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Old 09-06-2017, 05:13 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Rotocompression Pup Remover

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Originally Posted by Botanical_Bryce View Post
I never found issue with removing suckers to think of another tool. I use a sharpened heavy stone shovel and it gets the job done smoothly.
This tool isn't for removing suckers for transplanting, but rather just killing suckers for mat pruning/management. It becomes a very time and labor intensive process in commercial plantings, and is not always easy to successfully stop it from regrowing after pruning attempts.
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