steve, they actually eat the berries and pass them onto other branches that way. some just drop to the limb below.
stephen, around here the mistletoe in conifers is called dwarf mistletoe. can come up with the latin at the moment
i think the idea is if you can keep the light off the haustoria for a year theres a good chance that particular infestation will die off or the tree will have a chance to grow over it
when i worked for sam he had us wrap with tar paper and seal it together with black caulking. that way it wouldnt girdle or need to be removed later, just fall off as the limb got bigger. dont really know how it pans out in the long run though
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