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[Mike Levine <mlevine@umich.edu>]

I've been growing Kokuso for at least 8 years.  It's a pretty big tree now,
but I've never seen it fruit.  I'm thinking about giving it a severe prune
this week to see if I can stress it into fruiting this season.  If it
doesn't produce something soon I'll be giving it an even more severe prune
all the way to the ground.

Mike
z5 SE Michigan

On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com> wrote:

> I saw Kokuso advertised somewhere as the hardiest of all mulberries but
> I'm starting to think that isn't correct. I put one in last year. We'll
> see if it survived the winter.
>
> Anyone else have experience with Kokuso? Can anyone compare its
> hardiness with Illinois Everbearing or St. Lawrence's Northrup (exact
> name?), which I can attest is hardier than IE.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jay
>
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> On 4/6/2013 6:16 AM, Matt Demmon wrote:
> > We'll see! I think I trust Oikos to get species right, they grow a pretty
> > extensive list and seem pretty on top of things. I did have a 'Kokuso'
> > mulberry for a while, that was supposed to be M. nigra, although I've
> heard
> > various things about it. It did fruit, and the fruit was the tastiest
> > mulberry I've ever had, and the leaves and buds didn't look like any
> other
> > mulberry I've seen, but I don't know if it was M. nigra. It suffered
> winter
> > damage every year and finally kicked it after 4 seasons.
> >
> > -matt
> > z5 se MI
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My guess is that they are not truly M. nigra. I've looked into this
> >> extensively and never heard of the plant being this hardy. If it is,
> and if
> >> you get fruit, you're in for a taste treat, one of the best-tasting of
> all
> >> fruits. Her in my zone 5, I grow it in a pot, brought indoors for
> winter,
> >> and in a greenhouse.
> >>
> >> Lee Reich, PhD
> >> Come visit my farmden at http://leereich.blogspot.com/
> >> http://leereich.com/
> >>
> >> Books by Lee Reich:
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> >> The Pruning Book
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> >>
> >> On Apr 5, 2013, at 6:59 AM, Matt Demmon wrote:
> >>
> >>> I've just gotten some black mulberries (M. nigra) from Oikos they claim
> >> are
> >>> hardy in zone 5. My fingers are crossed. However, I'm trying to figure
> >> out
> >>> where to put them. My two questions are: Do they get as big as M. alba?
> >> I'm
> >>> guessing not. And can you harvest them by shaking the tree like with M.
> >>> alba, or do they not detach as easily when ripe? If I can shake them
> >> onto a
> >>> sheet, I'll put them in a mown area, if not, I probably won't.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for the help! Spring is finally coming to the north. Ground is
> >>> thawed enough to dig holes just this week.
> >>>
> >>> -matt
> >>> z5 se MI
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