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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    June 16, 2011
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    Undiluted Round-Up will help kill the roots. You will need to wound the roots (normally, people cut the suckers down and use those wounds) and then paint the undiluted Round-Up on the wounds. The bigger or more wounds you paint, the better. The roots will suck the Round-Up in and it will kill them. You may have to repeat the process a few times to fully kill the roots if the root system is still strong.

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    September 7, 2011
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    This article may help; https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/apples/cedar-apple-rust-control.htm

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    greenfinger dan on
    September 14, 2011
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    These crab apple tree's grow wild in the woods here in southern England and is of a wild Apple that is very hardy.The little fella I purchased 2 yrs. ago went straight in the ground and stood out proud in the snow and wind.However you'r crabapple is in a container,so what I would do if it were me,would be to cover the whole lower section with sacking and the shrub with fleece.

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    Nikki on
    April 2, 2012
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    This article may be of some help to you: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/repairing-tree-bark-damage.htm

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    Nikki on
    May 1, 2012
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    Simply cutting the sucker off at the ground and painting the fresh cut with undiluted Glyphosphate (Round-up) will cause the roots to suck the herbicide into its local root system and kills the local roots (not entire tree), no need to dig them up. If by chance it does try to regrow, just repeat the process as the sucker roots will have been weakened.

    Trees tend to put up more suckers when they are more stressed. The less stressed the tree feels, the less suckers you will have.

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    Nikki on
    April 30, 2012
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    The following article should be of some help to you: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/weed-identification-control/weed-trees.htm

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  • Answered by
    dmdaley on
    April 30, 2012
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    This did not answer my question. The sprouts I have growing in my yard are from the roots of a live tree. I don't want to hurt the live tree, just stop the shoots from growing in the lawn. The main tree is a crab apple and the gardening store said this is normal but can not tell me how to stop these shoots from popping up, mostly about a foot out from the tree itself. I need help......

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    AnnsGreeneHaus on
    June 21, 2013
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    I don't think you can stop it. Here's an article about ornamental tree suckers: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/tree-sucker-removal-and-tree-sucker-control.htm

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    AnnsGreeneHaus on
    October 16, 2013
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    It would be helpful to have a description of:
    leaf size and shape
    flower size and month of bloom
    tree size
    berry size and count in cluster
    flower fragrance
    leaf color in fall

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