Stopping tree suckers

parking_question_chap

Anybody know what to put on them? They are all over my lawn.

I have read great reviews about a product called Sucker Stopper, but cant find anywhere to buy it.

zygurat789

parking_question_chap wrote: »

Anybody know what to put on them? They are all over my lawn.

I have read great reviews about a product called Sucker Stopper, but cant find anywhere to buy it.

What make of tree is it?

parking_question_chap

Sadly I have no idea, im not really a keen gardener.

There is a large tree over the back, but also there are a couple of stumps in the area too. If I got a photo of the suckers would you be able to tell me?

zygurat789

parking_question_chap wrote: »

Sadly I have no idea, im not really a keen gardener.

There is a large tree over the back, but also there are a couple of stumps in the area too. If I got a photo of the suckers would you be able to tell me?

I'm pretty sure someone would recognise them.
What I'm not so sure about is are they suckers, most trees set seed, how far is your lawn from this tree?

firebird082

No help, but I'm interested in the answer, as we keep getting no end of suckers popping up in our lawn from next door's plum tree! At the moment all we do is cut them off as far down as we can reach when they pop their heads up.

zygurat789

firebird082 wrote: »

No help, but I'm interested in the answer, as we keep getting no end of suckers popping up in our lawn from next door's plum tree! At the moment all we do is cut them off as far down as we can reach when they pop their heads up.

And I've been trying to germinate plum stones for years with no success. Why are you turning your back on all that healthy fruit?

zaax

See if you can cut the root(s), by putting a spade in around the sucker but not lifting the sod.

parking_question_chap

Great, I shall take a photo of the suckers and stumps tomorrow.

firebird082

zygurat789 wrote: »

And I've been trying to germinate plum stones for years with no success. Why are you turning your back on all that healthy fruit?

I would have no objection if they will grow into a healthy, fruit bearing tree! A friend of mine told me that I should absolutely be stopping them from growing? She's got very green fingers, so I assumed she knew what she was talking about! (we do have a plum tree planted over the other side of our garden, but it's too young for fruit yet).

safestored4

All plum trees that you buy from commercial growers are grafted on to a rootstock. It is this rootstock which is throwing out the suckers and if you let them grow on the eventual trees will just produce inferior small green wild plums not the variety that has been grafted on. There is not much you can do to stop the suckers, just keep digging them up.

However, the original post refers to a neighbours large tree. One large tree which throws out suckers everywhere is the poplar and if it is this then again there is not much you can do other than dig them out.