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Old 29-09-2008, 08:38 PM
Kris Mck Kris Mck is offline
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Originally Posted by Pete View Post
My elderly neighbour wants two of her three apple trees cut down and
stumps removed if possible. The trees are quite old + established.
Is there likely to be a large and deep root system on these to dig
out and if so would it be best to use some sort of chemical to kill
them off ?

Thanks for any help.
Hi, from my experience old apple trees are usually quite soft, as they tend to have a limited life span.

A stump grinder would easily get through the stumps very quickly.