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 Having Mistletoe Removed from tree limbs
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03/22/24 12:15 AM
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Cool Mo D
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Is there a substance to apply to the limb of the tree to prevent the mistletoe from coming back?
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Re: Having Mistletoe Removed from tree limbs
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03/22/24 12:55 AM
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No, and the only sprays that kill it, have to be applied when the tree is dormant and have to be applied to each clump. I went pretty far down the rabbit hole on stopping it and decided to just live with it.
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Re: Having Mistletoe Removed from tree limbs
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03/22/24 03:16 AM
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I asked a similar question a few years ago on here and was told that fighting mistletoe is an exercise in futility, that mistletoe is a sign that the tree is weakened and is dying, and that I would be wasting my time and effort by removing it.
FWIW
If you`re running down my country, man,
You`re walking on the fighting side of me. (Merle)
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Re: Having Mistletoe Removed from tree limbs
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03/22/24 07:24 AM
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I agree with the above but I’ve seen trees full of it for decades so I’m not thinking they are on their way out already. I think every elm on my place has it but not the oaks but I don’t know why.
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Re: Having Mistletoe Removed from tree limbs
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03/22/24 11:04 AM
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We also have had it in the cedar elms, but not in the live oaks or cedar trees. Been there 33 years, no elms have died yet.
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Re: Having Mistletoe Removed from tree limbs
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03/22/24 04:44 PM
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you can't just trim the mistle toe off at the growth spot, you need to cut the limb back to the tree trunk if possible
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Having Mistletoe Removed from tree limbs
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03/22/24 05:34 PM
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Shoot it out with 12 gauge bird shot
Last edited by Chubbyfarts; 03/22/24 05:38 PM.
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Re: Having Mistletoe Removed from tree limbs
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03/22/24 05:36 PM
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When you see a Burl on a Mesquite tree it is from a mistletoe. Some are thousands of pounds so they have some age to them.
Just like Jesus, sometimes you gotta kill some hogs.
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Re: Having Mistletoe Removed from tree limbs
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03/22/24 05:58 PM
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That mistletoe always seems to like to develop at the highest of branches.
Garrett
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