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getting rid of suckers

Lysa
18 years ago

I have a rhodo on the side of my house that must have been, at one point, about 7 feet wide out from the house. It has been trimmed back over the years by former owners then I pruned the bottom up to about 3 feet from the ground to make it more tree-like.

The problem is the shallow roots still extend to about 7 feet from the house and produce suckers along the root. I have since cut some of these out then stopped not knowing if I was killing the main trunk and branches.

See, I'd like to plant something in the bed around this rhodo but will ahve trouble with these shallow roots and suckers.

Can I dig these up an cut them out? Is the main root system deeper and under the main trunk?

Please help with some advice... Thanks!

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