Mojo Dwarf Mulberry

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DallasFigShop

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This is a new variety i ran across a few moments ago... in case someone loves Mulberries but they are too big... here is another plant to fanatacize about lol

No idea if they are suitable for late frost areas. One site says they wake super late which would be perfect but another says they fruit very early... allegedly Hardy to Zone 7 so maybe a warmer climate berry... a different species i guess... but small and that can fruit well in pots from new wood as well as from old wood

If you Google it the story is easy to find @ intentionally bred over a 40 years time span in Japan

territorialseed.com

Mojo Mullberry Plant | Self-Pollinating Dwarf Variety | Territorial Seed

This self-pollinating mulberry is a fantastic addition to your edible landscape. Delicious berries cover the compact bush for up to five months. Bears fruit on old wood as well as new wood, so you may even have a harvest the first season. Dwarf variety growing up to a manageable 3–5 feet tall...
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Well that sounds intriguing.
I wonder how late is concsidered late as we get frosts sometimes mid April.
If it's later than that I would do it.
 
I found out from Jan its been around for a while. One of the articles is from 2020 i didnt notice that and not sure if ive read about it before... it has mixed reviews also, good and bad. I think its like many Mulberries that have varying traits based on climate...

another report said it got alot bigger than advertised btw but without knowing for sure the variety was confirmed but seems like a decent one for pot culture
 
Well my tehama seems to be putting out male flowers only.
I thought there were a mix, until I seen them falling off after a while.
Jan's was putting on a small crop but the frost killed them off....now I'm just getting growth at the current time.
Which is fine, I want it to get some size before the end of the season.
 
DallasFigShop said:
I found out from Jan its been around for a while. One of the articles is from 2020 i didnt notice that and not sure if ive read about it before... it has mixed reviews also, good and bad. I think its like many Mulberries that have varying traits based on climate...

another report said it got alot bigger than advertised btw but without knowing for sure the variety was confirmed but seems like a decent one for pot culture
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By Jan are you talking about Jan Doolin? Is she a member here?
 
Was yours inground when it fruited?

ktrain said:
Well my tehama seems to be putting out male flowers only.
I thought there were a mix, until I seen them falling off after a while.
Jan's was putting on a small crop but the frost killed them off....now I'm just getting growth at the current time.
Which is fine, I want it to get some size before the end of the season.
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Can you grow mulberries permanently in a container or should they be planted? I'm wanting more mulberries but will have to keep in containers until I've cleaned some land. Clearing it all by hand and it's slow work and hard to maintain with current equipment. Keeping persimmons, Bradford pears (I've grafted good varieties on them) and any other useful trees. Will eventually plant figs, mulberries and other fruit trees.
 
superdave336 said:
Can you grow mulberries permanently in a container or should they be planted? I'm wanting more mulberries but will have to keep in containers until I've cleaned some land. Clearing it all by hand and it's slow work and hard to maintain with current equipment. Keeping persimmons, Bradford pears (I've grafted good varieties on them) and any other useful trees. Will eventually plant figs, mulberries and other fruit trees.
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You could do one like Jan's best and keep it pruned to a decent size until ready for the ground.
Or any dwarf variety.
 
superdave336 said:
Can you grow mulberries permanently in a container or should they be planted? I'm wanting more mulberries but will have to keep in containers until I've cleaned some land. Clearing it all by hand and it's slow work and hard to maintain with current equipment. Keeping persimmons, Bradford pears (I've grafted good varieties on them) and any other useful trees. Will eventually plant figs, mulberries and other fruit trees.
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In my experience some will tolerate pots better than others but note that wamer soil means they wake up earlier which means late frost can cause more damage.. Valdosta was the star in that regard and it's berries are delicious

But you can let a pot root into the ground and dig it up when you want apparently I pulled a dwarf everbearing out of the ground a few weeks ago and sat it sideways by the house and it still ripened alot of small tasty berries, even in shade lol

it was rooted into the ground through a plastic pot for maybe 1.5 - two years and I could still trim it way down and plant it again ive watered the giant tree maybe twice since digging it.. it's maybe twice my height in a 3 gallon..But a few I have have been very challenged or even croaked in pots

Valdosta in a pot barely higher than my knees already starting to make larger berries and that are better than most. Oscar was comparable last year but it croaked in the same conditions to late freeze this year...

These are alot bigger than most of the others I've had so far and still in a 3 gallon but going in ground after the berries are done .. I had almost 100 berries form on it20250427_191709.jpg
 
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