"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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In message , John Towill
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On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:50:25 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

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What did work was to excavate around the stump and then drill
numerous
holes through the stump as far sown as possible. Then I snapped it
off
and filled in the hole. a Lot of work and only a small stump.

But what if Iwant to plant another tree there? Will the rotted
(rotting?) roots kill off any new roots? That's why I was thinking of
burning them out - so I can clear the ground for something else

No, but it might attract honey fungus.

If you are unlucky. Mine attracted an inedible but large fruiting fungus

[snip]

What did it look like? How certain are you that it was inedible?

Franz