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["William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>]

> This weeping mulberry i got from One Green World has survived over its very 
> first winter 2 unprotected nights in a row where it hit -50 air temps before 
> windchill and one night hit -60 for a few hours...


Thanks. I might look into that on my next attempt.

But I'm not sure that cold winter temperatures are the problem. It got 
to -12 one time last winter, nothing like the cold temperatures you 
have. And I keep them mulched in the winter, so I don't think the soil 
is drying out too badly. But none of my mulberries seem to be ready when 
winter arrives. The green leaves usually freeze on the tree (while 
everything else has normally lost its leaves by then). I wonder if that 
hasn't been the main problem.

But I don't know what to do about it.

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

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