If shoots sprout from the tree trunk, there is an urgent need for action. This guide explains why you should remove shoots on the tree trunk as soon as possible. Here you can read useful tips about the cause and best course of action for wild growth on the tree trunk.
How do I correctly remove shoots from the tree trunk?
To properly remove shoots on the tree trunk, pull out young wild shoots with a courageous tug. For older shoots, however, saw or cut them to a string. Timely removal prevents overgrowth of the noble variety and unwanted wild growth.
Why should I remove shoots from the tree trunk?
If shoots emerge from the tree trunk, they arewild shootsand you should remove them as quickly as possible. The phenomenon primarily affects refined trees, such as lilacs, noble roses and cherry trees. Without rigorous countermeasures, the wild shoots or water shoots will become a noble variety in no timeovergrow This is how wild growth occurs on the tree trunk:
- When grafting, the weak-growing noble variety is combined with a robust wild variety as rootstock.
- Occasionally the game substrate may re-sprout below the grafting point.
- Strong wild shoots sprout from sleeping eyes on the tree trunk.
How do I properly remove shoots from the tree trunk?
The best way to remove a wild shoot on the tree trunk is with acourageous tugBy tearing out the shoot, it becomes much more difficult for it to sprout again. In contrast, after pruning, plenty of dividing tissue remains under the bark. New eyes form from which water shoots happily sprout again.
An exception applies to wild shoots that are one year old or older. In this case, tearing it out causes massive damage to the bark. You should saw or cut off thick, heavily woody wild shoots on the tree trunk using Astring.
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Identifying wild shoots
Wild shoots on roses are easy to recognize by their smaller, differently shaped leaves and the typical white-pink cup flowers of a wild rose. Wild shoots reveal themselves on lilacs when the purple noble variety bears white flowers in places. If the dark pink ornamental cherry boasts two-tone white flowers, the wild rootstock Prunus avium comes to the fore. Dead-straight shoots on the trunk of a corkscrew willow leave no doubt that the root base is pushing through.
