"len gardener" wrote in message
...
g'day andrew,

dunno mate but my interpretation would generally be, that any growth
that comes from ground or above ground is a shoot, and in the case of
a grafted tree if the shoot where below the graft it is an unwanted
shoot, sucker growth to me is what occurs from the root ball or roots
as in some plants when you disturb the roots you get sucker growths,
or eg.,. in bananas the new growth are suckers they grow from the root
ball, now of course that may not hold true for all plants.

just how i see it.

No no, len and Christopher, I agree with you both.
Basically a tree/plant etc that is not grafted and has a "shoot" coming from
above soil level, is a shoot. If it comes from roots, it's a sucker.
If the tree is grafted, any shoot below the graft is a sucker.
And I have never heard of it being a sign of disease, just a thing that
happens, and yeah, it's best to snap them off, rather than prune them.
I don't know scratching head. Guess people get taught differently, and
hopefully I will find something on it.
I mean I haven't said it yet, but in the discussion with this person and
using their description of a sucker, then a multi stemmed plant, such as a
Gardenia, would comprise of suckers?


let us know the outcome if there is a difinitive answer.

Will do, thanks everyone
len

snipped
--
happy gardening
'it works for me it could work for you,'

"in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the
environment
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~gardenlen1/

my e/mail addies have spam filters you should know what to delete before
you send.