tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826418948920694866.post4621984428927502072..comments2024-03-27T07:36:08.695+11:00Comments on Mudflower: Grow fruit trees from seedDBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07244051758724811250noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826418948920694866.post-76514510824322667532020-09-14T12:05:27.199+10:002020-09-14T12:05:27.199+10:00I have grown a few different species mulberry from...I have grown a few different species mulberry from seed imported from the USA (nigra, rubra and alba). All are mature now and fruit heavily though the fruit are pretty small. The nigras taste very nice if you can spare the time to pick them. I can send you cuttings if you like, or see if I can extract any seed from the fruit. You just mush them up in water, let it soften, then smush through a Shanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13154800362786156387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826418948920694866.post-22774593672074896192017-06-04T20:11:08.285+10:002017-06-04T20:11:08.285+10:00Hi Parlance,
I agree, it is heaps of fun growing ...Hi Parlance,<br /><br />I agree, it is heaps of fun growing fruit trees from seed. Far too often people are told never to try because it is too difficult, and it takes too long to fruit, and the fruit tastes dreadful, but that often isn't the case.<br /><br />I was given a small pomegranate tree a while ago that was flowering/fruiting. It has never flowered since, I assume the conditions DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07244051758724811250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6826418948920694866.post-34342478591343025252017-06-04T19:40:40.491+10:002017-06-04T19:40:40.491+10:00Fascinating post. Thanks. I bought a property in t...<br />Fascinating post. Thanks. I bought a property in the hills in 1981 where the previous owner had made apricot jam and tossed out the apricot pips. It wasn't long before I had fruiting apricots and they are delicious. I have a little forest of cherry trees there, due to the birds having pinched every single cherry every year, since 1981. Bought a few more trees in the last couple of yearsparlancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.com