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Benedict Arnold

Mistletoe is an ongoing problem in the mountains where I live. It strangles eucalypts as well as other trees.

Do you see it as a symbol of Christmas or a parasitic nuisance in need of eradication?

Posted - January 17, 2017
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    Frankly the only time I see any real mistletoe is in December. Even then it is mostly artificial. Is it hard to eradicate?  I know eucalyptus had many medicinal properties. While mistletoe only helps to pass a cold or the flu (via kissing).

     

      January 17, 2017 4:09 PM MST
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  • But it's a nice way to spread disease, Ancient. Or at least, I think I remember it that way. I don't know about eradicating it on a wide scale; not so hard to clear out of a garden though. 
      January 17, 2017 4:39 PM MST
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  • I like mistletoe if I'm standing under it! Pucker up!
      January 17, 2017 4:20 PM MST
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  • Puckering... puckering... waiting...
    Ah, Angela, that was very nice. :) 
      January 17, 2017 4:39 PM MST
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  • Lol!
      January 17, 2017 4:43 PM MST
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  • Hmm never thought about it that much to be honest.. I suppose it is a parasite, but doesn't seem that damaging a one..  it looks interesting, which is a point in its favour.. Mind you I did learn something here. I never knew it liked eucalypts.. I thought it only liked apple trees and poplar.. so there you have educated me :)
      January 17, 2017 4:25 PM MST
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  • I've learned a lot on sites like this, Daydream. Mistletoe, if unchecked, will strangle its host. 
      January 17, 2017 5:35 PM MST
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  • Mistletoes will do what mistletoes do best. either looking pretty on christmas trees and on front doors or being a nuisance to some people.
      January 17, 2017 4:46 PM MST
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  • Thoughtful, Skunky. Does your tolerance come from belonging to a species that lost long been shunned by most of the human race?
      January 17, 2017 5:36 PM MST
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  • It's around here but it doesn't do much damage.   Even the trees with it usually still do okay.
      January 17, 2017 5:24 PM MST
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  • It may react differently in different climagtes and environments.
      January 17, 2017 5:37 PM MST
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  • 17596
    I don't see it at all.
      January 18, 2017 1:42 AM MST
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  • I like to see it in decorations but I wouldn't want to see it in my garden.
      January 18, 2017 1:31 PM MST
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