2.5YR8
Well-Known Member
Anyone have thoughts on mulberry trees?
I was always under the impression that people considered these undesirable, and made it a point to remove them. They are growing on me, and I've been leaving them on my place if they aren't bothering anything. They put out a ton of fruit that the deer seem to like. The deer strip every branch of leaves/fruit off every branch they can reach around here.
I was also surprised how large they can get, I figured they were an understory tree. I have a couple that previous owners left alone that I can't get my arms around. I did cut 1 of these down since it was 1/2 dead and sandwiched between 2 really nice walnuts that I wanted to give some more space. The wood was harder than I was expecting, split nice, and burned pretty well in the wood stove.
I was always under the impression that people considered these undesirable, and made it a point to remove them. They are growing on me, and I've been leaving them on my place if they aren't bothering anything. They put out a ton of fruit that the deer seem to like. The deer strip every branch of leaves/fruit off every branch they can reach around here.
I was also surprised how large they can get, I figured they were an understory tree. I have a couple that previous owners left alone that I can't get my arms around. I did cut 1 of these down since it was 1/2 dead and sandwiched between 2 really nice walnuts that I wanted to give some more space. The wood was harder than I was expecting, split nice, and burned pretty well in the wood stove.