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    What is the life expectancy of a fruitless mulberry tree?
    Maggie Moran
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    Maggie Moran is a Professional Gardener in Pennsylvania.
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    A fruitless mulberry tree will live between 25-50 years, depending on the conditions.
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    What is a fruitless mulberry tree?
    Maggie Moran
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    Maggie Moran is a Professional Gardener in Pennsylvania.
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    It is the same thing as the fruited mulberry tree, but without the mess. It is a great shade tree and can grow to be 20-60 feet in height with a canopy of almost 45 feet.
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    Do male mulberry trees produce fruit?
    Maggie Moran
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    Maggie Moran is a Professional Gardener in Pennsylvania.
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    No. The male flower is needed to pollinate the female flower buds that produce the fruit.
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    According to farmers almanac what is the best dates to prune the tree?
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    After the leaves fall off in the winter, cut the whip like branches off back to the main knuckles at the end of the trunks, and our if you want a smaller tree, cut the knuckles off right below where the branches start to grow. Basically it's called pollarding the tree, it'll grow back in the spring and have shade for the summer.
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