Mulberry in Grape Plantings
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Mulberry (Morus spp.) is a native tree with berry-like fruit. Young trees are fast growing with leaves of varying shapes (lobed and non-lobed) and emerge alternately on the same branch. Any other woody plant that produces fleshy fruit attractive to birds may also be a problem in vineyards. These weedy plants grow from seed deposited by feeding birds.
Mulberry leaf variations.
(Photo: Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org)
Mulberry fruit.
(Photo: Paul Wray, Iowa State University, Bugwood.org)
Management:
- Apply herbicides (spot spray with glyphosate).
- Dig up seedlings or cut repeatedly to prevent reestablishment.
- Manage bird populations to decrease deposited seeds.
