Re: [nafex] Accelerate Fruiting - morus nigra

Plants need to grow beyond their juvenility phase before they can bear flowers and fruit. The way to do this is to maximize growth. Experiments with apple seedling showed that prolonging growth with a greenhouse (and maybe artificial lighting for longer days), in addition to good growing conditions, hastened the transition to maturity. (This was from a research report by Dr. Richard Zimmerman in, I think, HortScience).

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> On Nov 11, 2015, at 8:03 AM, Nathan Wilson <nathan.b.c.wilson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm planting morus nigra in 87 litre (23 U.S. gal) pots and overwintering
> in a cool basement (zone 6b). I hear that morus nigra can take 10+ years to
> bear. Any tips on getting it to bear earlier? High phosphorous and
> potassium fertilizer? Bone meal?
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