I have several trees on my lot that have sprouted a lot of mistletoe on their upper branches. I want to get rid of it before it gets out of control and eventually kills the tree. I know that just cutting it out won't help since it is rooted into the branches. From what I have read there is some type of herbicide that can be sprayed to kill it. However since it is at least 35' up and on thin branches I would have to hire an arborist to do it. I also read that if you wrap each clump in black plastic and leave it for a year, it will die and not come back. That does not sound like something I want to do. Does anyone have other ideas or experience with this?
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Originally posted by jerp View PostI have several trees on my lot that have sprouted a lot of mistletoe on their upper branches. I want to get rid of it before it gets out of control and eventually kills the tree. I know that just cutting it out won't help since it is rooted into the branches. From what I have read there is some type of herbicide that can be sprayed to kill it. However since it is at least 35' up and on thin branches I would have to hire an arborist to do it. I also read that if you wrap each clump in black plastic and leave it for a year, it will die and not come back. That does not sound like something I want to do. Does anyone have other ideas or experience with this?at 35-40' up it is too high in the tree for me to safely reach. Even if I did cut it out, it will just grow back. I want to kill it to prevent damage to the tree.
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