mulberry leaves need help ASAP

[pl4life52]

some silkworm eggs hatched yesterday and i cant find any mulberry leaves well i dont think i did i grabbed a few leaves that looked like a mulberry tree it was a young one so the berries were still growing
can someone tell me if these are mulberry leaves
thanks
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[pl4life52]

 

[Freeie]

No they dont look like mulberry leaves.

These are mulberry leaves.

 

[fLiPxSiD3]

Honestly you are better off being silkworm food from mulberryfarm.com I am going to have to do that too , since , I am not going to go searching for mulberry trees here in Chicago

 

[fresnowitte]

Besides when you use the mulberry leaf with silkies under 1/2 to 3/4 inch you must pick the fresh young sprouted leaves or the baby worms can not eat them.

He's some information that might help you. Scroll down the page to where it says....
SILKWORM HATCHING AND RAISING INSTRUCTIONS (FROM EGGS)
http://www.mulberryfarms.com/store/index.php?main_page=page&id=1

 

[hammerhead]

No, those aren't mulberry leaves. As far as searching for mulberry leaves, you might be surprised to find out that they are very common. With my silkworms last summer I posted a request on craigslist ( not expecting a reply) for mulberry leaves and got a good supply, only to find I had a small tree in my own yard.

 

[fresnowitte]

That's pretty funny hammerhead. :lol:
I have a huge mulberry tree, but I still find that the hatchling worms do best with the chow.
More of them make it to an inch(less die offs) then I can easily switch over to the mulberry leafs. At that size they are able to eat any of the leaves so it doesn't need to be fresh/young sprouted leaves.

 

[pl4life52]

yeah i think i might buy the chow and i thought trees would b easy to find lol but i went out and was looking out my window every second looking at trees like i was a stalker to find some leaves but no luck