Nice pics. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I found that the saw on my Leatherman Ti Charge (similar to a SAK saw) works great for removing suckers. I've read though that the best time to remove suckers is in the fall/winter when the sap is in the roots of the tree. Otherwise it can ooze out, and draw ants that harm the tree. You can counter this by smearing petroleum jelly where you trim. Might not want to bother though if it's not a really nice/valuable tree.
You may be right, Andy. But a saw is slower than a knife. These little suckers just appeared this Spring. But I have seen some of these wax myrtles die that were trimmed. I don't know much about these things. Some pest killed a lot of my grass last month, but it is coming back. Armadillos dug up the pests and ate them. Its the law of the jungle in my yard. Nothing gets watered or sprayed. If it can't survive there on its own, it doesn't belong there. I seldom use insectacides either. I have blue skinks living in my walls. They eat the roaches. Never had a roach problem. Occasional scorpions and spiders. I have a rat snake or two in the garage. All is in a balance, most of the time. I do use poison on fire ant mounds.
