has anyone tried planting/growing misletoe?
love the idea but not sure
twoflower
It can be quite slow to take... you should smear the berries into the bark of an oldish apple tree apparently... :-\
Thought it grew best in the west of the country?
I bookmarked this last year but haven't done anything about it yet!
http://www.mistletoe.org.uk/home/mtoebuyngrow5.htm
Tricia
:)First class learned a lot will look into it, Thanks ;D
It grows rampantly in my part of Essex but I try repeatedly to get it to grow on the apple trees on my allotment but in the 11 years of trying, nothing! I wouldn't mind but it smothers everyone else's apple trees.
I try every year ..haven't been successful yet .
Aren't there different varieties for different trees? I see lots on the limes down at Mottisfont, but I think if you want to grow it on an apple you need seed from an apple variety don't you?
An interesting point Unwashed, I tried to grow some last spring. I tried crabapple, oak and Hawthorne. But nothing happened....the seeds came from apple and willow. I will try again and keep the seeds seperate this time. ;)