With a little patience, you can propagate mulberry trees yourself. There are two different ways to do this: sowing seeds and planting cuttings. Which method you choose is up to you and depends entirely on your preferences.
How to propagate a mulberry tree?
Mulberry trees can be propagated by sowing seeds or taking cuttings. Seeds require nutrient-poor, peat-free substrate and germinate in 2-4 weeks. Green wood cuttings should be 20cm long and planted in sandy, peat-free soil.
You can propagate mulberry trees by sowing or cuttings. In any case, you need to be patient. Propagation through grafting is also possible, but is less suitable for hobby gardeners. That's why it won't be explained in more detail here.
Propagation by sowing
For sowing, you can get seeds from specialist retailers or get them from your own fruit. Since mulberry trees are dark germinators, they must be covered with soil. You need a nutrient-poor substrate (€6.00 on Amazon) without peat and about a quarter of sand. If you always keep the seeds well moist, you will discover the first germs after two to four weeks.
Propagation with cuttings
Propagation with cuttings is usually quicker and easier than by sowing. You can take the cuttings from your own mulberry tree or cut them on a walk, perhaps from a white mulberry on an avenue in Brandenburg. The cutting should be at least 10 to 15 cm long, preferably 20 cm, and made of green wood. Remove all leaves except the top pair of leaves.
You can now leave the cutting in a glass of water until the first roots form or place it in the ground immediately. Use normal garden soil or potting soil mixed with sand. By the way, you're not doing your mulberry tree any favors by adding peat, it doesn't like it at all!
What you should pay special attention to:
- Be sure to avoid waterlogging your young mulberry trees. What the large trees don't tolerate well is even more damaging to the young plants.
- Use cuttings that are about 20 cm long and as fresh as possible for your first attempts at cultivation.
- The wood of the cuttings must still be really green and not old wood
- The potting soil should be slightly sandy, definitely without peat.
Tips & Tricks
The propagation of mulberry trees requires a lot of patience and a lot of care so that your tender plants don't rot.
