Thanks to Graham, I know about their propensity to sucker and had
recommended grinding the stumps of the other Ailanthus that are being
removed from the park for that reason, its just because I got excited by
the sculpture idea I forgot the suckering problem. I think you're right,
if we remove the crown from a 20m tree suckers will come up from
everywhere. It's growing in a small island surrounded by a rubber play
surface and I could see suckers tearing through that - for this reason
I've dropped the idea.
Just a thought Ben, but with Ailanthus and others that sucker you are
often better poisoning them while fresh and then stump grinding after
say 6mnths have elapsed. If you stump grind when fresh you are likely to
get suckers from the roots that are inevitably missed.
Regards
Gareth
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