Lime trees

[zita-green]

Each year, my lime trees sprout scores of shoots from the base of the trunk upwards. Each year I cut them off only for them to come back the following year. Is there any method other than annual pruning that will discourage this new growth?

[AlBags]

No.
You are stuck with this.
Are they Pollarded or Espaliered?

[zita-green]

Oh dear. It's so tedious doing this every year. They are pollarded.
How are avenues of limes managed? There must be an army of gardeners to maintain them.

[AlBags]

You're not wrong.
: )