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Just found a sapling on my property

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Posted by tonyb416 z5-6 NJ (My Page) on
Sun, Oct 2, 05 at 19:20

I found a five-foot sapling in the shade of an evergreen on my property. It appears to be a Morus alba (white mulberry tree). Does anyone have any experience growing this as a bonsai specimen?

I would be incline to leave it where it is for another year or two and then start working on it.

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Hi, Ive seen some amazing white mulberries before. Ive been trying a lot of collecting from the wild. Ive read of people chopping 1 or 2 roots a year, and after 2-4 years the tree will only have fine roots left, and will be easy to dig up. At that point (preferably in the spring before bud break), it supposedly helps to make sure the tree has been watered or rained on recently which helps it get off to a healthy start. good luck

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With regard to the rain before collection, seems good advice, but for a less obvious reason maybe. I think this helps to ensure you get as many feeder roots as possible without having them torn off in dry soil.

re: Mulberry, I'm not certain those leaves reduce well. I can't say I've ever seen a specimen, but if its what you have and you want to work it, have fun.

WF

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go to "bonsai for beginners" it is a website that takes u thru the steps of bonsai creating

the button is on the left side tool bar
it says something like "creating a bonsai"

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Tony,

I have seen some wonderful mulberry bonsai. They are incredibly hardy, and the leaves do indeed miniaturize very well. The leaves get even more intersting as they get smaller too.
Early spring once the ground is easy to work with is the best time to dig it up. While it does sound lide a good idea to work on cutting some large roots first and wait a while for smaller roots to develop, mulberrys tend to produce 1 very strong straight-down taproot where possible, so you likely only have one big root to worry about, and then a very few smaller radial roots. That being said, you could probably pull this up with a truck and then put it in a pot and the darn thing would grow. If you've ever tried to kill one that's growing in a fence row or foundation, you'll know how true that is.

Craig

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Does the same go for (dark or blue) mullberry's too?
Got a few of them on my property.Would Grafting work?
Super hardy! very resiliant.
Thanks:)

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