mulberry
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Mulberry is a fruit crop, a perennial. Sow it in Jun–Jul and expect to harvest in 1–2 years. It wants a pH of 6.0–7.5 (close to neutral) and 18–35°C. Plant at 2 × 2 m. A good crop returns around 20–30 t leaf. Watch for leaf spot, root knot.
Growing Mulberry6 sentences from our guides, quoted exactly
Test the soil pH; a range of 6.2 to 6.8 is ideal, but mulberry tolerates a slightly wider range.
Shahtoot (Long Mulberry) Very long (can exceed 8-10 cm), intensely sweet-tart flavour, purplish-black.
Post-Harvest Handling: Preserving Value The shelf life of a fresh mulberry is extremely short—perhaps 24 to 48 hours at ambient temperature.
Mulberry (shahtoot) fits well into many parts of Uttarakhand.
Mizoram’s climate—cooler hill temperatures, high humidity and reliable monsoon—matches many mulberry requirements.
Place newly hatched larvae onto very young, tender mulberry leaves; the first 24–48 hours are critical and larvae feed continuously.
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