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From: helen flores City: country club hills, IL
Last year we had to remove our beloved tulip tree due to weather damage among other things. We chose not to remove the stump.Lowe and behold we have several new growths emerging from the stump. Do these sprouts have a chance to become a tree and if so how do I go about removing it from the mother stump?
	Extension Message From: Richard Hentschel Extension Educator, Horticulture DuPage/Kane/Kendall Unit hentsche@illinois.edu
So sorry you lost your mature Tulip. The growth from your stump is most likely not growing on their own root, but rather off the cambium ring on the trunk or roots. If you carefully dig down into the soil where they are coming from, you will know if they are growing on their own root. I would expect to see them coming from the top of an existing root near the base of the stump. If they are on their own roots, wait until early next spring to dig and transplant.
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