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1 Comment To "problems with my plum tree"
#1 Comment By theficuswrangler On 08/06/2014 @ 2:21 pm
The best control is cutting/digging/pulling. Using an herbicide may damage the parent tree. Here’s a discussion: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/tree-sucker-removal-and-tree-sucker-control.htm [1]
If the sprouts are from a tree that you don’t want to keep, you might try girdling, as in this discussion: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/tgen/weed-trees.htm [2]