Comments on: Italy and the Mulberry Tree /italy-and-the-mulberry-tree/ ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû7000, Real Estate in Italy, Move to Italy Sat, 12 Oct 2019 07:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: Katty /italy-and-the-mulberry-tree/#comment-8489 Sat, 12 Oct 2019 07:18:49 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/06/21/italy-and-the-mulberry-tree/#comment-8489 In reply to Jeremy Turner.

Hello Jeremy! I can’t find anything on the web. Have you consulted a local gardner that can actually see the tree? You might get the best advice.

]]> By: Jeremy Turner /italy-and-the-mulberry-tree/#comment-8475 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 20:22:59 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/06/21/italy-and-the-mulberry-tree/#comment-8475 Hi Katty, many thanks for the advice. Wow, that treatment sounds quite drastic! Can you (or your boyfriend) point me towards any references which support the advice. I apologise if that might sound rather ungrateful, but the gelso is the nicest plant in the garden and I want to be sure! Thanks again

]]> By: Katty /italy-and-the-mulberry-tree/#comment-8465 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:41:34 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/06/21/italy-and-the-mulberry-tree/#comment-8465 In reply to Jeremy Turner.

Hello Jeremy!
My boyfriend is a gardner and he told me this is quite a common problem with Mulberry trees.
You should take a chainsaw and make 4 holes at the bottom and the middle of the trunk, entering with the point of the chainsaw and exiting on the other side, and the same at about 45°, like if you were making a cross. So these holes (8 in total) let the air go through the trunk.
Then you should pump copper sulphate into the trunk (from the top of the trunk) every 15 days until next Spring.
Hope this is clear and helps!

]]> By: Jeremy Turner /italy-and-the-mulberry-tree/#comment-8405 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:40:54 +0000 http://prod.lifeinitaly.com/2018/06/21/italy-and-the-mulberry-tree/#comment-8405 I have a beautiful, very old, very large, pruned Mulberry tree at my new house in Umbria. However, the main trunk (approx 75 cm diameter) is very hollow and I’m able to put my hand up and inside, and pull out a lot of rot. Grateful any advice on correct treatment.

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