Everbearing Mulberry Tree for Sale - Buying & Growing Guide

Planting and Care

by John Haryasz | Horticulture Writer and Landscape Designer – last update on September 29, 2022

Planting instructions

Everbearing Mulberry trees can grow in hardiness zones four through 10, survive in several types of soil, including those that are somewhat nutrient-deficient, and can adapt to both full sun and partial shade. As such, it is quite easy to find a growing location where this plant will thrive. Once you find such a location, dig a hole that is as deep as the plant’s root ball is tall and at least twice as wide as the root ball. Be sure to give your tree about 10 to 15 feet of space in every direction as well.

Watering and nutrients

After planting your Everbearing Mulberry Tree, you should water it often enough to keep the soil consistently moist, which will aid root development. Following establishment, your tree will begin to develop drought tolerance. Despite that drought tolerance, an Everbearing Mulberry Tree typically performs best when it receives about one inch of water during the growing season. You should avoid fertilizing this tree during its first year of growth. After that, you can apply a balanced fertilizer once per year in early spring.

Pollination

The Everbearing Mulberry Tree is a self-pollinating plant, which means that you do not need to plant more than one if you want to receive a harvest. However, as is true of many fruit trees, planting an additional Everbearing Mulberry Tree will likely increase the size and quality of your mulberry harvest. Everbearing Mulberry trees also do not rely on a specific set of insects or birds to conduct pollination. Instead, when this plant blooms in spring, the flowers will release their pollen into the air, where it will travel via wind currents to pollinate other flowers.

Pruning

You should conduct pruning for your everbearing Mulberry Tree in late winter while it is still in a dormant growth phase. However, you should always keep your pruning for this tree on the lighter side. Cutting branches that are larger than two inches wide often causes an Everbearing Mulberry Tree to bleed sap, which diminishes the tree’s overall vigor and can make it more vulnerable to pests and diseases. With that in mind, you should use your pruning cuts to only remove smaller branches.

Pests, diseases and animals

Generally, Everbearing Mulberry trees are not as vulnerable to pests and diseases as other common fruit trees, but that does not mean that they don’t run into such issues at times. For instance, there are several pests that can infest this tree, including mealybugs, scale, whiteflies and the particularly harmful webworm. Everbearing Mulberry trees may also face infections including root rot, canker and blight. Occasionally, powdery mildew may also arise in this tree.

Harvesting

When your Everbearing Mulberry Tree is ready for harvest, its fruits will either be entirely white or have a deep purple hue. At this stage, the fruits will also be quite easy to remove from the branches. If you want an easy way to harvest many fruits at once, you can lay a tarp below the canopy of your tree and gently shake a limb while the ripe berries fall to the ground. Alternatively, you can simply use your hands to remove individual berry clusters.

Achieving maximum results

If you want to get the best possible harvest from your Everbearing Mulberry Tree, then you should make sure that you plant it in full sunlight. While this tree can survive partial shade, more sunlight allows it to produce better fruits. Those fruits can both be numerous and quite delicate when harvest arrives. So, while it may be tempting to fill a large bucket with your mulberry fruits, doing so comes with the risk of crushing the mulberries that sit at the bottom of the bucket under the weight of all the others.

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