SUCKERS??

[doctorragamuffin]

[align=left]Stupid question, but. . .how does one distinguish "suckers" from "non suckers" when trying to decide whether to prune said "suckers."[/align]
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[align=left]Flame at will.* Eh, I'm an idiot.[/align]
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[backyardgardener]

[align=left]I didn't know there was a non-sucker.* [/align]
[align=left]If you don't like it... prune it.[/align]

[Newt]

I like Backyardgardener's reply.* So true.* Most suckers on trees come up around the base of the tree.* Water shoots grow straight up from the limbs and should be pruned off too.*
http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4DM...es/sucker2.jpg
http://www.tlcfortrees.info/images/S...terSprouts.jpg

There's also a product called Sucker Stoper.* See questions #2 & #3 here.

http://cetulare.ucdavis.edu/mg/articles/n030702q.htm
http://www.montereylawngarden.com/faqs/suckerstopper/
http://www.montereylawngarden.com/pdf/suckstopper.pdf

Newt

[jstr11]

If your talking about tomatoes, a sucker is what looks like a sprout coming in the joint between stem and branch.

jstr:)