you should have known it would become a problem ...

its become a problem ...

and its not going to get better ...

where is patience in that equation ...

cut momma to the ground.. apply a stump killer.. and then apply same killer to every little branch you cut out ...

with an established root mass.. and its proclivity to sprout around town .... you are not really going to accomplish anything by just trimming back sprouts.. and most likely ... are only going to make it worse ..

and admit it.. this isnt the tree for your postage stamp backyard ...

think of it this way ... removal cost.. is only going to double every few years ... especially if you can do it yourself for free right now ...

hope all else is well in indy ...

ken

this is what i use to apply minimal killer precisely on the cambium later .. or any other weed i want dead .. do not store near the hot dogs ... cant lose it due to color.. closes easily.. barely even runs out if it tips over .. especially if only half filled

https://www.google.com/search?q=plochmans+mustard&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=XQTcUYCCC_OFyQGCg4DAAg&biw=1154&bih=805&sei=XwTcUbmZHZK4yAHD0oDYDw

hahaha HELLO MY FRIEND.

I was like "ken is probably going to find this thread and give me what-for on this"

It would be perfect for my backyard if it wasn't making babies like the smooth sounds of barry white were piping into the air. lol

man. this sucks. death to aspen. she's so beautiful - the freak.

thanks for the recommendation. i guess the death knell loometh-eth. so bummed.

and give me what-for on this"

==>> glad to not let you down.. lol ...

harvest some of the wood and make something out of it ... though its not hardwood so it will rot sooner or later..

how about an arbor or trellis ..

crikey.. your almost pollarding now as it is ...

ken

If you just mow the suckers that come up in your lawn, you just kind of don't notice them, right? Suckers that come up in flower beds are a trickier issue. I've sprayed them with a half or quarter strength 24D chemical and had some success controlling suckers and it seems to not affect the mother tree too much.

haha pollarding. The aspen is actually perfect b/c it's so tall and narrow. well, except for that whole "WORLD DOMINATION" part of it. little freak.

i literally thought you mixed your poison w/ the mustard at first. glad i sorted that out. haha

we were just discussing making something out of the wood..it's so pretty. with my ambitious self, i'll probably just cut it into logs and throw it in the beds. FOLLOW ME ON PINTEREST FOR MORE GREAT IDEAS! lol

L Clark - it's the beds where I'm starting to see them. Like...30 feet away next to the waterfall of my pond. it has me a little nervous. haha i keep expecting to see a 10 footer to pop up over the neighbor's fence or something. "oops...sorry about that" lol

OMG, the Aspen that ate Indianapolis!

i cut down some horrible gift hybrid poplars .. and cut them like firewood.. and set them on the cut end as garden stools or some such... the damn things rooted.. and threw up suckers .. lol ... had to lay them all on their sides.. so they would dry out in august and die ...

ken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeKjN-tdMkc

hahaha no way! That's insane! cockroach material, for sure lol

Ademink, your garden is too pretty to allow the freak to take over. Good luck with the eradication plans!

Thank you, my friend!! I"m already contemplating what will replace it LOL

With such a "glutton for punishment" mindset, perhaps you should try something more restrained like Aralia spinosa...

haha! Maybe it would keep the blue herons at bay. ;)

(Hello VV, my dear old friend! )

Good to "e-see" you too.

Can't have too many Blue Herons - unlike Devil's Walkingstick...

We have a lot of aspens in the rocky mountains. Since Utah is a desert most of the native trees are in the mountains so people assume those mountain trees are native to all of Utah and try to use them in their landscaping so aspens have been common in our landscaping (seeing them less and less though).

All of that to tell you: Aspens do not do well outside of their true native habitat. You can manage the suckers all you like, but eventually that aspen is going to become diseased. It may continue to live but it will get really ugly. Pretty much every aspen I see in the valleys is diseased to some degree. When we bought our house the front yard had 2 together that were quite nice and lived long enough to have good sized trunks, but they eventually got sick too, and we cut them down. Beautiful in the mountains, not so much off the mountain. I wonder if part of it is that it needs its aspen family?

Kay