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spandit
Had some little poplar seedlings coming up on the lawn. It's nowhere near the house so wasn't too concerned:
Rather naively, I thought that tree suckers only occured next to the trunk and this particular one was a good 10m away from the parent (I assumed it had sprouted from wind blown seed). Thought I'd dig them up to transplant elsewhere amongst my other trees where they can grow unrestricted but found this:
That root is a good 20mm across. Not far underneath the soil but hoping regular mowing will keep the seedlings at bay. I'm guessing that just cutting the root nearer the tree will have no effect as the root will just put down it's own roots. Any other ideas? They're growing in an area where I've planted fruit trees, amongst some more mature fruit trees
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