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Originally Posted by Emmerich
I had a dying oak tree removed from my yard last year. Prior to that, I would get little saplings (or whatever they are called) growing up all around the base of the tree. They never got big since they were mowed down with the grass. Now that the tree is gone, these things have sprouted again due to the warm weather. If you pull them up there are runners everywhere.
How can you get rid of these things?
thanks
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Emmerich,
Impossible. I have four Live Oak trees on my Dallas, Texas property approaching the half century mark. Three out of the four have these "runners." I consulted with Howard Garrett the Dirt Doctor 15 years ago - and he said two things; number one - there's nothing you can do about them short of continually digging/pulling them up. And number two - there's no telling why some Live Oaks have these "runners," and others don't. One of my Live Oaks has none - amazing!
My Live Oaks are the most beautiful - even though there are three other nice Oaks I planted twenty years ago - along with a couple Bradford Pears and numerous Photinia bushes 20' high I use as berms instead of fencing to the busy side-street, alley, and neighboring property.
BTW, most of my lawn is St. Augustine / centipede grass - I just love it, and every few years it gets frozen-out or burnt-out from the 100*+ plus days.
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