How many uses can I find for a Mulberry tree? | Global Permaculture educator Morag Gamble
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- Did you know that a mulberry tree has many uses?
Mulberry trees are a super multi-functional, hardy & fast-growing plant that offers many valuable uses:
-- crops for humans,
-- mulch for the garden,
-- shade and food for the animals we care for,
and they grow in so many parts of the world.
Learn how to make the most of your Mulberry tree here and now!
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Great video, thank you. Reminds me of a great quote by Imam Shafi.
“Look at the leaves of the mulberry tree. The colour, taste, smell, composition and properties of every leaf are the same. Despite being exactly the same, when consumed by the silk worm, silk is produced. When visited by the bee, honey is produced. When consumed by the goat, dung is produced and when consumed by the musk deer, musk is produced. Only the design of a creator who is eternal and all powerful could cause so many diverse things to be produced from one substance. Otherwise, logic would demand that the end product of all be the same as the substance which entered all was the same.”
- Imam Shafi
Beautiful words...
Yes!!!
Mulberry tree is wind pollinated. There is no nectar for bees on any mulberry tree. Only Morus Alba leaves are consumed by silk worms. This lady demonstrates Morus macroura, which is not a silk worm tree.
@@valerie8217 So negative. Totally missed the point there.
@@slrs3908 I will also add to my previous comment that mulberry has a huge variability of leaves. The shape of the leaf varies depending on the age of the tree, and up to a hundred different leaf shapes can be found on the same tree. So poetry is poetry, but then you need to write in verse form, so that there are no claims to some special knowledge hidden from everyone.
A Korean visitor told me years ago to eat our mulberry leaves, but I wasn't sure if it should be cooked or eaten raw, so thanks Morag for clearing that up. The wallabies love the leaves!
Glad this video could help to clear that up :) thank you for your lovely comment
@@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife we chop it and saute in oil with litlle coconut chille and onions in india
Koreans feed the leaves to silkworm pupae and then eat the pupae. Usually if you go to a park in Korea you will smell the silkworm pupae boiling. The leaves can also make a high protein feed for poultry replacing up to 20% of their diet.
You can eat them raw too, I do daily
Why don't you eat the leaves too?
Great! I am in Isaan Thailand, the heart of traditional silk production and weaving. There are mulberry trees everywhere! We have about 3 rai at home but the family have almost 30 rai of rice paddies. Old Mum, Ma Wie, still makes and weaves silk cloth. I have finally succeeded in sprouting some calendula seeds and am very excited about making some salve with the flowers. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm.
How wonderful. I hope you are learning from your elders about how to grow and weave.
For about 5 months of the year, they make up about 10 % of my Rabbitry diet. The Comfrey I have growing underneath makes another 10%. Turning free photosynthesized carbs into meat protein for the crock pot for the win!
If you have RHD virus anywhere around, make sure your rabbits are vaccinated to avoid problems from bird- and bug-carried virus....
I have been blessed by your video. Thank you.
Thank you, awesome video. You made my day. God Bless you.
And if you coppice it I'm sure you will end up with a bunch of nursery stock. Thank you Mrs. Gamble! I didn't know it made such good animal forage. I have one my dad got from his co worker at the local animal shelter and I've been caring for it. It is now in a 25 gallon pot and reaching 10ft tall. I know what I'm doing with it now...its going at the end of my chicken run and i will definitely use the leaves to feed the goats, sheep and chickens. I will definitely coppice it as well and get me as much nursery stock as possible to keep the animals fed, the wild birds happy and plenty to go around for me and the family as well. It would be such a privilege and honor to be able to pick your brain. You are a vast wealth of plant wisdom and I am so grateful to have found you and your content and teachings. I have learned so much from you and my quality of life gets better every day thanks to what you, Geoff Lawton and Paul Stamets have taught me. All 3 of you are my heroes and a lot of hungry people are going to get fed thanks to your teachings once i get this 6 acre family farm into full production. Permaculture style! 😊
Yes, they are changing attitudes and landscapes large and small worldwide! I coppice the mulberry and moringa on my town property to manage their size and to feed the poultry and other plantings. Best regards for your growing endeavors where you are.🕊
GREAT PRESENTATION!!! 💕Thanks for sharing!!! 😎💕🙏🏾Blessings
Happy gardening and harvesting.
wonderful video..thank you for all the information. Thank you.
amazing! I just planted a white, red and Pakistan Mulberry in my garden this fall! I'm super excited to see them grow. Thanks for the vid and info!
You must have a huge garden because those trees get huge! 😲
Very informative video. Thank you very much. On my a hectare rural block. I now have many black mulberry trees growing in various ages. There were two planted by the previous owner. From these two, I propagated a few yearly, and now I have them all around my house. During the spring, the branches are weighted down by the berries in various stages of ripening. The first thing I do is to eat them as quickly as I pick them. My resident bobtail lizards, 6-7 of them, feed on them on the ground, and birds help themselves to the fruits. Of course the shades provide sanctuary for the bobtail lizards from predictors.
I read a story about a large mulberry tree which may have saved a house from the huge bush fire last summer. The farm suffered from the drought like most farms did last summer. The farmer saw everything turned brown and died except the tree which stayed green. So she saved what is left of the water, and watered the tree. That tree was, well, a ray of hope for them. Then the fire came. Everything went up in smoke. It so happened that the tree stands right in front of the house, and in the direct path of the fire. According the farmer, everything turned to ashes except the black mulberry tree, and yes, the house ! Apparently either it was because the tree is fire retardant, or because it has enough green leaves on it to prevent it from catching fire, it stood its ground, and saved the house. It would be interesting to conduct a scientific research to see if a mulberry tree is indeed fire retardant.
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing as well!
They are not,sadly. They burn quite well even when green wood is used. No idea why the tree and house survived but awesome story!
I really like this video. I just bay a property in Florida, and I am exploring the plants that are already there. Love your presentation.
The dwarf everbearing mulberry grow great in Florida
Thank you for a great ideas👍
You are so welcome!
Thanks Morag, I'll add some leaves to my chickens run now as well as the berries! I've tuned in to you for years. Thanks for the permaculture knowledge. 🐔
THank you for tuning in
Loving this info!!👍🌱
So glad! Thank you for letting me know
Wow so informative! Thanks so much
They are wonderful trees aren't they.
I grew up eating mulberries! I recently found a wild one by our creek. So excited. I’ll be making tea tomorrow.
Fantastic. Enjoy!
Thanks for sharing video 😊
First off, I love your name. It’s so apropos for what you do. Second, I’ve learned so much (and I’m sure will continue to learn) from you. Permaculture is something I’d like to adapt in my garden (little by little - 🤞🏼). So far my efforts seem “messy” and not as I would like it to be. Anywho, thank you for the lesson on Mulberry. I have a huge mulberry tree that has been a source of food (berries) for me & wildlife. Good to know that I could also eat young leaves.
Thanks Junie / happy gardening 🌿
Thank you.
Just found you and absolutely love your videos. 💚 We have the largest mulberry tree on our property and wish we would have know to trim it back. We are new owners of our orchard so live and learn. 😉 I’m going to try and propagate this tree because it’s so gorgeous. When we’ve spoken to growers/experts we tell them about our tree and we get the same response each time “mulberries are bushes not trees and they never get as big as you’re describing,” 🤣😂 Well, our 35+ foot mulberry tree is real. 🤣😂🤣 Thank you so much for the info. 💚
Mine is real too!!! LOL
Same here 😊
I grew up on a ranch with a lane lined with mulberries well over thirty feet tall....they were over 100 years old, we found, when they began to fall...
Thank you so much for the information.
You're so welcome
very helpful video.
You have inspired me to experiment into lacto-fermentation of mulberry leaves.
Thank you for the lovely comment. I'm really glad to hear this has inspired you.
Thanks for your sharing
My pleasure
Great video thank you I’ve just got my first black mulberry
enjoy!!
My daughter dried some and they are reminiscent of Captain Crunch Berries!!
horses also love them!
How lovely! :)
That is very interesting to make dolma from mulberry leaves we normally use grape leaves and Swiss chard leaves but I will give it a try and Will be happy to join your channel👍😋👌💃🏼💃🏼
great video :)
Wow I didn't know it could be used so many different ways.
Thank you for the comment. I'm really glad to hear you learned something new
I also have heard of people making paper pulp from coppicing young mulberry trees, and the berries always stain the ground real good with dark color, bet it would also make an awesome dye. They way they grow makes them seem like good trees to use sticks for weaving to.
I collect my old used tea leaves and use mulberry leaves to line the container I collect them in for easy clean up.
Hey Morag! I planted a white mulberry sapling for the first time in my food forest and was horrified when the I saw the leaves fall off. It is growing slowly but surely and I appreciate your tips. Looking forward to getting some fruit. I am told the white ones taste like honey. Cheers!
We have mulberry trees all over the place where I live in Okinawa and I just learned of the tea. Found your channel trying to get info on how to make the tea. Thanks for the info!! cricket
That's great - enjoy!
Thank you for sharing this. Mulberry plants heal my blood. And its free food. AYEEEEEEEE
Hello
Nice to see you here today
I drank the tea years ago
I did not know all it’s uses and the leaves are like Hibiscus leaves , thank you
You come across mulberry trees everywhere in Armenia 🇦🇲 even at streets
I've always loved, been attracted to and been fascinated by the Mulberry tree. There's something about it... Now I know why! All the uses...! This video has rekindled my desire to know more about them. We're moving to a hotter part of the country to buy land and start a homestead and what a wonderful tree to plant for shade in the summer and have it open up for sun in the winter! Would be nice to plant in pastures to shade and feed the animals too!
I once had one in my front yard that had never been pruned back and what an incredible amount of compost material every fall! I hate it when people trim them back severely to create those 'fists' which they think look attractive. To me, it only looks tortured!!!
This video is how I discovered your channel. I am very excited to watch your videos when I get finished watching all of Greg Judy which has been an incredible inspiration for getting back to the land with animals! I know quality information when I see it! Cheers and Thanks!!!
Thanks and welcome. Yes, mulberry trees are marvellous!
I too, have always loved mulberries and bought/planted 4 different varieties when we built our house 7 years ago here in northeast Georgia (USA). We've never gotten one berry. They start off abundantly and then drop, or perhaps the birds get some but I've never seen any mature ones. But I do feed the branches and leaves to our rabbits who gobble them up! Never thought of giving to the chooks.
Mulberries forever 👍
Very interesting. I have started growing them for rabbit fodder.
Tried that, but cant seem to figure out how to get them regrowing branches quickly enough to avoid running out fantastic feed supplement, though!!
So Mulberry is very Versatile. I will grow One plant Soon 👍
No, you can't grow just one. They spread like weeds lol
Some are also male and female trees and you need both to pollinate well.
Love from india.
Hi Morag! I've heen learnig a lot with you!
Is it the same of Morus nigra ?
Here in Brasil we know it as Amora.
Thank you
It was YEARS b4 I realized that the tree in my yard dropping purple berries all over the driveway wasn’t an annoyance, it was a valuable source of food & much more!
Thanks for your videos, I’m a new subscriber & fledgling permaculturist.
Thank you. I have a White Mulberry Tree. I didn’t plant it. It just appeared :-)
Maybe a bird pooped it there 😄
song yardbird same sooo excited,,it’s a few feet tall now..maybe some fruit this year!
A gift for you from nature!
Lucky you they're delicious.
It was a volunteer.
Love your garden 🤩👍
Wow never know we can take mulberry leaves make like tea ☕️
How long to take the trees big like your please 😊
great video
Glad you enjoyed it
@@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife my mulberry fruiting for the first this year and I am so excited
Thnk you 💥
You're welcome 😊
Very good tree. I planted more than 20 small trees myself and also wrote blog about it too in Mulberry tree:borneo lady
J. Russell Smith in his classic book Tree Crops a permanent agriculture praised the fruiting Mulberry tree as one of the best all around trees for farmers.
The leaves cured me of my coved induced arthritis. Had acute pains for 10 months.
How did you administer the leaf? In a stew, as a wrap, as a tea, as a poultice? Please let us know.
My wife saw an older Asian lady harvesting leaves from our mulberry so asked her what she was up to. She said that she was harvesting the most mature leaves for tea for her husband who had diabetes. We're going to send a bunch of leaves to my brother-in-law, who is also diabetic.
Do u know anyone who has used these leaves for diabeties?
My favorite mulberry is so delicious and prolific. It grows in my rabbit pen so I suspect the extra fertilizer may contribute. My rabbits definitely eat too much fruit while the mulberries are ripe. Me too.
Year round my mulberries provide food for the rabbits. They devour the leaves twigs and bark .
I have actually used the bark of young branches to lash together things when I don't want to go inside for twine
I was hoping to make a medicinal extract but cant find a recipe or the parts of the ftree that is used.Any ideas? I will be drying and powdering the leaves for tea after our delicious fruit has been harvested. Great video thanks!
41minutes ago!~ WoW amazing mulberry? Im very curious
Thank you! Best of luck growing your own
Lovely video, very informative 😊 What type of mulberry do you have? Love learning so much from your CZcams channel - thank you so much
Thanks. Red white and shatoot
I mix my Mulberry with Green tea
Would these be good for deer?
They eat so much from my garden we have lovely wild raspberries growing around us
So berries should grow well here in my zone 6 Eastern US soil
I really enjoy you when you speak in utube Thank you for announcing it again because with storms and everything I lost my connectivity and all my CZcams channels and I try to remember how to found find you again now I know good day lovely lady until next time
OMG. I LOVE STUFFED GRAPELEAVES BUT...I always heard mulberry could only be eaten very young....thank you...I havea very special group of mulberries
Fantastic content. I was wondering Morag what would be your top choice seeds to pack in an emergency kit?
A selection of non- hybrid ones for a range of seasons depending on when you need them . Long-lasting seeds like pumpkin and beans that produce abundance but also fast growing greens selection to get food quickly .
Hi. Did you ever have issues with the mosaic virus on your mulberry? My tree seems severely impacted. Any idea on what my options are other than digging that tree out? Thank you!!
Hello. Wondering if the fruitless mulberry tree has the same benefits?
Going through the comments it is absolutely insane how many places have mulberry native to them, it's native to the US as well.
I'm going t try to grow it in my apartment. It has great medicinal benefits.
do you have a temperature recommendation for the tea. Should it be boiling hot or 160 F? and thank you
I eat the Mulberry leaves raw and love it!
Fantastic. Thanks for sharing. What do you eat them with? What’s your favourite way of eating them raw?
So what is the most effective way to coppice mulberry for regular use of the leaves and twigs as fodder? I know silkworms go through a LOT, and rabbits even moreso.....
The leaves are used by silk farms to feed caterpillars to produce silk.
Thank you soooooo much!! I removed a mini tree from a garden bed where I used to work, it was about 2 feet high, I dug that baby up & over 2 years later, it is now 6 ft. high!!! I still have it in a pot and at this point I think I need a bigger pot, it has yet to fruit but I check on it daily.....it even survived the Texas snowstorm!! It's leaves are growing now. I am thankful to learn that it can be pruned and when, I new the leaves were edible, I just didn't know the best way to prepare them. Hope you have a video about that.....I will try to propagate! When is a good time to this? Thanks again!! Take care!!
Spring time , March, is a good time. Cut the branches into 6" lengths with a bud on top. Dipping it in rooting hormone is not necessary for most mulberry varieties. Poke 3" into the ground. Full sun. Cover the soil with a little much to keep the soil moist and cool. Do not over water or it will rot. Only keep it moist but never wet.
So you can chop up your 6' tree and have 12 more trees! Plus the one that will spring up from the stump that is still in the ground.
@@richardmang2558 Thank you! Amazing! I haven't noticed buds on top, so then I should wait?? :)
@@prisillaspace Since you say that "the leaves are growing now" ... at the base of each leaf is the "node" which contains a bud. That is what I am talking about.
On each 6" cutting you should strip off all but the top leaf to reduce transpiration (water loss) through the leaves. You can snip the lower leaves off and leave a little 1/4" stub of the stem. On the one remaining leaf (which should be the top one) reduce it's size by cutting off 2/3 of it. Also cutoff and discard any new greenwood that grew this season, it will only shrivel up and die anyways. This will allow the scion to absorb sunlight but not lose too much water while the roots develop.
I first learned this when a gopher ate all the roots off a mulberry that was just as big as yours. When I found the rootless twigs laying on the ground I cut it up and stuck the twigs in the ground. Most survived.
@@richardmang2558 WOW!! Thank you SOOOOO very much for your thorough explanation! It's what I have been needing. Appreciate you! Take care sir! I'll take a look and I'll try a few........
Some varieties have both male and female trees.
You might be propagating a bunch of trees that are male and won't fruit.
I hope you have had fruit by now. I like our mulberries. One wild one is even white.
I love your edible leaf series of videos Morag. I don't see that type of content anywhere else on CZcams which is saying a lot.
Thanks - I find it fascinating!
Sweet berries and the young leaves can beaten raw with hot rice or cooked in coconut milk! Philippines.
Yea
Good tea
I have a question I'm trying to grow mulberry from cuttings too they bud but then stopped showing signs of growth what could I do to save them this is my 3rd attempt.
The heart wood is great for ageing homemade fruit brandy. It mellows it without creating a wooded taste like oak. This is done in the Balkans region for their plum and other fruit Brandy’s.
Wow - thanks for sharing that. I love learning new ways that people relate with plants around the world.
I bought a home and have two mulberry trees, full of mulberries,mulberry, didn't plant them so how can I be sure their safe to eat?
Are there poisonous berries that look like mulberry?
How do you know when their ready to pick and eat?
The Trunk of Mulberry tree can be used to make a Persian Kamancheh. The Kamancheh Bowl made of Mulberry acts like the best amplifier because it is not too dense like Walnut.
Thank you - that is so wonderful to learn.
Wait so can we make tea out of it & eat the leaves?
Like first put them in fresh hot water out of a kureg then eat the leaves after theyre cooked?
Hi I have 2 Holland lop bunnies can I feed them mulberry leaves ? Is it safe ? Thanks
I cut mine from the bottom: 10 foot high cutting. Emmersed bottom in a bucket for 24 hours. Shoved it 1 foot in the ground. It’s my only cutting but it’s already loaded with leaves.
It's really that simple is't it
Thank you for your video! Would you please give me some more detail about propogating more trees. I just learned that I have a Mulberry tree on our property. I am not sure if it is a red or black. Thank you!
I take cuttings of the trees - about an arms length and the base being the thickness of my thumb. You can tell but the shape of the leaves which type it is, but that's often only when you have them side by side - white leaves seem a bit smaller in my experience. But if you are unsure best to wait to see the fruit to know what you've got. They fruit quickly so shouldn't take too long
@@SenseMakinginaChangingWorld Thank you for your help. It has already started fruiting this year. Some of the fruit is pretty dark but still has a little red tint to them. I wasn't sure how "black" the black fruit actually gets. Or how dark the red fruit gets. Thanks again.
My red and black mulberry is a bit chewy. Korea white mulberry leaf would be more vege tender.
White mulberry trunk is more elastic and hardy, best for bow making.
How’s mull berry tree, starting seeds?? And were I getting??
Wow, interesting.Can you eat the leaves of the native mulberry
The leaves, roots and sap of native mulberries (Aus) have been used in traditional medicine, while the bark was used for textiles and cordage.
Interesting facts about Mulberries:
1. Most Mulberry fruit has little white worms in them. They are harmless if eaten..but if you want them to be dead before eating then freeze your mulberries overnight. Again..the worms don't hurt you and are totally natural.
2. Mulberries can be eaten at any color stage. But the darker the fruit the sweeter the juice. Just experiment and try them when they are red for a tangy flavor or black for a sweeter one.
3. Mulberry leaves are completely edible and full of nutrition..but it is best to cook or steam them as they can be tough to chew otherwise.
Enjoy and stay well!
@Nightbird Is there a way to get the worms out of the Mulberries before you eat them?
@@MaLiArtworks186 salt water bath.
It works with the majority of fruit and veg. You soak them in salt water and the worms will start to float to the surface of the water. You have to be sure to rinse them well after though so they don't taste salty.
They aren't harmful though, you probably eat a bunch every day in your produce. It's fruit fly larvae. Ever wonder why you suddenly have fruit flies when your fruits go bad?
@@jessisodapop I have wondered where they came from.
Extra protein!
@@africkinamerican yeah, I stopped eating whole pistachios when I happened to shell out a couple and there were roasted worms in them.
Now I shell them all. I used to pop them in my mouth and get the salt off and just spit out the shell.
I'm not sure why it bothers me so bad. I've tried mealworms before and I eat raw berries from the garden all the time.
Something about that roasted worm totally freaked me out 😂
I have a black Mulberry her in New Zealand. Is this one edible? Mine is only small, but hope in a couple of years it will be producing more leaves and the composite berries :)
Yes
😮....I had no idea...I have one growin like a tree-bush next to my garden, its puttin too much shade on my bby plants...I kinda thined it and tossed the pile in the compost😣......great news tho the mulberry bush still looks like a tree😁
Ah yes, it's an art to find the right placement for them. Check out some of my other videos about food forests and how to design them so that the plants compliment each other. Best of luck to you and your Mulberry :)
@@MoragGambleOurPermacultureLife Thank YOU for the advice andThank Yiu for Your Awsome Channel and...sending you some 💙💗❤!!
I coppiced my mulberry for many years to use the branches for staking. You have to be careful though because they can take root, and this may not be what you want!
They are difficult to shred because of the sap which can clog your machine.
Goes to show how easy it is to make a mulberry hedge!
It's great if you have goats and cows.. even chickens..
My leaves on my Mulberry here in North east United States are a lot different. Less then half that size and they are loafed.
Nice video. I heard that the fruit is good, but the tree itself can be messy producing all that fruit. Any tips on how to keep the mulberry tree from being messy on the sidewalk, driveway, the ground in general?
Pick them?
Invite others to pick them?
Spread a tarp under the tree to catch those that fall.
Not trying to be funny, but don't plant the tree in those areas. You can also put a sheet down under the tree and harvest that way.
Can i grow in zones 5 and 6 Chicago. Additional differences of cooking this valuable plant. Thanks
Try the red mulberry - it’s more cold tolerant
Please 🙏 help me for my mulberry tree because the stem become yellow.what should I do.thanks
Your tree is different.I never seen it with such big leafs.Is it some special name for it?Thanks for good tips.
I think she has a Pakistan Mulberry tree
I think this is white long mulberry leaves
What species of Mulberry is your tree? I live the size of the leaves and I am looking to plant these as food to my goats.
If you have aquarium shrimps, they love mulberry leaves
I never knew that. Thanks!
🤗🤗🤗💕💕💕
The leaves also send some parasites packing in animals. We use them for our ponies and chickens.
That is so interesting
Yeah, I make a worming mix for the horses with garlic, wormwood, pumpkin seeds and mulberry leaf in some hemp seed oil each month and feed it on a full moon. Works better then all the chemicals I used to try and get rid of the problem. The botts even don’t lay eggs on their legs.
Oh jeez. Took me a minute to comprehend you saying dolmades 😂😂
How long before it fruits
The leaves on your trees are huge. I live in the USA, Michigan and the native species hear have smaller leaves. Smaller than my hand.
Have been eating raw Mulberry leaves for 20 years ... am now 62 .... with no harm and plenty of benefits.
I guess if you gut flora is a live and active then digestion is of no trouble.
For anyone yet who hasn't grown Chocolate Mint (its bullet proof to grow) dried it and made a tea....you are missing out on the best tasting tea ever...try it and get back to me.
it's so great!
I just bought a Chocolate Mint yesterday and planted it today in my garden.