Mulberry – mulberry tree which can reach from 15 to 35 meters in height. Southeast Asia is considered the homeland. In other countries have begun to grow up this plant much later. If you want exotic on the seasonal dacha, try to grow up mulberry.
Buy saplings. The plant happens several types therefore choose that which you want to see at the dacha. At white mulberry tree fruits tasty and sweet and also feeder. At black mulberry fruits sweet-sour, having pleasant aroma and taste. And red practically do not grow up as it is not suitable for feeding of silkworms. But despite this, fruits have great tastes.
Prepare the place for landing of mulberry. Tree, in principle, unpretentious, but it is necessary to follow certain rules. Dig out poles about 60 centimeters in depth and meter diameter. If you want to plant several plants, observe between them distance of 5-6 meters. Otherwise they will begin to grow badly, there will not be enough nutrients from the soil even if regularly to introduce fertilizers.
Exactly put sapling and powder with the earth. If you have soil which is absolutely exhausted add a few mineral fertilizers – observe dosage not to ruin plant. It is recommended to plant mulberry tree in the early spring that it has managed to take roots properly.
Well spill the soil water. Until the tree takes root, periodically irrigate it. To adult plants moisture which comes to the period of rains suffices. If there is droughty weather, just place hose in hole and include for 30 minutes. Do not forget to delete periodically weeds and to loosen the earth. Create krone for 4-5 year after landing to the discretion. It can give any form. If you do not want the mulberry to have grown too high, cut off tops. Also delete by means of branch secateurs which have dried. At cultivation of mulberry tree by means of seeds it is recommended to sow previously them in pots or to the greenhouse. In the open ground the probability of death of weak shoots is high.