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[Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>]

I have a very vigorous 1 foot high root sucker in my pawpaw bed. My plan 
is to wait until leaf drop, cut all lateral roots with a sharp shovel 
about 1 foot from the stem. Then after leaf drop in fall 2014, lift the 
root ball out, capturing as much tap root as I can manage and transplant 
it to its new location.

What do folks think of my plan? Does anyone have experience 
transplanting root suckers? I would love input as I do have to eliminate 
this plant in its current location, and I would like to use it.

Thanks,
Betsy Hilborn
7a NC Where all the fruit tastes watery because of our abundant rains