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PostPosted: Sat Oct 04, 2003 10:50 am 
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What can you put on stumps to keep them from growing back.


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To stop our Ash stump from suckering, and to help it decompose quicker, we:

-cut all the green off (I used a weed-whacker on the suckers)
-drilled holes in the stump
-filled the holes with sugar
-covered it all with a few layers of newspaper
-covered IT ALL with mulch

So far so good. No more suckers. But it hasn't been very long since I did this, so I'm not sure how quickly the stump will decompose.

Good luck!

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I think Heather has the right idea. You can also rent a stump grinder and get past the problem immediately.
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Or the old farmer's method for doing it presuming it's in a field far away form a building

Drill deep hole in stump and stick dynamite in it.






Caution: not the safest thing on earth, not to be used in residential lots, needs permits, etc etc.

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Even in the country that is dangerous.
I grew up in the country down dirt roads....my neighbor put himself and three of his daughters in the hospital trying to get rid of a stump, "the quick way!"

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LOL-

Yeah, I know what you meant, Heather.
Did he ever use it to go fishing too?


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