Questions tagged [suckers]
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Lime tree after drought developing suckers
I have a Tahiti lime tree which has suffered from drought whilst I was away in September.
The leaves had all turned yellow on my return.
The plant has a sentimental value so I tried to revive it and it has recently developed two suckers at the…
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How to deal with a blueberry bush putting off unusually large-leaved branches
I have an issue with my 2nd year blueberry bush. I purchased this "Blue Jay" (I think) variety of blueberry bush two years ago and it has fruited satisfactorily both years. However, it's now sending up much larger-leaved "suckers". Am I looking at a…
Brenn
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Suckers on dead ash tree
My ash tree died from the ash borer, but there are suckers coming from the trunk---two questions:
should I cut the tree down?
can I keep the suckers and trim to become a tree?
PussnBoots
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Suckers on rose bushes
It looks like I have a bunch of suckers on this rose bush.
You can see how they look different from the branch with the true bud. The fat red-leafed branches don’t seem to have any buds at the ends. They’re not coming from the ground or the bottom…
Mary K
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Rose plant original
Rose plant original stem or plant sucker stem, can I remove or keep it like same?
Saqib
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Big root sucker on productive orange tree
This orange tree produces wonderful oranges in large quantity. I just noticed that its double-trunk structure is due to a sucker that was allowed to grow and nearly take over. The two trunks form a balanced shape and the tree is productive.
The two…
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Regrowing a ficus from suckers
I've got a ficus which dried out this summer. The roots seem to be alive and well - multiple suckers are growing without issues.
This photo was taken a week ago and the suckers continue to grow.
I read that is possible to regrow the tree from one…
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How do I prevent suckers from coming up every few weeks on a developed tree?
W few years ago we decided to clean out the rocks under a huge basswood tree, and ever since then it was sending up many suckers from the base of the tree. How do I prevent this from happening?
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