Fresh mulberry can be eaten after washing with cold boiled water.

Mulberry is the fruit of mulberry tree which grows in spring and summer every year, it is rich in nutrients, sweet and sour, so it is liked by many people and is one of the necessary food in summer. Due to the growth of outdoor, affected by the external environment, it needs to be necessary to wash to take, specifically available cold water or pure water can be rinsed.

Mulberry is native to central China, about 4,000 years of cultivation history, cultivated widely, China Beijing, Sichuan, Shanxi and other places are distributed. Mulberry likes warm and humid climate, slightly shade-tolerant, adaptable, whether planted in the yellow sheep soil or sandy loam soil can grow, mostly born in the hills, slopes, villages, fields and other places. Mulberry is a kind of health food, but also a cultural symbol.

Mulberry propagation method

1, pressure strip

From the mother plant pressed off the branch, the branch's bark will be cut and buried into the soil, will be the end of the branch exposed to the soil. When the branch is alive and rooted, then cut it off. Planting is usually done in the spring or fall, with the mother plant buried in a trench and compacted in early spring. The spacing between rows and plants is 2.0 m×0.4 m.

2, grafting

Grafting is the process of attaching the buds or branches of one mulberry tree to the roots or branches of another mulberry tree, so that it becomes a new plant. The main types of grafting are root, branch and bud. Temperature has a direct effect on the effectiveness of grafting. Therefore, it is necessary to choose a suitable period for grafting according to the characteristics of the tree species, usually 20 to 25 degrees, and not to graft in windy conditions and rainy season.

3, seed propagation

Wash the ripe mulberry, remove the pulp, you can get the seeds. Mulberry seeds can be sown in fall, summer or spring, and new seeds can be sown in fall or summer. To start with, soak the seeds in warm water at 50 degrees Celsius and soak and germinate the seeds for at least 12h, when the seed coat breaks, then you can sow the seeds.