White mulberry: varieties, benefits and harm of berries, cultivation

Modern gardeners prefer to grow familiar fruiting trees in their plots, such as cherries, plums, apples, pears and cherries. Among this abundance is extremely rare mulberry tree. In the past, it was considered the most popular, and today it is considered exotic. Representatives of the older generation of gardeners can tell a lot of information about this plant.

To date, not many garden trees can boast a centuries-old life. But the mulberry in this regard occupies a leading position. This exotic plant is able to live and annually produce yields over 300 years. The quality of the fruit does not change.

Externally, white mulberry is a spreading tree, whose height ranges from 20 to 30 meters. For its formation using a bush about three meters in height. Color of bark of a mulberry light. A distinctive feature is the spherical crown, which is covered with dense foliage.

Considering the plant from a botanical point of view, we can say that the white mulberry belongs to the class of mulberry trees. Inflorescences coliform, small in size, light green in color. Basically the plant is dioecious, it is very rare to see a monoecious species. Pollination of future inflorescences occurs due to gusts of wind. The fruits themselves are distinguished by a special aroma and sweetish taste. The period of ripening mulberry begins in late spring and ends in mid-summer.

The first harvest brings the tree to its owner only in the fifth year after planting. The yield is very high, but the collection of berries occurs in the stretched mode. And all because the berries ripen at the same time.

What sways of climate preferences, then white mulberry easily tolerates winter cold and summer drought. These qualities speak about the simplicity and endurance of the plant. For planting and cultivation is suitable any type of soil, regardless of humidity or dryness of the earth.

The fruits of mulberry, despite the taste and aroma, have medicinal properties. Each berry has a high content of vitamins that are important for human health. In addition to fruits, bark of the tree and leaves are used for medicinal purposes.

Basically, ripe mulberries of white mulberry are used for the prevention of diseases. After all, they contain those important vitamins and minerals that can give the body strength in the fight against one or another ailment. In addition to fresh fruits that quickly deteriorate, you can use juices, infusions, decoctions, made from mulberries.

It is important to understand that this plant is not a panacea. It is used as a preventive measure in case of various diseases.

• The high content of potassium, iron and magnesium, which is in the fruits of mulberry, a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system. Their regular use helps to reduce shortness of breath, reduce pain when heart function fails, and also normalizes cholesterol levels.
• Quite often, tinctures made from mulberry berries are used for diseases of the digestive tract. Water decoction helps to get rid of diarrhea. Eating ripe fruits helps to eliminate constipation. Many doctors recommend mulberries to their patients for the prevention of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer.
• Polyphenols and antioxidants present in the composition of mulberries, have a preventive effect against malignant tumors.
• Vitamins of group B, present in the composition of mulberry, have a positive effect on nervous disorders. Regular consumption helps to restore healthy sleep and increase activity.
• Several berries every day are able to minimize the opportunity to get a stroke. In addition to reducing blood pressure, strengthen the walls of blood vessels.
• Vitamins A, E, C help the human body to fill the lack of useful elements before the start of the cold and flu season.

• In the mulberry fruit there is a significant amount of carotene, which protects the organs of vision from the negative effects of ultraviolet rays.
• People suffering from biliary dyskinesia, regular consumption of mulberries is a must.
• Few people know, but as part of the mulberry fruit there is a natural antibiotic that acts on the human body as an anti-inflammatory and antiparasitic agent.
• To enhance and liquefy sputum for diseases of pneumonia, bronchitis or asthma, tincture or juice from the fruits of white mulberry is best suited.
• Mulberries have an unsurpassed diuretic effect, so they must be used for kidney disease.
• For diabetics of the second type, it is very important to use several mulberries a day. Chemical elements present in the composition of the fruit, help to slow the breakdown of sugar in the intestine, respectively, its penetration into the blood is quite slow.
• Many women in the pursuit of youth and beauty visit beauty salons and undergo exhausting procedures by cosmetologists, even without assuming that there is a natural way to cleanse the body and prevent skin aging.
• Regular consumption of mulberry helps to get rid of excess weight.
• Very positively mulberries affect the body of pregnant women. A large amount of folic acid has a beneficial effect both on the general condition of women in an interesting position, and on their babies.

Undoubtedly, the use of mulberries in any form feels noticeable benefit. But despite this, there is a list of contraindications to this product.

• Excessive consumption of mulberry fruits in a hot time can cause a sharp jump in pressure, as a result of which there is a danger of a stroke.
• People suffering from diabetes should be careful to eat mulberry. A large amount of sugar is present in the composition of its fruits.
• Any fruit can cause an allergic reaction, mulberries are no exception. That is why before including them in your diet, you must check the reaction of the body.

White mulberry is a unique fruit and berry plant, which has many varieties of varieties, while possessing a considerable number of decorative features. This factor allows not only to obtain useful fruits, but also to form a design of a blooming site with additional landscaping.

For landscaping parks in southern settlements, mulberries are planted along the avenues in small groups, the shape of which resembles a weeping tree. Their crown falls down, thereby creating the effect of a waterfall. Also weeping form of mulberry is used to decorate the hedge. Due to such qualities as durability and soil simplicity, this plant can strengthen the slopes with creeping soil. For ornamental cultivation, the following varieties of mulberry are used.

• "Pendula". This is a small tree whose height does not exceed 5 meters. The plant has elastic shoots that just form a crown, shaped like an umbrella. After several years of life, the tree acquires a spherical appearance. Pollination "Pendula" dioecious, ripe fruits become reddish-purple hue.
• “Large Leaf” Mulberry has an unusual egg-shaped leaf with a pointed tip. The diameter of the leaf plate is 23-25 ​​cm. The adult plant is not large.
• Unrivaled grace is different "Rassevlennolistnaya" mulberry.The shape of the plates of this plant is elongated, several blades forming a spherical crown are clearly expressed. Among mulberry trees of a productive type, gardeners prefer to grow large-fruited mulberry with an unusually rich aroma and taste of berries.

• Mulberry "White honey" considered the most popular variety. Unlike other plants, abundant fruiting of this tree species occurs very early, more precisely, from the beginning of June. Ripe fruits get white color, their aroma extends to a long distance, and taste turns out bright and saturated. Fruit "Honey" mulberry begins five years after planting.
• "Pink Smolensk" Mulberry is considered a cold-resistant plant. The berries initially acquire a pink hue, and as they mature begin to darken. Fruits do not differ in large size, sweetish in taste, some sourness is present in the aroma.
• Variety "Black Baroness" got this name due to the shade of ripe fruit. The berries are large, sweet taste, the ripening period begins in mid-summer. The tree itself grows large and spreading. For one season can give a grower up to 100 kilograms of harvest.
• "Darkie" - Another variety of black mulberry. But unlike the "Baroness", its berries do not have such a bright and rich taste, more mild sourness is felt. Ripe fruits take the form of a cylinder, the length of which varies between 3-5 cm.
• Among the many varieties of mulberry is considered the most large-fruited variety "Shelly 150". He was taken out by Ukrainian breeders. Ripe fruit reaches 5 inches in length, the weight of each berry is about 6 grams.

Not all gardeners know that growing mulberries in the Moscow region is becoming commonplace. Every year the demand for mulberry plants grows exponentially. Mulberry is planted not only as fruit-bearing trees, but also to create scenery in the form of a hedge.

The first thing that attracts people to plant mulberries on their land is the delicious taste and aroma of the fruit, spreading over long distances. The full complex of vitamins in the berry contributes to the rapid restoration of immunity.

Outwardly, white mulberry is a very beautiful plant. Its spreading crown is covered with carved leaves, among which berries glistening in the sun are visible.

Many innovators decide to start growing mulberries in Siberia. And this process proceeds extremely successfully. Only Siberian gardeners follow some nuances, for example, only bush forms of the plant are chosen for planting, they carefully cover the root system for winter, but in summer they do not fulfill any additional conditions for growth.

Many gardeners, having decided to start a mulberry on the site, face ignorance of the subtleties of the processes of planting, growing and care. For everything to go smoothly, you should carefully study the materials on the breeding of this plant.

White Mulberry loves the light, so you need to plant it on the sunny side. To strengthen the seedling, the land at the landing site must be loamy. The ideal time to disembark is early autumn or mid-spring. For planting, a pit is dug 50-60 cm deep. Next, the fertile soil composition is filled up, or humus prepared in advance mixed with fertilizer. Seedlings are fixed in the center, the roots of the plant must be straightened. After that, it must be carefully sprinkled with earth and tamped. After planting should be watered, one bucket of water will be enough.

As stated earlier caring for mulberry does not require great effort. During the period of growth, especially with the appearance of the kidneys, it is necessary to carry out abundant watering. For feeding plants, you can use bird droppings.

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