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[Lilith]

does mistletoe (http://www.usgs.gov/mistletoe/) grow?

[cherrypie7788]

Yes, my stepdad used to shoot it out of the walnut trees in the back yard because my mom always wanted it.

I'm curious as to how mistletoe became what it is now; it's really just a parasite. Interesting.

[sodaklostsoul]

We had a mistletoe tree in our yard while I grew up in California. As for South Dakota I have'nt seen any.

[imaginewithme]

Yep, we have it here!

[osuche]

Yes, I cultivate some in my back yard

[Coaster]

nope.... too chilly here I guess.

I'll accept any sprigs you wanna send me......... of course you should attach kisses!

[Summer]

grows here too

[flutelady]

It's all over the place here.

[dreamgurl]

Yep we have plenty here.

[WildIrish]

Yes, I cultivate some in my back yard

For spaghetti sauce? :D


Mistletoe doesn't grow in New England. Perhaps it's for the best. lmao

[wyndhy]

Yes, my stepdad used to shoot it out of the walnut trees in the back yard because my mom always wanted it.

I'm curious as to how mistletoe became what it is now; it's really just a parasite. Interesting.
here's what i know/have learned about it:as for kissing under the mistletoe it was believed that it increased ones chances of getting married in the coming year, hence the tradition of kissing under it in the christmas season which, as we all know, falls at the end of the year. other useless facts: ancient druids believed that mistletoe could bestow health and good luck. why? i don't know. welsh farmers believed it to be an indicator of upcoming harvests. if the mistletoe grew well so would their crops. it was also used in early medicine to help/cure everything from infertility to epilepsy to rabies and, oddly enough, as an antedote to poisoning. i say this is odd because the berries from mistletoe are poisonous themselves. *shrug*
yep. it grows here.

[TinTennessee]

Mistletoe is here and it's also shot out of trees and sold locally. I'm just trying to get over the fact that the word mistletoe means "dung on a twig" rofl

[denny]

It's here in the markets only, too dry in the southwest.

[dicksbro]

I haven't seen it around here, but that doesn't mean it isn't around. Guess I've never looked.

[LixyChick]

I don't go into the woods too much cause I get poison ivy to easily...but now I'm gonna have to go out to the mini-woods behind my house and have a snoop!

[lakritze]

Very interesting article.Here I thought that Mistletoe was something you got if you let athelet's foot go untreated.

[Oldfart]

I've not seen it in my little section of the tropics, but with 1300 species

worldwide, there's probably one hanging around somewhere.

Think of the berries you'd get off one growing on a coconut palm.

[rabbit]

Yes, we have it here!

:x:

[cowgirltease]

Yep, here too on a few trees by the creek. :)

[scotzoidman]

Now that the leaves are gone, you can see clumps of mistletoe in the forks of a lot of the trees around here...