Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 3:38 pm Post subject: English mistletoe in bulk!
I'm not really sure that you could use this much mistletoe, but for �18 inc postage, it might be a nice thing for anyone holding a Christmas event to buy in and sell at a small profit?
It certainly hasn't worked for me - I read you should do it on the underneath of branches, as the rain drips down and keeps it moist for germination. But birds would neither wipe their beak nor, er, depost processed seed on the underneath, so that doesn't seem to fit.
I normally get a bunch from the market but wonder where it comes from...and I don't need it because I won't let anyone but TD kiss me!
Is it ethical for me to pick some from the wild? It's common as muck in these parts, so I wouldn't have thought a sprig would matter...
Will
Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 571 Location: Grenoside, Sheffield
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 4:21 pm Post subject:
From the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's Biodiversity Action Plan no less:
5.1 Legal Status
Mistletoe is protected through the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended). It may
not be uprooted without the permission of the landowner. Host trees can be protected
through the application of a Tree Preservation Order.
Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 25795 Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 4:57 pm Post subject:
Will wrote:
not be uprooted without the permission of the landowner.
Does it have roots and would taking a small piece class as uprooting? Still always best to get permission IMHO.
wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15051 Location: East Midlands
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 7:00 pm Post subject:
If you want some native berries, MIL has an orchard dripping with it, I can post you some berries after Christmas. Apparently a lot of the stuff for sale is ffrom the continent, and won't grow on our trees.
That's interesting to note - If you want some to buy some mistletoe, i recommend you get in touch with these guys - they have a nice website and well worth a look - i think they source their mistletoe from a charity that looks after orchards in Worcestershire - they cut the mistletoe to enhance the orchard and also the mistletoe - with permission of course! www.mistletoeforsale.co.uk
If you want some native berries, MIL has an orchard dripping with it, I can post you some berries after Christmas. Apparently a lot of the stuff for sale is ffrom the continent, and won't grow on our trees.
Bugger - I just brought some from the market last week and spread them over a few trees - brought mum some 'seeds' a few years ago and thought none had taken and was going to take down the markers and found that two had taken on the same branch - of course s0ds law they are moving soon!
It must have taken a good 2/3 years for it to take and show up as leaves.
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