
Berries · Perennial
Mulberry
Moraceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 200 cm
- USDA zones
- 4a–10a
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 24 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- loamyAlso okay:sandyraised-bed mixclay
- Drainage (prefers)
- normalAlso okay:very free-draining
Seed & start
Perennial
Plant once, returns every year.
Stachi's tip
Mulberry grows into a REAL tree (5-10 m) — not raised-bed material, more for a corner of the property. Heavy yielding: a mature tree gives 20+ kg of berries. Warning: ripe fruit stains everything purple it touches — paving stones, clothes, bird beaks.
The plant's year: sowing, transplanting, harvest
Sowing
No sowing weeks recorded.
Transplanting
Harvest
Good neighbours
No fixed companion partners — easy to mix.
Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-27 Phase 7 expansion
- Landratsamt Roth Kreisfachberatung – Maulbeerbäume und ihre Früchte (https://www.landratsamt-roth.de/uwao-api/web/files/bypath/Themen/Natur-%20und%20Klimaschutz/Kreisfachberatung/_Maulbeerb_ume_und_ihre_Fr_chte_Morus_1.4.07_21-8-11_8.14.pdf)
Where these figures come from
- Timing
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Spacing
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Companion planting
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Crop rotation
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
- Yield
- Limited evidence. This value is not backed by a specialist source — treat it as a pointer.
Sources: LLM-Baseline-2026-05-27 Phase 7 expansion · Landratsamt Roth Kreisfachberatung – Maulbeerbäume und ihre Früchte (https://www.landratsamt-roth.de/uwao-api/web/files/bypath/Themen/Natur-%20und%20Klimaschutz/Kreisfachberatung/_Maulbeerb_ume_und_ihre_Fr_chte_Morus_1.4.07_21-8-11_8.14.pdf)
Products mentioned in this post
- Plantura organic tomato seed set (10 varieties)Open-pollinated, good germination — robust for raised beds.
- Organic tomato seed set, 14 varieties
- Organic heirloom tomato seed set (Demeter, 12 varieties)
- Organic vegetable seed set, 10 varietiesCucumber, tomato, beetroot, broccoli, carrot, chard & more.