On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:21:36 -0400, "Ryan Sullivan"
wrote:

Hello,
We had a red maple in our backyard up until about a year ago. During a
strong windstorm, the tree was blown over. Upon further inspection, the
trunk was damaged from some type of insect or simply rotted out. Whatever
the reason, I was devastated to see that our maple was no more. We live in
a pretty new neighborhood, so even though this tree was only about 15 feet
high with about a 10" diameter trunk, it was the biggest in our yard.

I ended up disposing of the tree, but left the stump. After a long summer,
lots of shoots had grown out of the stump. It now looks like a little bush.
My question is this - is the new "tree" viable? Can I just let it go and it
will grow into a new tree? Or will it cause problems in the future?

Thanks in advance!
Ryan

I've seen this happen with an American chestnut tree. It fell and
tree sprouts emerged from the trunk. I'd pick the strongest sprout
and keep cutting off the rest.