"Dave_S" wrote in message
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Almost 2 years ago, we hired a tree company to cut down a 60 foot high
Chinese Elm with 24 inch trunk. Remaining stump is 3 inches high which
they filled grooves with chainsaw fuel. They guaranteed this would kill
the stump and prevent any regrowth. Not only has the stump NOT DIED, but
constantly produces "hundreds" of new fast growing twigs all year.

Is too costly to have stump killed by grinding company.
I sure could use suggestions for low cost methods and materials to kill
this sturdy aggressive stump. The tree stump and new seedlings grows very
rapidly, raised and cracked the city sidewalk and now is producing
seedlings all over my property in lawns, flower beds.




Any tree removal company that could take down a 60' tree would have a stump
grinder... they didn't finish the job... or more likely you chose not to pay
for the complete job. I'd call them back to grind the stump, should take no
more than 30 minutes tops, but of course now they have to make a whole
'nother trip to haul out their stump grinder, so now instead of the original
$100 it will now cost $300. Your attempting to remove a 2' diameter
hardwood stump chemically will take like 5+ years. This is a perfect
example of how the cheap comes out expensive. Unless you feel like digging
and hacking roots there really is no inexpensive way to remove that stump...
least costly and quickest is to grind it. You can probably kill it by
applying Roundup over a few days but you'll still have the stump.