green thumb gardening
Crop Focus:
Mistletoe
by Chris Bond
Mistletoe, a holiday
decorating staple for
centuries, has reproduced
itself without soil for millennia
before anyone even knew
hydroponics was a thing.
Viscum album—the genus
and species of mistletoe—is
a parasite growing off of the
nutrients and moisture of
typically soft-barked trees. Its
naturally sticky (viscin) seeds
embed themselves easily onto
trees and live for many years
off of the host tree’s largesse.
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Maximum Yield USA | December 2016