Hello! I’m just trying to find out if I can feed my tortoise mulberry leaves! On all the apps it shows the trees with fruit and mine does not have fruit. I’m just trying to see if I can feed my tortoise the leaves even if mine doesn’t have fruit
Fruitless white mulberry tree
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Yup, you sure can!
Yes the leaves are great for them, that's what I have, the fruitless trees. The fruit, except for a few species, should not be fed for anyone with fruited trees.
Any suggestions for sources of fruitless Mulberry trees? I've found a lot of information about them, but nobody actually selling them.
One more voice to say yes. Mulberry leaves are great tortoise food.
Some areas have banned them because they make pollen and some people are allergic. Try to have your local nursery special order them for you. Be sure to specify "fruitless", and I find the red makes more and better leaves than the white.
If you can find older well established ones locally, it is possible to grow them from cuttings. I tried and couldn't make it happen, but others seem to have no trouble with it.
