Have a 3' stump in yard. Told it could be removed with copper nails. $8.00 1# box. How?

Answer 1

Why not use the stump to grow mushrooms? It will decompose over time, but in he meantime, you'll have some wonderful food to eat..

http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=557&bhcd2=1154289208

http://theheartofnewengland.com/garden-Mushrooms.html

http://ohioline.osu.edu/for-fact/0040.html

Find a catalog source for the spores..

Answer 2

Yes, copper nails will work, any nails will work

All you have to do is put a solid ring of nails around the entire tree (or stump) at its base. You have to make sure the heads of the nails overlap, or are atleast touching.

So yes, if you have over 1000 nails and a few days to hammer them in, it will kill it in a year or two, but it will not make it decompose any faster.

Decomposition of wook is carries out by bacteria and insect which eat it. last time i checked nails dont eat anything.

A mpre practacle way of removing it is to ig around it and sever the roots and then pull it out.

But no need to remove it, you can either get a chipper that will grind it down, or saw it level or slightly below ground level and cover with dirt and grass seed.

Answer 3

quite honestly my mother and I removed several stumps in the yard with an industrial jack and an axe. You dug a hole, cut some roots, then placed the jack underneath it(supported by wood 4x4) Then jacked it up and cut away at the roots with the axe. It did not take extremely long. It was so easy that my mother and I did it when I was only13 yrs old. We removed 10 stumps in 2-3 days. Then we just had to fill in the holes with dirt. Good luck

Answer 4

first time i have hard that copper nails premote rott, cut the stump off as low as you can, then drill 1/2 inch holes in it fill the holls with butter milk, keep the butter milk in the hole for a couple of days then next spring you will be able to chop the rest of the stump out with a ax, it will be very spongey, if you need a quicker way then call a yard servics with a stump grinder usley fearly expesiny

Answer 5

Stump removers and nails..

1. Mix stump remover chemicals with hot water
2. Nail and drive a hole into the stump in multiple points
3. Add water.
4. Wait 6 months.

Stump removers can do it right away for around 100USD though.

Answer 6

never heard of the nail trick, however,I had a red oak stump 3 feet from my veg.garden. I cut as near the ground as possible,drilled 1/2 inch holes in it,filled holes with salt andcovered with dirt. This years garden isn't being robbed of nutrients. Only took 1 planting season to see a difference.

Answer 7

copper nails speed the decomposition of the wood.
better to drill holes in the stump and fill with a special stump remover that can be purchased at most good nurseries

Answer 8

copper nails...what are you supposed to do with them.

A 3' stump will take a long time to decompose no matter how much you help it along.

Better to have a tree company come and get rid of it.

Answer 9

If driving copper nails into caused it to rot (even fast) it would take a long time. Call a stump-grinder. They will do it for $100.

Answer 10

I really don't think copper nails are going to to do the trick. Try tying a strong tight rope around the bottom of it, attach it to a truck with good horsepower, and rip the damn thing out of the ground.