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		dendroverse on July 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hugelkultur: Raised Garden Beds To reduce root suckers cut the tree in the fall and apply an herbicide to the cut. The root system will pull the herbicide as it would have the carbon from the leaves. This will kill the root system and suckers.

gdubs on July 18, 2020 | [–]

Sure, but then you’ve got tree-killing herbicide in hour hugel-mound...

foxhop on July 19, 2020 | [–]

Don't do this. The suckers are removed with a couple swings of a machete...

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