Trying to Force Mulberries to Fruit by Pruning

Since mulberries fruit off of new wood, pruning them is one way to force a second harvest of mulberries in the same season. However, some varieties do not fruit off of stems growing out of the trunk in the second year of growth. Here we show what happens when we try to force fruiting by pruning non-fruiting stems emerging from the trunk.

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☀️About our Growing Zone:

Our Climate on Lopez Island is Zone 8A in the Maritime Pacific Northwest. Summertime temperatures rarely exceed 70F with occasional maximums in the 80s. Wintertime temperatures rarely go below 32F with occasional lows in the low 20s.

Below is the complete list of 66 mulberry varieties we currently have on our farm including Morus Nigra, Morus Alba, and Morus Rubra Hybrids. Questions? Please let us know. We'll do our best to answer!

Australian
Beautiful Day
Big Red
Big White
Black Beauty
Black Prince
Boysenberry
Buluklu
Callie's Delight
Contorted
David Smith
Delight
Dwarf Everbearing
Early Bird
Easter Egg
Exotica
Firm Red
Florida Giant
Four Seasons
French Syrian
Galicija
Girardi Dwarf
Grover's Best
Hicks
Hunza Black
Illinois Everbearing
Issai Dwarf
Italian
Jan's Best
Kip Parker
Kokuso
Lakeland
Lawson Dawson
Lebanese Heart
Long Red
Madhava
Maple Leaf
Maui
Middleton
Miss Kim
Noir de Spain
Northrop
Oscar
Pakistan
Pandora's Box Weeping
Paradise
Persian
River View Russian
Riviera
Rupp's Romanian
San Martin
Shangri La
Shelli
Sophie's Fave
Sweet Delicious
Tehama
Thai Dwarf
Tice
Valdosta
Varaha
Wacissa
Weeping
Wellington
White Persian
Wonder Berry
World's Best