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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: budgiebreeder on October 22, 2003, 21:47:02
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I have a large clump of Mistletoe about 5 years old but so far no berries.Anyone know why?Do i need to grow another to xpollinate? ???
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Curious - always wanted to grow mistletoe but never have - must give it a try. Anyhow, been reading about it on a website and it reads .....
Within six weeks, the mistletoe plant begins growing, although it takes five years to flower.
So maybe yours is still a baby and will do the business next year. How cool though - did you set the seeds yourself or did the birds do it for you?
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Thanks EmmaJane,I've looked but apparently not in the right place.All i did was to take some berries from the xmas mistletoe and put them in a crack in the bark of my Apple Tree .It took a few attempts but as I said I have a large clump now.Maybe next year then.Thanks again.
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You're lucky !
For years I've been doing that with our apple tree and still have no mistletoe. :-(
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My folks had mistletoe in their crab apple tree for about 10 years and it never produced berries :( But I remember my mum telling me that its only the female plants that produce berries so maybe you've got a male?! ;)
Just found this on a website:
Mistletoe has seperate male and female plants and so you need to have at least one of each in proximity in order to get berries. If you have a single female plant, identifiable by its insignificant late winter flowers, then the alternative is to bring some male flowers from elsewhere and hand pollinate (usually in February or March).
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.... you've either got a male plant or a female plant in need of some male mistletoe plant luvvin! ;)
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Thanks for all your help.Looks like I'm going to have to grow some more.I'm going to be too old to use it by the time I get some berries.
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i suppose you could just stand under it and use it for its better purpose in life !!! :-*
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Has anyone got some berries that I could have? I meant to do this at xmas but forgot. I grew some successfully in my last garden and would like to do it again on the lottie! I know I need both male and female - but it's pot luck really - you can't tell until they start flowering!
Many thanks!
I'll pay postage etc......... ;D
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This year was my first attempt at trying to 'plant' some mistletoe. Nice to see it can be done!
I've put the seeds on an apple tree and a crab apple tree, so fingers crossed, I might have some berries in 5 or 6 years! ;D
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I have pm'd you Louise Stella :)