Tordon. Great chemical to kill off the entire root system.

Jul 18, 2024
11:24:41am

Enano Redshirt Freshman

Don’t put it on suckers of trees you hope to keep alive. If it’s aspens, it will kill any of them close by as the roots are all intertwined as one.

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Sucker saplings growing off large tree roots in the yard. We have several large trees with large roots that grow out

lightmann All-American

Jul 18, 11:11am

Aspens?

NWCoug

Jul 18, 11:14am

Big cottonwoods.

lightmann

Jul 18, 11:18am

I used Triclopry 4 on the sucker roots from our Sisso tree that we took down. It seemed to work well.

scall

Jul 18, 11:42am

What type of tree? It probably matters as to how you handle it.

scall

Jul 18, 11:15am

I'm no tree expert but have found that if I spray some weed killer on the

BlueKarma

Jul 18, 11:16am

I do this with mine too. Not perfect... but stunts the growth quickly on the sa

AFewThoughts

Jul 18, 11:21am

hmm, haven't tried that, will give it a go. I'm willing to try just about anything.

lightmann

Jul 18, 11:21am

give it a few days before you "mow them down"/snip them off. Make sure the pois

AFewThoughts

Jul 18, 11:23am

I’ve heard garden shows say to spray a rag and then wipe the shooters

DiamondMo

Jul 18, 11:36am

Don't have the answer but I use something like this. Helpful, but not perfect.

OmahaOmaha

Jul 18, 11:17am

I don't know if it's right or not, but I just mow them like you said you do.

IdahoCoug

Jul 18, 11:18am

Tordon. Great chemical to kill off the entire root system.

Enano

Jul 18, 11:24am

I wouldn't mind if it killed off one big root, but I don't want to kill ALL of the roots. That may be where we're

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