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Kutztown, PA

I've noticed on all of the stumps, some more than others, that there's a tendency for new growth to develop directly from the stump. I suppose you would have to call the growth "late secondary vines". If left on there own they become a tangled mess. I pulled off a stump cover yesterday and went at it getting rid of all of this growth. I guess there must be a significant amount of meristematic tissue at that location. Anyone Know the plant anatomy that explains this type of growth?

7/7/2022 8:25:06 AM

Torrance, Ca.

I'm sure Matt D. would, but I sure don't...

I just trimmed all mine the other day. Cut off clean so you see green tissue, spray with zerotol with the right % and lightly, lightly dust with sulfur.
I'd say put a fan on it but I have fans on all my stumps from mid June until the end of the season.

What I always find funny is, I get this meristematic growth in 3 to 6 parts of the plant each year. It's very strange but I always clean it up like stated above. Sometimes it looks like a small monster growing it that area! lol

7/7/2022 11:19:16 AM

Grittyville, WA

Good xylem juice plus good phloem juice = growth. More oxygen plus more fuel = more fire. Basic binary chemistry?

7/7/2022 2:16:29 PM

Bethlehem CT

One of the factors is that the dense like growth can be a sort of reaction by the plant to help protect the vine from the suns rays. Often the stump is the first part of the plant to be denuded of foliage, it is natural for a plant to want to cover up that nakedness with some foliage to protect itself.

7/7/2022 10:29:52 PM

Central Illinois

Is it the same as a sucker on a tree?

7/8/2022 5:33:21 AM

Bethlehem CT

Baitman good train of thought. In fruit trees, suckers technically come from beneath the soil level. If we are going with fruit tree analogy I would say they are more like "watersprouts". If I remember correctly (I think it was Matt D) called them " cabbage sprouts" or something like that because of how densely located the leaves are on them.

7/8/2022 8:28:12 AM

Kutztown, PA

I've had the fans on for a month and stump covers. I trimmed it all off. Will Daconil be good enough? Now other three plants are going wild in that area. Guess I'll be doing the same to them tomorrow. baitman - it's more like new secondary vines shooting our of the stump.

7/8/2022 8:30:01 AM