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Tree Sucker Removal and Why It Happens 🌳 QG Day 34
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 เม.ย. 2020
- Today, on day 34, we're removing some suckers that have grown around the base of our Goldenchain tree. ✂
We'll show you how to remove these #treesuckers and talk about why this happens on many trees.
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Very informative! Thank you. 🌳
This is really helpful, thanks for the video. I just bought 180 acres in Georgia and it has 88 Dunstan Chestnut Trees in an orchard. They are about 7-8 years old. The owner gave it a good start and they are doing pretty well, but almost all have these suckers. I may have a bigger issue (soil, etc) for why so many are growing these suckers. Always work to do I guess. Thanks again.
LOVE this video. I have two trees that do this. Good info thanks.
Hi Shereese! 👋 We're so glad this video was helpful for you and thank you for watching! 😀
I'm considering cutting suckers off a neighbors tree for her. There's like 10 years of sucker growth that makes the tree look like a bush. I'll post a video if / when I do it.
Great Video !
Hi Flash! 👋 Thank you for letting us know and for watching! 😃
Can you propogate those cuttings for new trees?
Hi Jenoveryonder!!👋🏼👋🏼 This is a great question. 👍🏼👍🏼Yes, you can try to propagate these suckers. If a stem has at least 4-6 inches (longer is better) of length and at least 2+ leaves actively growing, then you can try to root them. We haven't tried this yet and our references don't talk about what medium to use. So, we would encourage you to experiment in getting them to root in water, potting soil, sand, perlite, vermiculite, or other medium/soil. Sooo fun! Thank you for watching and let us know if you try rooting your own cuttings and what the results are. 😉😮👍🏼👍🏼
How do I get rid of suckers growing all over my rock landscape and stop them from coming back they are super hard to pull out there seams like there hooked like vines in the ground any help would be great thank you
We have a two year old pear tree doing the same thing. The whole top died off and all those suckers are at the base growing. The tree is only 2 to 2.5 feet tall so we don’t want to pull it. And less than 1/2 inch in diameter. Will it keep growing into a full pear tree? Your video was super helpful. Thank you!
Hi HK! 👋 Great questions and sorry to hear your young tree has some dieback. It's good fortune that your tree is suckering because it still wants to grow and you can also retrain it from the base to eventually become a full tree at it's mature size. To answer your question, Yes, it will continue to grow, as long as all it's needs are beeing met for water, sunlight exposure, and low stress levels. Depending on how you would like the tree to grow and how it is genetically predetermined to grow, you can cut back all but one or maybe two or three stems from the base. If you want your tree to grow with multiple trunks, keep the number of small stems you want trimming so they are equally spaced around the base, if possible. Definitely keep in mind that any sucker growth on most trees won't be as strongly attached to the tree base as would be a naturally grown stem or trunk, so there could be a failure at that new suckers attachment point when the tree gets older and has some substantial weight with mass and fruit. Only time will tell. This is a great opportunity for you to regrow your tree and literally shape it the way you want it to grow. How cool is that! Good luck and keep us updated on how it and you are doing! 💪😃💚
I have this same issue at my house with a few trees. I would have never figured this out. Thanks for the tutorial.
Glad we were helpful and let us know if you have any questions.
I'm dealing with a tree on a farm where the suckers were allowed to grow for a few years and are about 4-5 inches thick as a result. They need to be cut out for visibility reasons. Since they're numerous and thick, I'll be cutting them with a chainsaw. Is there anything I need to keep in mind to avoid harming the tree (as well as stop sucker regrowth)?
Hi Karl!! 👋🏼👋🏼 Wow, those are large sized suckers to prune out. When cutting out the suckers, if they are really close to the main tree trunk that you want to keep growing and healthy, try not to nick the truck with the chainsaw too much. To avoid this completely, use the chain saw to cut most of each sucker away and then leave the close-growing portions for cutting by hand. It's more work, but you will save yourself from accidentally cutting and nicking the main trunk that you want to keep alive and less chance of girdling the tree. Hope that helps and good luck! Thanks for your question and comment!! 👍🏼👍🏼😀😊
Thank you! I have this problem and it looks bad. A few years ago I used Round up on the suckers and it ended up almost killing the tree. I did not grow or bloom for 2yrs. I did not even know they were called suckers. I'm on it now. Thanks!
I have some of these growing off an oak tree that ended up dying. If I continue to let it grow, will it get to the size of the one that ended up dying? 3/4 of three got knocked off due to harsh wind and the tree was likely infected
Hi Rhickie!! 👋🏼👋🏼 Thank you for watching our video and for your question. Really good question, btw. Sorry to hear your tree died, but that is exciting to hear that there is still some life left to sucker and try to regrow itself. Your tree will try to regrow to possibly its former size, but it most likely won't be the same. This is due to many different factors, but mainly when a tree suckers, those new shoots aren't as strong or as durable as the main, original trunk of the tree was (especially as suckkers are usually a type of adventitious bud coming laterally off a main trunk, but suckering can also happen from old roots where new stems grow directly up out of the ground, which can be a different scenario), so there will be limitations to how much weight that new trunk will be able to bear before it will possibly fail (breaks). You should definitely try to regrow your tree so you can continue to enjoy its beauty and your garden still benefits from all it provides to your other plants, like shade and possible weather protection. If you do try to regrow it, make sure to prune out most of any new suckers, keeping one main sucker to regrow and train as the main trunk. If you prefer to have multiple trunks, then still prune away most of the suckers, leaving two or three that you choose that are evenly spaced radially around the base of your tree. That way, there can be somewhat of an even weight distribution of new growth around the base. We hope this is helpful and thank you for being here! 😊😀
@@SpokenGarden thanks so much for the detailed response!!
But I have these things which continue to re grow in the middle of the yard. They're huge and no trimmer or lopper will remove. Probably over a dozen little branches each. It would take all day to hack it out with an axe. I can't run a mower over because it hits the clump.
What can I do?
Hi @stellijer !! Sorry to hear this is happening, but you can still hand saw or chainsaw them down, then try digging out by hand. A front loader or tractor could help dig or even pull them out with a chain or cable. Not easy work, but its doable. Stay positive and know there is always a way to get stuff done, just sometimes we have to get really creative to get it done. You got this! 💪👍
@SpokenGarden digging them out by hand is not easy at all. The main trunks are at least a couple inches thick, and go down quite a ways. There also are multiple branching shoots. Getting a shovel anywhere near is hard because of the dense root structure right under the ground. Just one would take hours to manually dig out, but I have maybe a dozen.
Seems there would have to be an easier way.
Oh - and a loader or tractor are not available. I'd be better off just paying a tree company to rip them out
How do I keep them from coming up? I just bought a house and they are coming up from an old trunk that was cut down years back by the look of it
Does it matter what season you do this in? I don't want to wait for winter lol
Hi Cheryl Angel! 👋 Great question. You can cut suckers back really anytime of year with most plants. Just be sure that the suckers you are removing aren't your plants only leaves and only way to photosynthesize. If so, you might think of leaving one or two suckers to retrain and grow your plant. Hope that helps and happy gardening!! 😃👍
You said the tree is putting up these suckers because it's not healthy or needs something. How do we *heal* the tree and give it what it needs so that this stops happening? Won't the tree die if we eliminate its survival method of growing these suckers?
Hi HeartAliveToday! 👋 Thank you for watching our video and for your question. Suckering can happen for many reasons, including a tree just being old and wanting to re-establish itself, which is the case for our tree. We can keep removing the suckers from our tree because it still has lots of healthy leaves and branches actively growing. If it did not, then we could consider letting some suckers continue to grow to eventually regrow and train the tree, removing the older portions over time. Retraining a tree from sucker growth runs into issues with these new shoots having weaker attachments and they can fail or break easier later on when they get some weight on them. It can be a balancing act and weighing if it makes sense to keep the tree or completely removing it and starting over. Other reasons some trees sucker is from extreme soil compaction, disease, or severe pruning. It can also depend on the specific tree and having a good sense of what its history is and then what potentially led up to its current situation. Hope that helps and thanks again for watching! 👍😃
What can be sprayed on suckers to stop them from coming back, I cut mine back several times a season!
Hi BrinO SteveO! 👋 Thank you for your question. There are a few different products out there that you can apply right after cutting the suckered that can stop them from growing, but will also kill the plant they come from. Are you trying to stop the suckered but also keep the plant you have?
If you want to keep the plant, but stop it from suckered, you can do a few things but the outcome you want will be influenced on that plants genetics. If your plant is suckering from the base, this could be a sign that it wants to regrow due to it being older and trying to reinvigorate itself. It might also have some other diseased or dead areas that it is trying to compensate for where it will let those areas completely die once it has new stem and leaves to keep producing food. Also, suckering can happen when an plant has been heavily pruned and is trying to rebalance itself up top with the amount of roots it has. It's a root to shoot ratio thing. Suckering can also happen up in a plants canopy from heavy pruning and also from dead or diseased wood andnits compensating. Lastly, suckering can be just a predisposed characteristic of your plant and without consistent yearly pruning it will keep doing this.
If you want to keep the suckering under control, make sure to prune each suckering stemnor branch back to its point of attachment and don't leave any stubs after pruning. Many plants pruned in this manner react well to not regrowing suckers in that same exact spot, but could sucker nearby for some species of trees and shrubs. Hope that helps and good luck. You got this!! 👍👍
I spray sucker punch. Not sure if it worked yet.
Was looking for a solution, unfortunately the video is just rehashing the situation. ... On to video #12