Remove tree stump with chainsaw?
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Removing a Tree Stump with HIgh-Nitrogen Fertilizer?
Comments (32)in this setting.. they are NOT talking about bagged compost.. aka manure ... this composted product is useless for this job .... they are talking about what is freshly scooped out of the barn which is high in urea [which is the old fashioned basis of high nitro fert . the NATURAL version... rather then the chem version] .... it comes out of a different part of the animal ... lol ... it is the raw product ... and by the time you get it delivered ... cost might be prohibitive ... in the alternative.... a high N fert would be 49-0-0 .... sold in places like tractor supply.. or any high end nursery ... but even that.. the key to rotting wood.. is water ... the nitro is barely relevant ... if you cant keep the wood wet ... in my sand.... it can take a decade... for a stump to rot naturally ... on 5 acres... i have no hurry on removal ... but have added the nitro to huge wood chips piles.. to speed decomposition ... the problem with my sand.. is that it is bone dry for about half of the year.. when it isnt frozen solid in MI ... in other words.. my rotting season is short ... i kill ALL my stumps with generic RU ... but you dont want to hear about that ... i think it is speculative to try to kill a tree with the nitro .. not saying it cant be done... but i dont know how it can be accomplished ... many suggest a trees root system is twice as large as what you see above ... and if thats the case ... one might ask ... where is the best place to apply such ... and what you will end up doing to the soil if in fact you do kill the tree ... it MIGHT end up.. a scorched earth ... think romans and carthage ... [boy thats obscure.. lol] all that said.. we also dont know what tree ... if its a suckering tree ... juicing it with fert.. might only result in you ending up with hundreds of them... all over the place ... your base problem.. is not that you want to save money ... in my reading.. the issue is you want it done FAST .. and wood simply.. does NOT ... rot fast ... no matter what you do ... to speed wood rotting.. you chip it into the smallest possible format... thereby increasing surface area ... and you dont want to do that ... many answers here are extremely optimistic .... IMHO .... again.. in my sand.. i would say... 7 to 15 years ... at least ... and the harder the wood.. the longer it takes ... i have no idea.. why you posted this in a design forum .... you might want to try other forums .... good luck...See MoreRemoving uprooted tree stumps
Comments (11)Good pix! Having lived in a hurricane zone, I've seen similar results. Too many trees too close to make a bonfire safe. Suggest look for a commercial company with heavy-duty chipper. Why pollute the air when there is all that potential mulch available?! If a chipper is too expensive, pile up the roots (cut into more-or-less manageable pieces) and heap dirt over them at least 12" deep. It'll take a few years, but they will decompose and you'll have wonderful compost. You can plant bulbs in the dirt - they will love the decomposing roots, and make the mound look like a deliberate gardening plan: a small hill of crocus, early/mid/late daffodils, hyacinth, early/mid/late tulips, allium, asiatic/aurean/oriental/formosan lilies (with some clematis as a ground cover) and fall asters would give you color from early spring to late fall with very little effort....See MoreRemove Italian Cypress Tree Stump?
Comments (9)Thanks brandon :) I am concerned about the decaying stump/roots attracting insects. Also, I found a few threads about whether these trees send up shoots, but I wasn't able to learn anything definitive. I did find one youtube video where they surrounded the stump with bricks and started it on fire. Um, not sure I want to do thatâ¦these are pretty close to the house, and even if they weren't so close, I think there must be a better way⦠As long as I have the tree removal people here, I'd like to do whatever is necessary to have the trees removed correctly. I just don't know what that is. I had retained the services of an arborist to take care of these trees, but somehow there was a mixup and the trees did not receive preventative treatment for some time. That resulted in spider mites and fungus. They have taken full responsibility and have amicably agreed to take down the trees. I don't want to be unreasonable about the stump/roots, so am trying to be as informed as possible. Thanks again!...See MoreChemical Tree Stump Removal
Comments (7)snip or cut all sprouts.. drip stump killer on the cuts ... continue until it dies ... i use the applicator at the link ..... to precisely apply product.. minimal use .;.. do not store near hot dogs ... https://www.google.com/search?q=plochmans+mustard&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=XQTcUYCCC_OFyQGCg4DAAg&biw=1154&bih=805&sei=XwTcUbmZHZK4yAHD0oDYDw killers must be applied to the cambium layer ... so that it can be sucked down into the root system .... it is of no use to apply it to dry dead wood.. dont waste product ... https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cambium+layer&t=ffcm&iax=images&ia=images it is NOT a spray thing .. the drift of spray.. will be what affects other plants ... once dead.. it will still be there.. for years.. if not decades ... dead wood rots in tree time ..... i have also used such ... as a place to set pots and statues.. etc .... ken...See MoreYardvaark
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