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hmmmm Could... Never looked at it that way..

Finally found those pics of the dwarf mistletoe that is bad up here. Really messes with our Grey Pines (Bull Pines) up here. Sorry its been so long ...

Pruning it out... YUP.

Did some more mistletoe in live oaks today and got hit by meat bees (paper wasp, yellow jackets) right on my snoot... Dang things. The were actually nested in the tree base in an old wound. Usually they in the ground.. Oh well.. paid good and I will finish the tree in cooler weather. Was just...

Interesting fact on mistletoe toxin is that it is being researched for cancer therapy.

Yeah I know the dwarf.. but there is another one that I need to find the name of again... like I said.. more yellow in color and really does in the gray pines (bull pines).

On the ponderosa pine here is dwarf.. Causes "witches brooms". here's a link.... http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/nr/fid/fidls/fidl19.htm I am still trying to find the other variety that I see on the grey pines, as it does look different. More yellow and fuzzy in pollen looking. Kills the grey pines...

We have it in live Oak here BAD. As well as the blue, whites and valley oak. Canyon Oak and Golden cup get it pretty good but not as bad as the live oak. I am going to go out on a theoretical limb here and guess at why the live oak get it so bad... The live oak have a lot of foliage that the...

I have heard of the tar paper, but I was wondering how well it might have worked. We have a lot of live oak here infected in major leaders. So rather than butcher the tree I was wondering if that might be a viable option ..... The fact that the tar paper just falls off with the caulking is a...

WOW tree great stats... I am lovin this.. so as I read it.. the defoliant did not harbor the growth as much as treating it directly with chemical NAA and covering the growth zone.... Along with paint.. this is good stuff. I am gathering that no ONE treatment other than cutting it out on given...

or is that 100 mile and hour racing tape?.. LOL

No Chit Huh?!

Duct tape might actually work as it does degrade with sunlight exposure and weather... thus not girdling the limb. Less visits to remove. Hmmmmm might be a solution.

Yes I would like to hear more about the wrapping of it if any one has tried it. OBTW... a common program of maintainence here is a shot gun with bird shot via the ol timers.. thought ya'll would get a chuckle out of that..:) Yup, they shoot mistletoe here.. LOL

I have stopped painting or mastic-ing cuts these days as so many up here have stopped. I have also read where it can also promote further decay or molding by doing so. The trees I have seen that have not been painted during branching have not shown any signs of any detriment in the last 5 years...

That puts some perspective on that Steve.. TY.. Funny how I have noticed and tell the customer that I wont know how bad till I get into the tree... and never thought of it in percentages in the bid or estimate... TY

Actually have heard some pros and cons on painting ..... soooo any input here will also not derail this thread..

Absolutely redeeming :evil:

Believe it or not Butch.. I have seen it also in Manzanita and Bay Laural... just this year. Pine had a couple different varities that look more like a yellow moss that the leafy type most are used to seeing.. In the lumber industry, they often use a maintenance program to rid the trees of it as...

Yes, I do point out the forest and the "plenty" of the the mistletoe in the surrounding area. That seems to help the decision. As I live in the midst of BLM and national forest.. there is a lot of it that will never go away... LOL