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Old February 19, 2016   #14
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Originally Posted by TexasTycoon View Post
Okay so it's fine? I should just chop off the sprouts that are below the graft and let it be?
That is what I would do.
Those sprouts below the graft are what I call suckers.

When you see pomegranate trees that are a fat bush they didn't cut the suckers off.
These trees aren't grafted but they still do the same thing.
If you cut the suckers you get a nice tree instead of a bushy shrub.

Here is an example of the way an oleander is supposed to look like.

Here is one that has let the suckers grow.



I prefer the former over the latter.

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