Table 2.

Specific problems resulting from TGR injection introduction

Tree Growth Regulator	Clipper	Cutless	Prunit	CF125	Atrinal	Slow Grow
Users/Respondents	68	35	24	8	11	6
Problem	Percent user complaint
Blowout	34	29	25	13	27	17
Weeping	62	54	67	50	55	83
Bark splitting	19	29	29	50	64	67
Trunk discoloration	43	40	50	75	73	83
Excessive suckering after treatment	13	11	17	50	45	83
Grass death adjacent to tree	9	9	21	38	27	50
Non-uniform distribution throughout the crown	57	37	42	63	64	83
Localized swelling	3	3	4	25	0	0
Branch escape	47	40	54	63	73	67
Change in leaf size	41	29	46	50	55	67
Tree mortality death	4	0	0	0	0	0

Note. Percentages do not add up to 100 percent due to multiple responses. For example, 34 percent ot those using Clipper complained of weeping. Twenty-nine percent of Cutless users complained of blow out while 54 percent complained of weeping. Conversely 83 percent of Slow Grow users complained of weeping.