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`lag
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Oh yeah, not just Virginia, everywhere. they're basically de debil...

ecologically speaking these days.
Posted: 06/05/2023 at 02:15 PM ET
(In response to this post by hokiehunter07)

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Lounge thoughts on controlling suckers growing on pear tree roots
Vienna_Hokie • 06/05/23 10:57 AM ET
Beavers, goat, can o gasoline **
ColoVT82 • 06/05/23 02:38 PM ET
Burn them with a torch. Or cutdown and poison the stump. As
Hokebury • 06/05/23 12:38 PM ET
May try the toech....burning stuff is always fun at least
Vienna_Hokie • 06/05/23 06:42 PM ET
Pretty in bloom, but they smell like @$$.**
MP4VT2004 • 06/05/23 01:02 PM ET
If it' Bradford (Callery) Pear, get rid of it.
6GHokie • 06/05/23 12:01 PM ET
Yep, widely planted but not a long lived tree. Soft wood prone to splittin **
HOKIERIT • 06/05/23 06:56 PM ET
Bradford pear. Remove it**
typed by ben • 06/05/23 11:40 AM ET
Had one. Bloomed for about one day a year and stunk for a month**
Vippie1 • 06/05/23 05:11 PM ET
There's actually a push in VA to cut down pears.**
hokiehunter07 • 06/05/23 11:27 AM ET
Oh yeah, not just Virginia, everywhere. they're basically de debil... ◄
`lag • 06/05/23 02:15 PM ET
Don’t tell home developers
Hokie1992 • 06/05/23 12:25 PM ET
Yup, a good wet snow or ice storm and it splits right down the middle.**
UEMcGill • 06/05/23 01:27 PM ET
Try spraying a herbicide on the sprouts, roundup or a similar product.
7Hokie1 • 06/05/23 11:10 AM ET
Um, that would likely kill the tree.**
DonHo-kieHi • 06/05/23 02:03 PM ET
Doubtful.....You'd have to spray almost all the foilage and raise the
Hokebury • 06/05/23 03:14 PM ET