[NAFEX] Morus nigra in North Carolina
Lee Reich
garden at leereich.com
Tue Oct 9 17:25:51 EDT 2007
I agree that the flavor of M. nigra is superb -- to me as good or
better than any other fruit! I grow mine in a greenhouse here in Zone
5, in a pot, which I move to a cool basement in winter. The
greenhouse humidity is quite high in summer, as is my basement in
winter, but my plant has not experienced any disease problems. I'm
going to graft a branch onto some wild mulberries and see what happens.
Lee Reich, PhD
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On Oct 9, 2007, at 4:28 PM, rob hamilton wrote:
> You know I meant to ask him more about that.
> I wonder what specific fungal problems there were and can it be
> overcome?
> Were there any varieties that may be more resistant?
> He also told be the Nigra and rubus/alba can not readily cross
> because of different chromosome count. I would love to dig into
> that further to see if anyone has tried working with halving or
> doubling them to make them match. I have had some Morus nigras in
> CA that were heavenly! I do have "Noir of Spain" in the yard that
> is growing very weakly. I hope it will settle in and begin to take
> off. I got it from Hidden Springs Nursery. They have it in green
> house - it seems to do fine.
>
>
> I always love the talks at the NAFEX meeting, but there is so
> little time to delve into questions from everyone and keep on
> schedule.
>
> I had AJs email at one time, but I need to get it again.
>
> robert
>
>
> "Martha L. Davis" <martha_davis at earthlink.net> wrote:
> According to A.J. Bullard who is from North Carolina and spoke on
> Mulberries at the last NAFEX Meeting, Morus nigra does poorly on
> the east coast due to fungal problems brought on by high humidity.
> It apparently dies from the fungal problems as much or more than
> hardiness issues there.
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