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Eggs Zachtly wrote:

Kurt Ullman said:

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Joe wrote:

Kurt Ullman wrote:
In article ,
Eggs Zachtly wrote:

Kurt Ullman said:

I have a Hawthorn and two crabapples that are getting those little
growths that look like small limbs growing out of the roots. Putting
down the plastic liner (or whatever it is made out of) doesn't work. I
would like to use something that would kill the suckers while obviously
leaving the tree intact. Any suggestions?
Good, sharp hand-pruners.

Any other suggestions. We are currently spending about an hour a week
using the hand pruners and they continue to spread.

lawnmower

Thanks. Actually that hasn't worked either, especially in the beds.
Can't get the lawnmower up there, even then I mow high enough that it
doesn't help all that much.
Any chemical suggestions or would the trees be too fragile?

That's how they grow, man. There's really not a lot you can do, other than
you've been doing. How old are they?

Approaching 20 years. But they seem to have really gotten out of
hand just over the last 3-4 and have just recently begun to annoy us.
Probably because we are getting older, too (g).