"George.com" wrote in message
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"chris French" wrote in message
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In message , pbuddy06
writes

I recently cut down all trees n bushes at the side of mum and dads
house

How big where the trunks? how long a length we talking

for me to lay turf down, its left big stumps that iv tried rotting but
nothinks happened.

It takes a long time.

yes, I have a big stump from a dead old tree which I have made one compost
heap over. After 3 years the stump is slowly rotting away. I have all the
time in the world. One way to accelerate rotting is to drill roles in the
stump with a hammer drill and the biggest drill bit you can find as far
down
as you can go and fill the hole with some form of crystals (there are
special stump rot mixes around, or the crystals used to water pot plants
or
even washing soda). These will soak up the water and deliver it into the
holes. The rotting will still take time however.

I've had a stump from an apple tree cut down about 10 years ago, which has
refused to rot. I recently had to have a bonfire and I made it over the
stump, much to my surprise, the stump totally disappeared!

Alan