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[Robert Bruns <r.fred.bruns@gmail.com>]

I've been growing a Morus nigra in an 18" pot for the last 3 years, and
it's still only 2 feet tall.  I move it into a partially heated greenhouse
every winter.  For what it's worth, I've noticed that it gets some sort of
leaf disease that I don't see on Morus alba.

Fred
Carmel, IN (zone 5B)

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Steve Herje <loneroc1@gmail.com> wrote:

> You might also want to search for 'trunk girdling' or 'stem constriction'.
> When I used to grow out tons of magnolia seedlings, in the third year I'd
> bind the trunk with insulated wire for a year or two.  The stem would
> continue to expand and the resulting constriction interfered with sap flow.
> It seemed to significantly shorten the time for slow maturing crosses to
> flower.  I did not have a control group of seedlings so...
>
> Steve H.  Lone Rock WI USDA zone 3
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