr on 2nd week of June then they pop. It's amazing how fast they leaf out then bear fruit.

Was a mulberry tree that over hanged the Papakating Creek by me. Every year there were carp and snapping turtles there just grabbing every berry that fell. My son tied a fly that looked like a mulberry and he and his friends caught carp on their flyrods by the tree. It was a blast! Tree was cut down to build a new bridge at the location. Carp and snappers also go for choke cherry trees along the water. I have trapped a lot of snappers under choke cherry trees.

Got a mulberry tree in my yard. Wont be long my yard will have purple stained kids in it. Have seen deer, coons, possums and red fox in the yard eating them. Squirrels get a few but they really show up when the pecans are ripe.

We had a bumper crop last year. Still have jelly and syrup left. I use my long boat hook to lightly shake select branches with tarp under. Gang holding tarp just moves around tree with me. Shaking too hard makes the unripe berries and sticks etc fall. Light shake or bump makes mostly the rip stuff fall.

Those ok yummy and the gloves are an excellent idea!

Amen Bra!