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Froglegs
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Mistletoe
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January 31, 2007, 00:42:53 »
A friend give some mistletoe berry's today thought id have a go at growing them on a apple tree that's growing in my garden ???..... any tips?. :)
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Amazin
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Re: Mistletoe
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January 31, 2007, 01:34:26 »
Try this site:
http://www.mistletoe.org.uk
Good luck!
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kenkew
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Re: Mistletoe
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January 31, 2007, 12:29:07 »
I've tried squashing them onto apple and oak.........nowt!
Good luck.
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Mrs Ava
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January 31, 2007, 23:00:29 »
I do to, annually, have done for 5 years.....nowt. :'(
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Froglegs
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February 01, 2007, 08:59:42 »
A bit slow to get going then :o ;D
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dgillings
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February 01, 2007, 09:59:44 »
In my experience it is a hard thing to get started. Make a small nick in the bark - so that you can flap it over - and squash the berry into this. Then cover it with a material bandage - something natural like cotton. Even then you only have a 30% chance of it starting off. It's a wonder it makes it in the wild! :)
Do about 5 and you should see something eventually.
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Mrs Ava
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February 01, 2007, 22:53:19 »
I believe when it passes through the gut of a bird it germinates quite happily. :-\
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dgillings
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February 02, 2007, 10:12:40 »
Perhaps catch a sparrow, force feed it mistletoe berries and then squeeze it on a branch ;)
DON'T DO THIS! :)
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Mrs Ava
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February 02, 2007, 18:58:41 »
Oh, you spoil all of the fun! ;D ;) ;D
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supersprout
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February 02, 2007, 19:10:21 »
There was a feature on mistletoe growing on GQT a few weeks ago - Bob F said it could take four years to germinate. Makes you wonder in what way that's survival of the fittest ???
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Robert_Brenchley
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February 02, 2007, 20:23:16 »
Some plants do. They'll germinate slowly, over several years, so eventuially one hits the right conditions to thrive. Mostly it's long-lived plants that aren't reliant on producing a new generation every year.
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February 03, 2007, 22:37:50 »
I remember my Grandad trying every year to get misletoe to grow on an old Bramley, but he never managed to get it to grow.
I have heard that hanging a branch of mistletoe in a tree so that the birds can eat the berries might work better as the seeds will have passed through them.
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