Those who on the site grows plums, certainly annoys plum shoots, from which escape is not so easy. I, for example, increasing the drain near the strawberry patch, so you can imagine how much inconvenience occurs due to its ever-growing shoots. But, fortunately, I was able to deal with this problem by resorting to the help of the experienced members of the forum. So, in this article I will share with you the most effective tipsWho have helped me, I think they will be useful to many.
Just want to say that if you have decided to deal with the single plum shoots sprouted by the ax and shovels, so to speak, by cutting down too much, it is better to leave this venture - I personally was convinced that this would be Only worse. As soon as I released her strawberry patch from uninvited "guests" in this way, their locations here also sprouted new, but no longer single stems, and bushy that were much more powerful First.
How, then, I have been able to overcome the "enemy"?
It turned out that shoots growing on the so-called maternal roots
, Which are for them a storehouse of nutrients. I just digged in a small groove along the shoot to the root from which they grew up, and with the help of a saw cut off to them all the processes. Then he fell asleep the ground back and rammed her pretty.Here you bring the circuit as well all you need to do:
Let this process and not an easy oneBut I think it is better one time to work hard than to regularly roll up our sleeves and destroy the seedlings.
By the way, I read more about one method, but to use it I was no longer necessary. So just tell you briefly about it, can someone like this method more.
At a distance of half a meter from the trunk of plums have to decompose waste paper stocks, such as old newspapers and cardboard boxes, the whole thing well watered and trample into the ground, then cover with foil and roofing material, covered with sand and soil. This is the place, by the way, can then be used for growing flowers.
So choose one of the options and go to clear your garden of unwanted seedlings, because the more they will germinate, the harder it will be to get rid of them.