Rick wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 17:13:50 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:


"Rick" wrote in message

Up till the recent gales, I had a Sumac tree next to the lawn.

The winds finally defeated it
Now all that is left is a small stump. However the root system is
throwing up small saplings (suckers?) through the garden and lawn.

I had resisted SWMBO efforts to remove the tree before, but now it's
gone she wants the saplings gone as well.

Would drilling a small hole in the stump and pouring neat Round Up
into the hole kill the root system? If not what would do the job?


Roundup only works on green leaves and stems no good on wood. I used SBK
Brushkiller in the way you suggest on my Rhus typhina and it was very
successful.


Great, Thanks.

I'll give it a try.

Rick..
I also used SBK on a tree stump that worked but on another which I think
was alder it didn't work very well at all. Digging out the main roots
and then painting the sbk onto the saplings that appear seems to work ok.

ff.