The "No Problem" Fruit Tree

j-bird said:

Native - are those reds or whites? Reds are native in my area, but I am pretty sure all I have are whites. Even at that the birds like the fruit and the deer will browse young leaves in traffic areas on my place. From my perspective once they grow out of reach of deer they are of little use to them.....I have had decent luck hinging them in the past. The whites are more "invasive" in nature on my place so I don't manage for them, but I don't seek them out to destroy them either. They like to try to invade my CRP areas and will grow quickly if allowed.

Here is a link I found to try to tell the difference between red and white if anyone is interested.
https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/fnr/fnr_237.pdf

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Jay, I think my tree in the picture is a hybrid. The reds and whites hybridize readily, so it wouldn't be uncommon. It has characteristics of both.

All of the seedling trees that I see come up around here look like pure Reds and they are easy to distinguish from my tree above. The leaves on the tree are too big for a pure White, but they have the glossy look of a White.

Any info on how far north they can go?

Never had one till I backpacked through Australia.
They are great picked fresh.

TrampledbyTurtles said:

Any info on how far north they can go?

Never had one till I backpacked through Australia.
They are great picked fresh.

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Zones 4 - 8 by most references.

You can't even hardly kill these things either! The fence line surrounding my house has them so thick that they are starting to choke out the grass on the edges of my yard. I am not a fan of using loads of spray, but I do spray new growth once a year. Every winter I cut them and treat the stumps but I still don't keep up with them. I have ruined a bunch of shorts and pants from them falling into my lawnmower seat as I mow under branches. Some of the trees are only 10 yard from the edge of my deck so I have to constantly wash purple bird sh!t off May-end of June.
As much as I cuss them at home, I've considered trying with cuttings from them at the farm. I have a place at the farm where I want to re establish an old brushy fencerow. As quick as these grow they would be perfect for that while adding some summer food. I just don't want them to get out of hand.
As much as I cuss them at home, I have considered


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Bumper crop at the homestead this year.. These are from stump shoots. These will cost me multiple pants and shorts mowing in the next month or so..


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Would these grow in the Appalachian mountains, 6b ?


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I disposed of more than 100 8-15" trees this spring when I cleaned out mulberry starts under cages I have around chestnut and oak trees. The small mulberry trees are easy to dig and remove with a 8-10 inch root(s). Birds land on the top wire of the cages and deposit berries from trees in the area. It is not uncommon to have 6 or more starts under a single cage. I have small trees under my cages every spring; next spring I'll offer them to anyone who wants to pay the shipping. I have some along a fence row that I make into shrubs by cutting all the central leaders; it makes a great 3-foot hedge that the deer browse heavily in the summer and early fall.

they crap in my tree tubes and these darnmulberrys are 4ft in the tube by the end of the summer, such a pain lol