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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #15 on: 09 May 2013, 23:01:23 »

I drilled holes in mine and poured paint stripper in it , killed it a treat  ::)
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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #16 on: 09 May 2013, 23:03:38 »

knock some copper nails into the stump :y

On ebay they are even called 'stump killer'............ :D :D
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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #17 on: 09 May 2013, 23:05:51 »

Swmbo has just said to dig them out............ :-X I said she was welcome if that is what she wants to do, me I am more of a 'chain saw' man and then kill them off.................... :D :D
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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #18 on: 09 May 2013, 23:39:04 »

I drilled holes in mine and poured paint stripper in it , killed it a treat  ::)


i do hope you mean a tree ;D :y
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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #19 on: 09 May 2013, 23:45:16 »

Lovelength put Vicks on his stump, don't think it killed it off though...   :o  :-\  ;D
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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #20 on: 10 May 2013, 00:31:47 »

Swmbo has just said to dig them out............ :-X I said she was welcome if that is what she wants to do, me I am more of a 'chain saw' man and then kill them off.................... :D :D

if you're going to dig them out - DON'T cut them down. Leave enough left out of the ground to provide leverage (and maybe somewhere to attach the tow rope?)
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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #21 on: 10 May 2013, 01:35:04 »

Copper nails will kill them.................eventually, takes a while though, took nearly a year to kill off grape vine stumps in my back garden, they just kept wanting to grow out from the roots!
For the most stubborn of the two I resorted to drilllng out the core and filling up with the equivalent of nitromors, less liquid so would stay in the core and not leach out too much.

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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #22 on: 10 May 2013, 05:50:01 »

you can paint the stumps with Glysophate (eg Roundup,Resolva) most weedkillers will do the job, especially if used neat. if you live near a watercourse or have porous ground do not use sump oil because if the environment agency trace it back it will cost a horrendous amount of bucks. !!
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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #23 on: 10 May 2013, 06:22:24 »

a good systemic weedkiller will do it round up is very good, drill a couple of holes in the stump and pour it in neat
for general weed brush then spray it as per bottle instructions. if it kills off the grass just replant with grass seed after a good rain shower
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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #24 on: 10 May 2013, 15:44:23 »

Been clearing some bushes, shrubs small trees etc from the garden; I intend to cut down to ground level but will be unable to remove them, what is the best think to kill them off?......  :) :)

Roundup or Bayer:-  either brush on or mix, drill and pour

You need something that will get to the root tips

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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #25 on: 10 May 2013, 17:14:37 »

I drilled holes in mine and poured paint stripper in it , killed it a treat  ::)


i do hope you mean a tree ;D :y

Aye  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #26 on: 10 May 2013, 17:41:14 »

i wish someone cut my mini trees down . 8 foot tall now ;D ;D
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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #27 on: 10 May 2013, 18:16:02 »

It's hard graft, but the best way is to dig them out , i did some at my parents old house , it was a lot of effort but a cleaner job in the end, can you get a mini digger near them?
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Re: Roots / Stumps - How to kill them off
« Reply #28 on: 11 May 2013, 11:51:35 »

Drill the stumps as deep as you can, hammer some cooper tubes into the holes and fill will diesel / Engine Oil.
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