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Can you grow a tree from a sucker

beer enigma · 2011-04-11 09:28:03

I have a peach tree that got badly damaged by some builders that we had in - its quite a sentimental tree for me, but apart from one green shoot its pretty dead. I've just noticed that its thrown up a 2ft sucker from the base & just wondering if its possible to grow a new tree for it or graft it in some way ?

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11-04-2011 10:28am

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beer enigma

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I have a peach tree that got badly damaged by some builders that we had in - its quite a sentimental tree for me, but apart from one green shoot its pretty dead.

I've just noticed that its thrown up a 2ft sucker from the base & just wondering if its possible to grow a new tree for it or graft it in some way ?

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#2 11-04-2011 10:39am
planetX

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I'm afraid the sucker you mention is almost certain to be the graft rootstock - probably a quince. Unless you'd like a quince tree you should cut it off, it'll sap the strength from the peach tree on top.

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