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15-Feb-2004
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What Are Suckers?
What are suckers? Is it good or bad?
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15-Feb-2004
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Suckers are upward growing branches that sprout at the base of the trunk. Another simular growth are water sprouts which are upward growing branches that sprout off of the primary branches. You'll be able to tell the difference between these and the regular growth becuase of way they grow. Their growth will be fast and coarse with long internodes and large leaves and they will extent upwards toward the sun. Most species of trees want to grow tall fast so the tree naturally will put more energy into these upward growing branches.
Good or bad? You wouldn't want to use any of this growth for your final branches due to problems mentioned above. They can however be very handy in the training of trees. For instance, those suckers that sprout from the base of the trunk can be used for sacrifice branches to add thickness and taper to the trunk. You have to be careful here though that the suckers don't overtake the apex of the tree. If that happens you could lose the main trunk. Like I said, most trees just want to grow tall. They don't necessarily care how pretty they look getting there or if they have 1 or 6 trunks. Good or bad? Neither really. You as the grower must learn to use the tree's energy to your best advantage. Tony Last edited by Tony : 15-Feb-2004 at 10:22 AM. |
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15-Feb-2004
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Some pictures of some newly sprouted suckers...
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15-Feb-2004
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These two pictures are of Lonicera nitida suckers. Lonicera Nitida is particularly prone to throwing out suckers, even from below ground level. These serve no purpose in my design, apart from knobblifying the base, so off they will come.
Regards, TB
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15-Feb-2004
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Treebeard, those are sure nice pictures. Never realized before just how exquisitely beautiful suckers can be!
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15-Feb-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
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Purty suckers, Treebeard.
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15-Feb-2004
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Join Date: Feb-2004
Location: Victoria
Country: Australia
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i have a lot of suckers growing of a apple tree in my backyard, i left em till the got about 1.5 meters, then i chopped em, they just dont look good methinks.
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15-Feb-2004
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ok thanks! I've just snipped them off, should I have pulled it out? or are the actually connected to the roots?
actually,....how do I get rid of them? I hope it's not too different from removing a branch!
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17-Feb-2004
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
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Some trees will sprout suckers right from the roots but most will sprout at the base of the tree right above the roots, like in Treebeards example. There's no way to get rid of them permanently, it;s an ongoing thing. Just prune them off with concave cutters like you would any branch. Better yet, keep a close eye on your trees and just rub off the buds if they are swelling in a place that's not needed.
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