On Apr 24, 9:07*am, Dave_S wrote:
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.

Thanks, Dave_s

first you got to kill it. if you don't, after the stump is removed,
all the widespread roots will send up shoots all over the place. i
haven't done it myself, but i think something like roundup poured
into half inch holes drilled all over it is the way to go.

then if you want to rot out the stump, you can get stuff via home
depot or lowes or wherever that does the job; that i have experience
with. it's a powder, again you pour it into those half inch holes let
it soak. it digests the lignin (what makes it wood) over a period of
several months, maybe even a couple of years, leaving the cellulose,
so you end up with sort of a cardboardy stump which is easier to get
rid of; you can mechanically attack it as much as possible, then burn
out the rest. as the guy said, you want to rot it out first before you
burn it, not the other way around.