Do you or a neighbor have a tree that sends up sprouts or
woody-knobs from its roots? This can be quite a problem, especially when we go
to mow the lawn. The Silver Poplar, cottonwood, aspen and many other trees are
famous for this.
This situation can cause real
friction between neighbors, I’ll tell ya. Help is on the horizon. A chemical
called Napthaleneacetic acid is being bottled and sold in many horticulture
retailer stores as “Sucker Stopper”, “Sprout Stopper, etc. It does a nice job
of killing the sprout where it surfaces.
The nice part is that it does not
translocate back to the parent plant and cause harm or damage. This helps to
maintain harmony with the neighbor whose sprouts you are spraying out.
This isn’t fast acting stuff, so have some
patience if you choose to use it.
