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"Greg and Kelly Carr" wrote:

I had a locust tree in my backyard. We had it taken down because it was
blocking the sun to one of our favorite beech trees. The tree was removed
two years ago and we have yet to have the stump ground down. This tree was
in a lawn area. Ever since we removed the tree, during the spring and
summer, sprouts of locust shoots are everywhere. The entire root system of
the tree is apparent. I have even severed some of the roots, that were
close to the surface, and I still see these shoots and have to mow them down
(they grow quite rapidly). I am afraid that even when we remove the stump
we will have a problem with the roots. Has anyone experienced this?



I'm new to my area, and we're infested with Black Locusts here. My
neighbors tell me the shoots will stop coming up after a few years, I'm
willing to wait it out before I go spraying my yard. Damn things. We've
got about eight that fell down in the last tropical storm, and they
sprout right up from the stump. They fall over if you breathe on them,
and they drop limbs like horror-movie zombies. The only good thing about
them, one of the fallen trees bloomed this spring, and that wall of
flowers scented the whole yard.