I am not able to dig them up as the roots have spread. Please any ideas as a solution
Thanks
2007-02-17 22:51:21 · 8 answers · asked by George C 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
You could cut them down to a few inches, drill holes in the top of the stump and peel back the side if the bark and insert a crushed crystal called RootOut available from the garden centre. Then you cover it up in a plstic back and let it kill the roots. Dont use Diesel as it is harmful if it gets into watertable. Or as other people mentioned give them free to some1 who will dig them out themselves or ask a neighbour for a hand!!
2007-02-18 20:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cut them as close as possible to the ground. Cover the exposed are with a mix of dirt and manure. Plant grass seed, and mow. The mowing will keep anything from growing, and the roots will eventually decompose, as you keep killing the new growth.
2007-02-18 07:46:15 · answer #2 · answered by Beau R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Girdle them: remove 1" - 2" strip of bark from the circumference of the trunks. Round up the exposed area - optional. When they die, cut them down. Eventually the roots will decompose. good luck.
2007-02-18 06:58:14 · answer #3 · answered by reynwater 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pour diesel on the roots.
2007-02-18 07:25:03 · answer #4 · answered by Vivagaribaldi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
free to anyone who can come and dig and transport them in the local paper.
2007-02-18 06:56:29 · answer #5 · answered by rose_merrick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bleach at the base
2007-02-18 06:54:26 · answer #6 · answered by Awl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
find a young person in your neighbor hood.if it workes out you can have them do some other chores around the house.
2007-02-18 09:45:19 · answer #7 · answered by Steve C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a chainsaw will have a lasting effect....try it first...it might help out...good luck
2007-02-18 06:59:22 · answer #8 · answered by Michael K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋