Editing Morus (plant) (section)

== Cultivation ==
[[File:Canons Ashby House and Mulberry Tree - geograph.org.uk - 22987.jpg|thumb|A mulberry tree in [[England]]]]

Mulberries can be grown from seed, and this is often advised, as seedling-grown trees are generally of better shape and health. Mulberry trees grown from seed can take up to ten years to bear fruit. Mulberries are most often planted from large cuttings, which root readily. The mulberry plants allowed to grow tall have a [[tree crown|crown]] height of {{cvt|5|to|6|ft|m|1|order=flip}} from ground level and a stem girth of {{cvt|4|-|5|in|cm|0|order=flip}}. They are specially raised with the help of well-grown [[sapling]]s 8–10 months old of any of the varieties recommended for rainfed areas like S-13 (for red loamy soil) or S-34 (black cotton soil), which are tolerant to drought or soil-moisture stress conditions. Usually, the plantation is raised and in block formation with a spacing of {{cvt|6|by|6|ft|m|order=flip}}, or {{cvt|8|by|8|ft|m|order=flip}}, as plant-to-plant and row-to-row distances. The plants are usually pruned once a year during the [[monsoon season]] to a height of {{cvt|5|-|6|ft|m|1|order=flip}} and allowed to grow with a maximum of 8–10 shoots at the crown.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

Mulberry tree [[Scion (grafting)|scion wood]] can easily be [[Grafting|grafted]] onto other mulberry trees during the winter, when the tree is dormant. One common scenario is converting a problematic male mulberry tree to an allergy-free female tree, by grafting all-female mulberry tree scions to a male mulberry that has been pruned back to the trunk.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ogren |first=Thomas Leo |title=Safe Sex in the Garden: and Other Propositions for an Allergy-Free World |date=2003 |publisher=Ten Speed Press |isbn=1580083145 |location=Berkeley, California, US |pages=22–23}}</ref> However, any new growth from below the graft(s) must be removed, as they would be from the original male mulberry tree.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Phipps |first=Nikki |title=Can Grafted Trees Revert to Their Rootstock? |url=http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/can-grafted-trees-revert-to-their-root-stock.htm |access-date=16 May 2014 |work=Gardening Know How}}</ref>