A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2004 Where's my mulberries?????

I have a volunteer mulberry tree that is about 3 yrs old (I think) and about 15 feet tall. Last year it was loaded with black mulberries and we had a picking good time. This year...NOTHIN. No even a hint that the tree was gonna create fruit. The tree appears healthy. No birds got the fruit...there just was no fruit. I'm in zone 5 and we've had a relatively mild summer so far but did get a LOT of rain in the spring. Anyone have any ideas?????

Lilylilac,
Was it really rainy when the flowers were setting
and or wash the petals off??
And bees, were they out and about???

Anything happen to the tree or around the tree in the fall or winter???

Weezie

Well, the whole darn spring/early summer was pretty rainy around here. I had not thought of the petals being washed off. As for the bees, they've only really been out and about for about 3-4 weeks here. And no, nothing happened with the tree that was ususual last year. I have two other fruit trees in my yard but they seem to have been unaffected by the wet spring. Hmmm, I bet that's what happened.

Thanks Weezie!

Hi,

maybe you lack of K (potash).

U can find it in ashes or buy the liquid potash found in horticultural stores.

By the way, anybody knows about potash from natural sources (I would like to buy because it is not easy to get enough ashes).

Kelp Meal is an excellent source of potash, iron and other minerals. Kelp meal is also a natural fungicide, and you don't have to worry about it being alkaline. Suggested usage is 1 pound per 100 sq. ft.

Crushed Granite is a slow-releasing source of potash and trace minerals. Suggested usage is 8.5 lbs. per 100 sq. ft.. Again you do not have to worry about it being alkaline.

is there any pure potash ? (only K and not NPK)

Sorry, you asked for natural sources not processed.

Crushed Granite is as close to natural as you are going to get without processing that I know of.

FYI Wood Ashes contain all the mineral elements that were in the wood, except for nitrogen and sulfur which are lost through the burning process. Summary wood ashes are not pure potash.