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Ginko Sucker question

13 years ago

I planted a Ginko tree 3 years ago. Last summer the tree got sun scorched and seemed to die. The main shoot is still very dead, but several suckers have started coming up from the root. Should I cut down the original (dead) shoot and select the strongest looking sucker? Or, should I leave it alone until the suckers start to become woody? Would a sucker make a viable tree?

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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
13 years ago
yes it will ...

but it will depend on whether it was a grafted plant.. as to whether you will have the same ginkgo ..

ken
drrich2
13 years ago
Sounds like 50/50 chance of a female tree, assuming not grafted or if it was, that the sucker is coming off root stock. Be mindful of potential down the road for a female producing seeds with a fleshy coating, said to smell like carrion.

Richard.
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Tn_Tree_Man
13 years ago
"...said to smell like carrion."

Smells closer to one of my old sweaty socks!!! :)
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
13 years ago
interesting description of your own feet TN-man... if one combines the two previous responses..lol

ken

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