Young fruit tree grows suckers

[Higgs Boson]

I have two fruit trees about 3-4 years old. The apricot (Blenheim) is doing fine, but the plum (Santa Rosa) keeps making suckers from the base. I removed these and it looked like the tree was leafing out the same as the apricot, but now more suckers from the base.

Is there a reason that only one of these keeps making suckers? Inquiring minds...

TIA

HB

[Billy]

In article <f13aa8b5-40ea-4b09...@googlegroups.com>,

The graft is having trouble establishing itself on the root stock.
Carefully dig down to where sucker attaches to the root, and tear the
sucker off. You may need a pair of pliers.


>Inquiring minds...
Not in evidence

>
> TIA
>
> HB
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[Brooklyn1]

Higgs Boson wrote:

>I have two fruit trees about 3-4 years old. The apricot (Blenheim) is doing fine, but the plum (Santa Rosa) keeps making suckers from the base. I removed these and it looked like the tree was leafing out the same as the apricot, but now more suckers from the base.
>
>Is there a reason that only one of these keeps making suckers? Inquiring minds...

Probably each has a different root stock. Some stone fruit produces
suckers forever. I have two plum trees, both different, but both
produce suckers every year, a few from below the graft and a few from
above the graft... it's just the nature of the beast. Some I catch
early and simply brush them off with my hand, some escape my view,
become more established and require a pruner. My ginkgos produce
suckers all along their trunk constantly. I always considered suckers
an indication of a healthy plant.

[Higgs Boson]

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> Higgs Boson <hypa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >
> > I have two fruit trees about 3-4 years old. The apricot (Blenheim) is doing
>
> > fine, but the plum (Santa Rosa) keeps making suckers from the base. I
>
> > removed these and it looked like the tree was leafing out the same as the
>
> > apricot, but now more suckers from the base.
>
> >
>
> > Is there a reason that only one of these keeps making suckers?
>

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HB

[Higgs Boson]

Tx, Brooklyn - I'll just keep on pulling/cutting/digging them off.

But WHY do you consider suckers an "indication of a healthy plant" (Inquiring minds <g>.) It could be argued that the plant is dissipating <sp> or scattering its changes of producing fruit, which would set seed, which is the tree's raison d'etre.

HB

[David E. Ross]

In some cases, suckering indicates that the tree is stressed. Stress
could be caused by incorrect planting (too deep, too shallow), incorrect
watering (too much or too little), insect attack, etc.

Suckering can also be a characteristic of the technique used to graft
the scion onto the root stock. Finally, some trees (e.g., poplars,
crepe myrtle) just enjoy suckering.

Suckers should always be pulled away from the trunk or roots. If they
are merely cut, they will quickly grow back.

While plum and apricot are both in the genus Prunus, they are quite
different species and should not be expected to grow the same.

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[Brooklyn1]

Plants are naturally frugal... they wouldn't waste their energy
producing suckers, or anything extraneous, unless they have an
abundance of stored energy.

[Billy]

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[dr-...@wi.rr.com]

Many fruit trees from those "big catalog" shops are grafted onto useless or worse,
incompatible rootstocks. The result is lots of suckering as the roots are having
trouble getting nutrients up and down the graft so it is all diverted into suckers.
Of course, some rootstocks are known for suckering but have so many other great
qualities it is tolerated.
INgrid

>In article <f13aa8b5-40ea-4b09...@googlegroups.com>,
> Higgs Boson <hypa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have two fruit trees about 3-4 years old. The apricot (Blenheim) is doing
>> fine, but the plum (Santa Rosa) keeps making suckers from the base. I
>> removed these and it looked like the tree was leafing out the same as the
>> apricot, but now more suckers from the base.
>>
>> Is there a reason that only one of these keeps making suckers?

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[Higgs Boson]

On Monday, June 3, 2013 8:28:52 AM UTC-7, dr-...@wi.rr.com wrote:
> Many fruit trees from those "big catalog" shops are grafted onto useless or worse,
>
> incompatible rootstocks. The result is lots of suckering as the roots are having
>
> trouble getting nutrients up and down the graft so it is all diverted into suckers.
>
> Of course, some rootstocks are known for suckering but have so many other great
>
> qualities it is tolerated.
>
> INgrid
>

Thanks. Actually, I got both trees from my reliable local nursery where I am known, rather than a "big catalog" shop.

I don't remember whether the same two former fruit trees, both long gone to that great nursery in the sky, also showed variation in suckering. With 20-20 hindsight, would have been interesting to notice...

Guess I'll just keep on pulling the suckers.

HB