If you have mistletoe in your tree, take a look at this brief article written by an arborist from Traverso Tree Service. In short – you can only manage it because birds who eat the mistletoe berries continually spread it by rubbing their beaks, covered with sticky mistletoe seeds, on tree branches . If you don’t remove it, and your tree is declining from drought or compacted soil, the mistletoe will accelerate its death.
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