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 61/ dwarf black mulberry 

I have 5 small trees. The only two that are flowering are male. When Covid first hit, I made the mistake of growing them by seed. I should have gotten a rooted cutting of a hermaphrodite. I use the leaves, dried and ground into powder for flours used in breads and noodles. It’s also nice whole dried leaf with mint for a tea. They’re a bit too grassy raw but become herbal when they dry. They get terrible spider mite if brought indoors in winter. Just don’t.