Ya, I have had several stumps ground out but this one sits so close to the house they said they couldn't do it. It is about 8" from the house, Thank you for the suggestion
Certain stumps are very resistant to solutions and will keep sprouting unless you have them ground out. But try the Home Depot/Lowe's commercial removal solutions. The one we successfully used recommended cutting cross grooves into the stump first and it worked perfectly....but took a couple of years to decay so you'd need to be patient.
Maybe?? Another alternative, would be to use a strong, dissolving agent. Don't know what that would be, but I'm sure your local nursery etc. (or try Google), might be the answer - ie, something that would make the stump, actually rot. I don't think that a poison would be appropriate. I'm always worried about the local wildlife, no matter how small. I've got frogs in the front garden (I have about 6 'frog' ponds, with rocks in the bowls so the frogs can get out - people don't realise that frogs can drown, if they cannot get out of a bowl). If you have frogs, then you are doing something right - ie no poisons. Frogs are incredibly sensitive to the environment and can perish with the most innocuous of poisons etc. I absolutely don't use poisons. Or anything that is toxic. I eschew them totally. I'm sure a dissolving agent would be the best way to go. Good Luck. Gabrielle
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Best thing to do is get the stump ground out.
Hi
Here are a couple of other ways to kill a stump in case you are trying to keep it for plants a seat etc.
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/home-remedies-kill-tree-stump-84530.html
Certain stumps are very resistant to solutions and will keep sprouting unless you have them ground out. But try the Home Depot/Lowe's commercial removal solutions. The one we successfully used recommended cutting cross grooves into the stump first and it worked perfectly....but took a couple of years to decay so you'd need to be patient.
Maybe?? Another alternative, would be to use a strong, dissolving agent. Don't know what that would be, but I'm sure your local nursery etc. (or try Google), might be the answer - ie, something that would make the stump, actually rot. I don't think that a poison would be appropriate. I'm always worried about the local wildlife, no matter how small. I've got frogs in the front garden (I have about 6 'frog' ponds, with rocks in the bowls so the frogs can get out - people don't realise that frogs can drown, if they cannot get out of a bowl). If you have frogs, then you are doing something right - ie no poisons. Frogs are incredibly sensitive to the environment and can perish with the most innocuous of poisons etc. I absolutely don't use poisons. Or anything that is toxic. I eschew them totally. I'm sure a dissolving agent would be the best way to go. Good Luck. Gabrielle
One effective way, although it will take time to work, is drill holes in the stump and add salt, pack it in, this will kill the root.