Suckering?!?

[BushEd]

I've been brushing up on my floral knowledge with a load of field guides, but i keep coming across phrases like "reproduction by suckering" "sucker shoots" etc. etc.

It may seem like a fairly stupid question, but, what exactly are sucker shoots, and in what way do they sucker?

Many thanks,
Ed

 

[Chris the Cat]

Its New York street slang fella!
C da C.

 

[Toddy]

Basically a new, viable plant that grows from the roots of an old one.

Like Rowans send up suckers around the main stem, or roses might send up a briar from the rootstock that the Hybrid Tea was grafted onto.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[nuggets]

tomatoe plants (amongs others) produce shoots at the junction of the main stem and the leaf -`branch` which are refered to as suckers !!

which can be cut off and produce a new plant - ie `cuttings`

 

[Chris the Cat]

..oh yeah!, what Toddy said as well!!
All good in the Steel City mate?
Chris.

 

[BushEd]

Its New York street slang fella!
C da C.

Yeah coined by Herbert Huncke to describe playing a cat for a fool

Basically a new, viable plant that grows from the roots of an old one.

Like Rowans send up suckers around the main stem, or roses might send up a briar from the rootstock that the Hybrid Tea was grafted onto.

cheers,
Toddy

tomatoe plants (amongs others) produce shoots at the junction of the main stem and the leaf -`branch` which are refered to as suckers !!

which can be cut off and produce a new plant - ie `cuttings`

Ah-hah!! Now it all makes sense. I had some strange visions of tentacle-like stems lol!!!

Cheers for the help!

 

[BushEd]

..oh yeah!, what Toddy said as well!!
All good in the Steel City mate?
Chris.

Too much f***ing work about, no time to work on f***ing about

Hope the opposite is true on the Moors my friend.

Ed

 

[Chris the Cat]

Herb Huncke! 'Guilty of everything!
You read it?
Take care ma man.
C da C.

 

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