Mulberry Leaves - I love spring

[kplatvoet]

I'm not very good with feeders - I'll admit it - but my husband brought me home a bag of mulberry leaves from a nice safe pesticide free tree and my silkworms are loving them. It's so much nicer than trying to keep up with the chow- and the smell when it's cooking - so much easier-
My suggestion to anyone who's ever had not so good luck with silkworms is to find a tree-IMO It cuts the work in at least 1/2 -

 

[Lazy Boy]

I found a tree but when do I want to start saving for winter?

 

[kplatvoet]

I had heard you can blanch them and freeze them - I had some at the end of last summer that I used that I had frozen using that method - feeding the babies leaves worked so much better last year I wish I had saved a bunch. I think the new small leaves froze better from what I remember -I'm going to start freezing some now and see how they work in a month when there's still leaves to be found and go from there.

 

[junglefries]

Mulberry trees are definitely the best. Natural food is usually always better. Plus CHEAPER! i have read about the blanch and freeze method. However, when at all possible, use the fresh cut. Your cham will definitely love you for the silkies. Mine act like kids at christmas, literally.

 

[shmeenakoz]

Im no tree expert at all so I need help, sorry if these are dumb Q's. What type of Mulberry tree, i.e. white? Can I find them in Ohio? My guy is getting very picky with his food and I want to get silk eggs (since no one has the actual worms) but Id prefer to feed natural so I gotta find these trees stat.

 

[kplatvoet]

You can find them in Ohio -
http://forestry.ohiodnr.gov/mulberry

 

[shmeenakoz]

You can find them in Ohio -
http://forestry.ohiodnr.gov/mulberry

Thanks! I was sure we had them, just wasn't sure which type. Ill be mulberry hunting this week

 

[junglefries]

Look for the smushed little fruits on the ground.