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["Glen Skinner" <glenkskinner@hotmail.com>]

I have successfully propagated Morus alba and Morus alba x rubra with about 
a 40-50% success rate using hardwood cuttings.  Once the plants had gone 
fully dormant, I took 9-12 inch cuttings and planted them so all but the top 
two buds were buried in the ground.  These were kept fully shaded and moist 
throughout the following year.  No rooting hormone was used.  Cuttings from 
vigorous current season shoots rooted best.  Mine were not in a cold frame, 
but the winter low stayed above 20 degrees F.

Glen
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 23:03:42 -0600
> From: Rondi <nafex@mokalive.com>
> Subject: [NAFEX] Mulberry propagation
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
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> I can get cuttings from 2 trees from an old farmstead down the road and
> I'd like any suggestions on how to propagate mulberries from cuttings.
> Would they benefit from rooting hormone? How long should the cuttings
> be? How many buds under the ground? Should they be in a cold frame or
> not?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Rondi

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