Re: Annoying Maytens question

Karrie -

I am convinced that the 'seedlings' are in fact 'suckers'.  Especially
if he is planting bedding plants below (which require routine digging
and replacing - disturbing roots such as this increases the suckering
potential of this type of plant).  I've had client complain about
Mayten seedlings over the years and always been able to dig them up
and show how these shoots emerge from surface roots.

Maytens are very popular because of their foliage texture, but are
notoriously bad plants in most small gardens.

SeÃn O.
http://about.me/seanaohara


On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Paul Reid <pkssreid@comcast.net> wrote:
> I did call the gentleman and recommend the Florel as pretty much his only
> option. I suggested he hire a tree service to spray it. As it turns out
> with these homeowner calls, they donât want to hear what you tell them, they
> want you to tell them that what they want is okay. People are often both
> cheap and lazy. He wanted something he could inject! Himself! ÂYou can
> imagine how that conversation went! I really wanted to say, âJust sweep up
> the darn seeds or hire someone from the Pennysaver to do it!â I didnât of
> course, but strongly cautioned him against injecting his tree. Oh well,
> that Maytens is on its own now!
>
>
>
> Karrie
>
>
>
> From: medit-plants-request@ucdavis.edu
> [m*@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Ben
> Armentrout-Wiswall
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 5:45 PM
> To: medit plants forum
> Subject: Re: Annoying Maytens question
>
>
>
> Hi Karrie,
>
> Not sure if it would work in this situation, as I have no experience with
> Mayten trees, but there is a product called Florel.
>
> It's a plant auxin that prevents fruiting, and can be applied with a
> hose-end sprayer on trees which the gardener does not want to bear fruit.
>
>
>
> Years ago I took care of an estate which had an alee of transplanted Mission
> Olives lining the front drive. ÂThe olives stained the driveway and
> generally made a huge mess: spraying the olive trees when they were in bloom
> with Florel was a quick and easy way to save a lot of labor later in the
> year.
>
>
>
> -ÂBen Armentrout-Wiswall
>
> Simi Valley, CA
>
> PS ÂI've considered spraying the Vitis 'Roger's Red' in our garden with
> Florel, but as I've been planting California natives specifically to
> encourage native fauna, that would defeat the purpose.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Karrie Reid <skreid@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>
> I donât grow this tree, so Iâm not sure about the severity of the issue, but
> I had a man who was completely undone by the dropping of seeds from his
> Maytens. He said they were just thick on walks and in flower beds, and were
> extremely difficult to extract from his impatiens and other plants he had
> underplanted. He wanted a chemical to spray on them to stop them from
> blooming. I Âdidnât want to recommend anything like that to a homeowner,
> but I wondered if any of you had experienced similar problems or solutions
> to this crazy one!
>
>
>
> Karrie Reid
>
> Environmental Horticulture Advisor
>
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