suckers

Suckering plants is one of the most important aspects of obtaining greater yield for a tobacco plant. Trying: 1. Completely removing the young sucker, suckers will regrow 2. Breaking the sucker, but leaving the sucker attached, occasionally works to retard the new growth of suckers Other...

In the past, I've usually removed suckers with my fingers, just snapping them off. If I discovered one too big to snap easily, I cut it off with a knife. This year, I made an effort to remove suckers as early as possible, with the thought that a sucker is not only a useless set of leaves...