Mistletoe 2009

Brilliant Amy, I'm so pleased - they say, all comes to he who waits! Really pleased for you. Dawn

You'll be OK for next Christmas then? Well done.

Fascinating...How do you do this Amy?

PG I cut a tiny slit in the bark and then took the outer white covering off the mistletoe leaving the green seed which I put in the slit in the bark and then waited and waited and waited and at long last something is happening .....

BTW I have been told since that it,s not necessary to cut a slit as birds would just rub it on naturally .........

Yes Gee , can,t wait LOL

Thanks Amy, out of interest, can it be any tree? In the long term, does it damage the tree? Am I wrong or can mistletoe 'take over'?

Apple trees are the easiest PG , there are several others that make good hosts , Hawthorne ,field maple, Lime .poplar ,elm sycamore ash .....
I have seen trees loaded with Mistletoe , not in our area there dosn,t seem to be very much in this area but over to the west , Hereford etc .
I have been told that it dosn,t effect the trees to much ..

I pick the berries up from where they have fallen about February or you can send for some from where Dawn has done at www.mistle.co.uk :o)

Amy ~ Thank you for the info!

Amy, Amy ... I'm so excited. Checked our mistletoe today and two of them are shooting!!! They've sent out tiny little tentacles, lol.

Oh wow , I,m thrilled for you Dawn , and two shooting thats brilliant news , you can,t beat that excited feeling when something happens can you , I,m always going to check on mine , to often I think , I try not to but I can,t help myself ..LOL.. :o)

Thanks Amy for sharing my enthusiasm. I always look at mine each morning when I walk the dog through the garden but I was very surprised yesterday to see these shoots. They are very tiny shoots though, like little suckers. :-) I'll keep you updated and hope yours keep on growing.

Thanks for letting me know Dawn , yours happened a lot quicker than mine probably because you got the seed from a proper grower . ..
Maybe one day we will be kissed under our own Mistletoe ..LOL..

Ha ha Amy, you never know, we may get lucky.