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Old 31-07-2006, 04:19 PM posted to alt.home.lawn.garden
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Default Tree Stumps On Fire?

Todd Lerfondler wrote:
Saw a product in the Big Orange Depot store...priced less than $10....it
says that I can drill some holes, pour this stuff down, and then in a couple
of weeks set the stump on fire with kerosene and voila! stump is turned to
ash. Anybody have any insight on this product?


It's most likely potassium nitrate.
I doubt it would work it's magic that fast on a new stump.
An old stump would probably work pretty well. The potassium nitrate gets
sucked into the root mass, making it more flammable.
I wouldn't want to use Kerosene myself. I rather just clear a safety
zone around the stump, then build a nice bonfire on top of it.