In fact, in our countryside, mulberry trees are used to raise silkworms. Silkworms grow up eating mulberry leaves, and then they can be bought by spinning. The price is not cheap now. There are more than a dozen sericulture households in our village. Like my aunt, their family began to raise silkworms when I was very young.
Mulberry trees are easy to grow. You can cultivate it yourself or buy it back. We sell a mulberry tree for 40 cents, just like my mother bought it back at first, and sometimes the government supports it and gives it to mulberry trees for free. After planting as usual, continue to fertilize after cutting in the second year, and there is no need to continue planting. Just like we all plant it in spring.
Silkworm rearing usually begins in summer. At this time, the mulberry has grown up and the mulberry leaves are big enough to start raising. And many people know the result of mulberry, which is what we call mulberry. Mulberries are delicious, sold in supermarkets and vegetable markets, and the price is not cheap. Some people here also pick mulberry to make wine.
But silkworms are difficult to raise and easy to get sick. For example, there are many rural areas, different crops are planted, and different pesticides are sprayed. If the mulberry leaves are polluted, they will die once they are picked and fed. It happened in my house because I didn't notice others sprinkling pesticides. As a result, mulberry leaves were not disturbed, but were eaten by silkworms and died. But when I saw the silkworm, I dared not touch it. I feel terrible.
In fact, I think planting these has their function, otherwise why should others plant them? Mulberry planting is sericulture and the way to get rich. Some people have vegetables and fruits, but the varieties are different.
Mulberry leaves can raise silkworms to make tea, while tender mulberry leaves and mulberry bud can cook and eat. The fruit is called mulberry, so don't introduce how to eat it!