Driving through the Forest of Dean at the weekend, I was surprised to
see quite a lot of Mistletoe. It seemed to be in patches, with serveral
very large clumps on the trees it had infected (not really the right
word - I know). I don't recall ever having seen so much before, and I do
drive that way one every 2/3 months. Has anyone else noticed this extra
growth?

Thinking about it, it could have been that it was quite a bright day,
and the clumps were clearly green against the bare tree branches.


--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

"Roger Tonkin" wrote in message
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Driving through the Forest of Dean at the weekend, I was surprised to
see quite a lot of Mistletoe. It seemed to be in patches, with serveral
very large clumps on the trees it had infected (not really the right
word - I know). I don't recall ever having seen so much before, and I do
drive that way one every 2/3 months. Has anyone else noticed this extra
growth?

Thinking about it, it could have been that it was quite a bright day,
and the clumps were clearly green against the bare tree branches.


--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

I live in the Forest and we have had huge amounts of mistletoe this year.
You are right it it shows up clearly against the bare branches.

kate

On 21/02/2012 19:59, Roger Tonkin wrote:
Driving through the Forest of Dean at the weekend, I was surprised to
see quite a lot of Mistletoe. It seemed to be in patches, with serveral
very large clumps on the trees it had infected (not really the right
word - I know). I don't recall ever having seen so much before, and I do
drive that way one every 2/3 months. Has anyone else noticed this extra
growth?

Thinking about it, it could have been that it was quite a bright day,
and the clumps were clearly green against the bare tree branches.

There is more of it down south and as global warming takes off it will
become a pest up north too. Belgium has a lot of it growing wild.


--
Regards,
Martin Brown

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Driving through the Forest of Dean at the weekend, I was surprised to
see quite a lot of Mistletoe. It seemed to be in patches, with serveral
very large clumps on the trees it had infected (not really the right
word - I know). I don't recall ever having seen so much before, and I do
drive that way one every 2/3 months. Has anyone else noticed this extra
growth?

Thinking about it, it could have been that it was quite a bright day,
and the clumps were clearly green against the bare tree branches.

ISTR a TV program about mistletoe being deliberately grown for the
highly profitable commercial market, and FOD/Gloucestershere/Herefordshire
were the main producing areas?

Janet

In article ,
says...

In article ,
says...

Driving through the Forest of Dean at the weekend, I was surprised to
see quite a lot of Mistletoe. It seemed to be in patches, with serveral
very large clumps on the trees it had infected (not really the right
word - I know). I don't recall ever having seen so much before, and I do
drive that way one every 2/3 months. Has anyone else noticed this extra
growth?

Thinking about it, it could have been that it was quite a bright day,
and the clumps were clearly green against the bare tree branches.

ISTR a TV program about mistletoe being deliberately grown for the
highly profitable commercial market, and FOD/Gloucestershere/Herefordshire
were the main producing areas?

Janet

I doubt it, this mistletoe was high up in mature trees, and if it was
commercial would have been decimated for crimbo! Commercial growers
would not risk "Elf & Softy" to climb to such heights, they would surely
use small easy access trees.

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

In article ,
says...

In article ,
says...

In article ,
says...

Driving through the Forest of Dean at the weekend, I was surprised to
see quite a lot of Mistletoe. It seemed to be in patches, with serveral
very large clumps on the trees it had infected (not really the right
word - I know). I don't recall ever having seen so much before, and I do
drive that way one every 2/3 months. Has anyone else noticed this extra
growth?

Thinking about it, it could have been that it was quite a bright day,
and the clumps were clearly green against the bare tree branches.

ISTR a TV program about mistletoe being deliberately grown for the
highly profitable commercial market, and FOD/Gloucestershere/Herefordshire
were the main producing areas?

Janet

I doubt it, this mistletoe was high up in mature trees, and if it was
commercial would have been decimated for crimbo! Commercial growers
would not risk "Elf & Softy" to climb to such heights, they would surely
use small easy access trees.

http://www.jonathanbriggs.co.uk/mistletoemanagement.htm

Janet

"Roger Tonkin" wrote

Driving through the Forest of Dean at the weekend, I was surprised to
see quite a lot of Mistletoe. It seemed to be in patches, with serveral
very large clumps on the trees it had infected (not really the right
word - I know). I don't recall ever having seen so much before, and I do
drive that way one every 2/3 months. Has anyone else noticed this extra
growth?

Thinking about it, it could have been that it was quite a bright day,
and the clumps were clearly green against the bare tree branches.



I saw someone on the TV a little while ago saying it is in decline and of
concern. Thought at the time they must have never visited the Great Park,
Windsor and it's surroundings. Some of the trees look like they are in full
leaf there is so much growing on them especially up near Englefield Green
and also Runnymede. There are even within reach on some small street trees
along the central reservation by Thorpe Park that have it, it's where we got
ours from for Christmas a couple of years ago.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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I'd never associated FoD with mistletoe production - the centre is the Teme Valley, with the annual mistletoe fair at Tenbury.

But then things will have changed since I lived in the area. Certainly when I was living around that way mistletoe seemed to be everywhere, particularly high up in lime trees.