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14 years ago

Hello - I have a large poplar tree, built a 6 foot diameter bed around it, and then put recycled asphault around the bed - the tree is in the middle of our driveway. I have suckers emerging from the asphault. I don't want to kill the tree, so round-up is not an option...how can I get rid of the suckers?

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ianna
14 years ago
Trim out the suckers - that's the only way to do this. Unfortunately this will turn out to be a continuing battle. Roots can even break regular concrete let alone aspalt.
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