looking for a fruitless mulberry tree

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looking for a fruitless mulberry tree to plant in sulcata enclosure. i cannot find one anywhere! does anyone know where i can purchase one?
 

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I bought one from a website that was on here at one time, silkworms.com or something like that. Sorry I cannot remember the exact name. It is a small fruitless tree.
 

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This is only a gess but lookup Bud grafting on the internet . You may be able to do a Bud graft to a nother tree like a peacon tree and it will not fruit just grow .


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Coastal sells them but usually only in the spring. You can see if they have any left. I just got three of them this spring and one last spring. Here is their site and they are also members http://www.coastalsilkworms.com
thanks wellington, i checked and they are out of stock at the moment!
 

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This is only a gess but lookup Bud grafting on the internet . You may be able to do a Bud graft to a nother tree like a peacon tree and it will not fruit just grow .


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thanks grandpa turtle but i don't have a shoot to graft nor a tree to graft to! we only have one tree, huge oak, in our back yard!
 

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Coastal sells them but usually only in the spring. You can see if they have any left. I just got three of them this spring and one last spring. Here is their site and they are also members http://www.coastalsilkworms.com
these are the dwarf variety, how big do they get and will it produce enough leaves for my sulcata?
 

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They come pretty small, mine was about 2 feet tall when I got it. I think you need a big one for a Sakata :) I have seen them online in other places but I haven't tried local nurseries.
 

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See that's what I'm talking about seeds fall from your oak tree and sprout in to a small oak tree let it get to about 1 foot tall then see if some one on the TFO will send a small bud cutting . If all else is out of season you might get surprised . But good luck with you mulberry tree .


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See that's what I'm talking about seeds fall from your oak tree and sprout in to a small oak tree let it get to about 1 foot tall then see if some one on the TFO will send a small bud cutting . If all else is out of season you might get surprised . But good luck with you mulberry tree .


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i may wind up giving that a try, no luck at all finding a fruitless tree!
 

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I've purchased a few from Coastal. You can sometimes find them on eBay if he's out of them.
 
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