Hadn't thought of that. Perhaps I should get one of those water poles which is used for washing windows - if it is ever dry enough for watering to be necessary, of course.
The weather can change so suddenly can't it. One minute it's too wet like now and then it all stops, the March winds come and it's getting too dry for planting.
You need one of those long sprays the councils use for their hanging baskets
I put them on an old apple tree and on large rose, they’re doing okay, they take a few years to show much signs of grown. The thing about cutting the bark is supposed to be a bad idea. It isn’t the natural way for sure. If the bark is too think they won’t get a hold, but I’ve read they’ll germinate on a rusty nail, but obviously not grow. I tried them on Hawthorn the year before but got not a one germinate. The tree needs to be mature enough to cope with the mistletoe and the branch not so old the bark is too thick. Rosacae is supposed to be best, but it seems mistletoe can be quite variable in it’s liking for a host so it depends where the berries came from. I’m no expert, all second hand knowledge pretty much so far.
Well, I've put them all out now so will just hope for the best. I've put them on mature shrubs and trees and only a few berries on each so hopefully shouldn't have too much impact on the host. They're on hawthorn, willow, false acacia and a couple of trees in the copse at the bottom of our garden which, I must admit, I'm not certain what they are.
I didn't cut the bark but did choose fairly young branches with smoothish bark so hopefully some will take.
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Hadn't thought of that. Perhaps I should get one of those water poles which is used for washing windows - if it is ever dry enough for watering to be necessary, of course.
The weather can change so suddenly can't it. One minute it's too wet like now and then it all stops, the March winds come and it's getting too dry for planting.
You need one of those long sprays the councils use for their hanging baskets
In the sticks near Peterborough
I put them on an old apple tree and on large rose, they’re doing okay, they take a few years to show much signs of grown. The thing about cutting the bark is supposed to be a bad idea. It isn’t the natural way for sure. If the bark is too think they won’t get a hold, but I’ve read they’ll germinate on a rusty nail, but obviously not grow. I tried them on Hawthorn the year before but got not a one germinate. The tree needs to be mature enough to cope with the mistletoe and the branch not so old the bark is too thick. Rosacae is supposed to be best, but it seems mistletoe can be quite variable in it’s liking for a host so it depends where the berries came from. I’m no expert, all second hand knowledge pretty much so far.
Well, I've put them all out now so will just hope for the best. I've put them on mature shrubs and trees and only a few berries on each so hopefully shouldn't have too much impact on the host. They're on hawthorn, willow, false acacia and a couple of trees in the copse at the bottom of our garden which, I must admit, I'm not certain what they are.
I didn't cut the bark but did choose fairly young branches with smoothish bark so hopefully some will take.