I Have A Dead Japanese Blueberry Trunk In My Garden, Can I Use It As Support For A Climber Or Should I Remove The Trunk And Stump

Question

? The Japanese Blueberry survived the last freeze; growing shoots from the base, however, it the shoots then turned brown a month ago and died (lack of water?). I have heard that i should remove the dead trunk and stump to keep termites away but is it really necessary? Arent there lots of termites in the garden anyway? I would like to use the trunk to grow a tacoma trumplet bush/vine up.

Answer 1

You can use it for a support but you might get more suckers from the trunk if any roots survived.