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| I have a bunch of red mulberry ive grown from seed and one came up completely white.Has any one else ever heard of this happening with mulberry? It must not have any chlorophyll. |
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| I don't think they're rare. I used to do a small farmer's market about 20 years ago, just for one summer, and they had a really big white mulberry tree in the parking lot. It had excellent quality, sweet fruit that actually tasted pretty good, but were pretty small and very, very white, with almost no purple pigmentation whatsoever. I have a seedling tree from it, but the berries are not as tasty and are blushed with a little purple. |
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- Posted by jocelynpei (My Page) on Mon, Jan 30, 12 at 6:29
| Once in a while the leaves are white or very slightly yellow. These ones die, as they can't feed themselves. They can't make chlorophyll, as you said. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Jan 30, 12 at 7:50
| hey dennin i think joce is closer to what OP meant ... plants w/o chlorophyll ... can be babied under lights in the house ... in perfect conditions ... but once they hit the outdoors.. the fragile leaves have a hard time with the real sun ... and the humidity changes .. etc .. and once the leaves are damaged .. what little ability it had to produce energy.. is further reduced ... and sooner or later.. they fail .... unless it is like some other type plants.. that green later in the season .. to offset the spring white show ... [e.g. any of the white flush conifers that green within a few weeks ] i doubt you will ever get to fruit production to taste a berry .... ken ps: can you post us some pix???? |
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- Posted by strobiculate none (My Page) on Mon, Jan 30, 12 at 15:32
| having one isn't all that rare. Having it survive is. If it's still alive at the end of the summer, then you may be on to something. |
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