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John McGaw · 18-09-2006, 09:39 PM posted to rec.gardens

wrote:
Hi there,

I have recently removed two trees from my garden as they were becoming
too big and were blocking out too much sunlight in certain parts of the
garden. They are c8 inches in diameter and i have managed to chainsaw
my way through the stup so that only 4inches remains on the one and
about 10 inches on the other [due to its location it was difficult to
get any lower].

Is there anything i can do to stop them re-growing/spruting or is that
it?

I hope someone can advise.

Regards,
Anthony

In the long run you would probably be happier if the stumps simply
didn't exist, right? I recently had two stumps at least twice the size
you quote removed in my back yard: total cost $80 and nothing was left
except two piles of dirt mixed with finely shredded wood. Two stumps in
the front yard, each about 24" in diameter cost cost a total of $110 to
destroy. Of course, given enough time stumps will disappear naturally
but waiting the necessary years can be tedious.

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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com