How to Remove Suckers from Fruit Trees

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How to Remove Suckers from Fruit Trees

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UC Master Gardeners of San Luis Obispo County

2 жыл бұрын

Suckers are those annoying growths that pop out below the graft on fruit trees. In this DIY video you'll learn how to identify and remove them before they damage your tree. Appropriate for all levels of gardeners--from novice to expert--this video shows you the tools you'll need and the simple techniques you'll employ to eliminate this annoying growth. This video is part of our growing body of gardening and fruit tree care videos. Subscribe to our channel to receive updates as new topics are released.
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@kengriffin9502 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou very much clear and concise. From the UK

@labellavita2248 2 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@ucmastergardenerprogramofs2418 Жыл бұрын

Great video fellow MGs.

@ucmastergardenersofsanluis8276 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@moniquemonicat 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!!

@electromusic99 3 ай бұрын

What if there’s no evidence that your fruit tree was grafted? Is it still important to trim away suckers?

@PattySmith-op1tn Ай бұрын

I would think so... because growth that low on the tree is not going to contribute to a good form.

@anthonyds2008 2 күн бұрын

Could you plant the sucker once removed into a pot to grow another fruit tree. Or will it be imperfect and so not worth it? Many thanks (I have a huge sucker from apricot tomcot.

@portfolio291 4 ай бұрын

So could I replant the sucker elsewhere to produce another tree .

@ucmastergardenersofsanluis8276 4 ай бұрын

No, the sucker is below the graft and won’t produce the same fruit tree. See our video, “Plant Easy-To-Harvest Fruit Trees” for more information about grafts.

@joshandcarrikontrovich6525 2 ай бұрын

Can the suckers coming out of the ground be dug up and replanted to make another tree?

@PattySmith-op1tn Ай бұрын

No! The sucker is not the type of tree you are harvesting fruit from--the sucker is from the root stock. She our video, "Plant Easy-to-Harvest Fruit Trees" for more information about grafts.

@NubianP6 Жыл бұрын

Would it be possible to propagate a separate tree from a sucker?

@ucmastergardenersofsanluis8276 Жыл бұрын

You can propagate a tree from the graft. But since the sucker is generated by the rootstock, the tree will be the variety of the rootstock, not the graft.

@timmiller1 Жыл бұрын

I have a peach tree that I planted 2 or 3 years ago and it died. I let a sucker grow instead and thought I would be fine. Now I’ve just realized that the tree is no longer going to be the variety I expected. Now I’m trying to decide if I should let it grow anyway and see what the fruit is like when it comes, or just start over.

@timmiller1 Жыл бұрын

I just thought of a potential solution to my problem I posted above this. Can I take a piece of my other successful peach tree and graft it to the sucker which has grown to replace my peach tree that died?@@ucmastergardenersofsanluis8276

@PattySmith-op1tn 9 ай бұрын

@@timmiller1yes, you can graft from another tree onto the existing rootstock growing in your yard. If the trunk / rootstock coming up from the ground is hefty that’s a tricky graft, but certainly worth the effort!

@oh_k8 5 ай бұрын

Can you elaborate on this? If for example I had a prarie fire crabapple that was grafted, I can take cuttings from the graft (the prarie fire part) and propagate the cutting, but wouldn't that be an unpredictable tree from the graft tree I took the cutting from? Since they won't have the same rootstock?