Mistletoe tree

Might have been an Apple once?

 

Hi Zigs,
Is that near you ? I bet it looks stunning in the Winter.

 

Amazing.
I've put a few seeds on my apple trees this winter, remains to be seen if any grow.

 

Don't mistletoe seeds have very specific requirements, in that they have to be eaten by a bird, part digested, then poo'ed out into cracked bark in a shaded node where branches fork, in specifically oak, apple or certain conifers at a specific stage of maturity ? That's what I read.

 

Hi Clueless,
I 've heard something similar but I've never grown it myself.

 

No, just slit the bark and put a fresh seed under it. Then lash it with raffia

 

Oh, and then rub a mislethrush up against it for luck, but not a redwing as it'll eat your berries