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Posted by bakerfw wa (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 2, 05 at 0:53

One of my three surviving Mulberry cuttings appeares to have died,the others are ok. On this one the leaves curled up turning brown and dropped off,the cutting did have some scale pest which I scraped off. It still has some buds,any one any idea whats killing it

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Fred

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I've got three white mulberry cuttings in a pot. One has died, the other are two hanging on but struggling. Mine is a problem of very poor choice of potting soil. It's very porous so although it has excellent drainage it dries out too fast. My cuttings, I think, are suffering from drought/flood syndrome!
Could it be some sort of fungal disease, like damping-off that affects seedlings? In case it is, make a weak chamomile tea solution - 1 or 2 teabags in a mug with boiling water, steep for 4 or 5 minutes, empty tea into a watering can and fill up with tap water, water plants well. It certainly won't do them any harm.

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Always plant cuttings in gritty sand (granite is great) it drains well and doesnt dry out too easily. You will have a greater success rate as fungal diseases do not occur so easily with sand as they do in the various potting/propagating mixes. (sounds like a damping off type of fungal problem has got your mulberry cutting) Dont give up on the other two yet.

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