chrisbotero
Sapling
I acquired a couple of pretty decent lodgepole pine yamadori over the weekend and noticed one of them has a decent bit of mistletoe. Its not overwhelming the tree at this point but it is in several different brances. Ive done some research and everything I have read says to cut off the infected brances at least 12" below the site.
My questions are:
1. Is there any other method of eliminating mistletoe other than removing the branchs?
2. How far below the "sprouts" should I cut?
3. If I strip off the bark (basically creating jin) will that also stop the mistletoe?
I just hate to start hacking off branches before I've had a chance to style or at least plan a styling for the tree.
I will post pictures tomorrow so you can see the extent.
Thanks for any help!
My questions are:
1. Is there any other method of eliminating mistletoe other than removing the branchs?
2. How far below the "sprouts" should I cut?
3. If I strip off the bark (basically creating jin) will that also stop the mistletoe?
I just hate to start hacking off branches before I've had a chance to style or at least plan a styling for the tree.
I will post pictures tomorrow so you can see the extent.
Thanks for any help!