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My sister had a tree in her front yard in the center of the lawn...the
tree sprouted roots and tiny trees appeared all over the lawn. She
has had the tree cut but these little trees keep coming up all the time
all over the lawn...she mows the lawn and they get cut ...but reappear.

How can she kill these ...that are sprouting up everywhere ?

My sister does not know what sort of tree this is...the home builders
planted it...the house is about 18 years now.

Has anyone had any experience with this sort of situation ?


Pls help

Thanks
Kim

Kim,

"Urgent?" Life and death? Brain eating pod plants, maybe?

Seriously, what you are seeing is "suckers."

When you say that the tree was "cut" - do you mean "cut down and removed" or
"trimmed?"

Either way, this tree is reacting to foliage loss with new growth from the
roots.

If "trimmed" the tree will eventually reduce its suckering as the top growth
matures again, although it will never be completely free of it. Just keep
mowing - don't use any sort of herbicide or she may kill the tree.

If the tree was removed altogether, she can eventually kill the suckering
roots using a glyphosate herbicide. It will take some patience, though.
She can shield her lawn and other nearby plants with cardboard - lay the
suckers down on the cardboard and spray them.

And don't use salt - it'll kill the lawn and all of her landscaping before
it kills the suckers.
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Mike Harris
Austin, TX