mulberry early budding?

[morrie]

i have a couple of mulberry... positively warm winter so far is Brisbane they have started budding before they lost their leaves..
they are also producing these "fruit".. i call them stress berries -never amount to anything and only show up when things are not going so well.

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i never trust that there won't be a cold snap again in august.. should i re-pot now or wait

[Redsonic]

My mulberry is also budding and fruiting. It hung onto a couple of leaves while the new buds emerged, but has dropped them now.
I wasn't worried about it because the tree in the park nearby is also breaking out in leaves and fruit all over. I'd say they will be fine.

[robb63]

Hi Morrie, how's the garden going, all growing like mad I bet.
This time it seem your mulberry is only slightly ahead of mine in Sydney.
Mostly Brisbane is a month or more ahead with your warmer weather but its been unusually warm here.
Plus all the rain in late summer/early autumn has made for some interesting growth.
The little tree in my pics is a cutting from the larger one and has young fruit developing already.
The older mulberry did not drop its leaves so was defoliated 2 weeks ago before repot. You can see buds
popping on all branches 2 weeks after root reduction. I love how hardy these trees are.
cheers
Bob.

[morrie]

I guess I better get on with it then