Any tips on planting root suckers?

[ruskbucks]

The American plum I planted at home are growing super fast but have not produced a good fruit crop yet. I have noticed they have been shooting up a bunch of root sprouts. I was thinking of trying to transplant some. I never tried suckers before. Advice? Also would it produce more fruit if I cut these root suckers down?

 

[Telemark]

Pot them for the first year. Cut the tops back pretty well. A good dose of compost will help them grow the first year. After that a root maker and triple 10 will grow them pretty fast until you want to plant them out.

 

[ruskbucks]

Pot them for the first year. Cut the tops back pretty well. A good dose of compost will help them grow the first year. After that a root maker and triple 10 will grow them pretty fast until you want to plant them out.

If I were to just dig them up now and transported them to a different spot would they make it? Or do you pamper them along to get the new roots growing first?

 

[sandbur]

If I were to just dig them up now and transported them to a different spot would they make it? Or do you pamper them along to get the new roots growing first?

I have transplanted root suckers from my farmstead plum with about 50% success. They got very little after care.


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[AtomApple]

The second part of your question.
if you prune the suckers it will grow into more of a tree. I can’t say if that would give fruit earlier.
if you don’t prune them , it turns into more of a shrub. Some people like it that way as a cover screen.

 

[Telemark]

If I were to just dig them up now and transported them to a different spot would they make it? Or do you pamper them along to get the new roots growing first?

Mine all made it but they grow sloooowwwww. Pots help to get them a good root system before they are left out on their own.