Thanks everyone. I've got some good ideas here and will give them a try.
I'll be back if I can't get it to work.

In your vaired experiences, How long does this generally take to kill off the
tree?

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"Loren via HomeKB.com" u27944@uwe wrote in message
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Thanks everyone. I've got some good ideas here and will give them a try.
I'll be back if I can't get it to work.

In your vaired experiences, How long does this generally take to kill off
the
tree?

What I do is this, drill holes in the tree stump, fill with roundup, repeat
a few times then burry the stump in some dirt. Come back a month later and
you can almost pull the stump out by hand.

"Mike" wrote:
"Loren via HomeKB.com" u27944@uwe wrote in message
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Thanks everyone. I've got some good ideas here and will give them a
try. I'll be back if I can't get it to work.

In your vaired experiences, How long does this generally take to kill
off the
tree?

What I do is this, drill holes in the tree stump, fill with roundup,
repeat a few times then burry the stump in some dirt. Come back a month
later and you can almost pull the stump out by hand.

How much to have it ground down should be your next question, but carry on.

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The issue is that it is mostly under a low deck, so traditional grinding is
not really an option.

Steveo wrote:
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try. I'll be back if I can't get it to work.
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repeat a few times then burry the stump in some dirt. Come back a month
later and you can almost pull the stump out by hand.

How much to have it ground down should be your next question, but carry on.


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"Loren via HomeKB.com" u27944@uwe wrote:
The issue is that it is mostly under a low deck, so traditional grinding
is not really an option.

Well it was probably an option before you built a deck over it eh? :-)

Don't tell anyone but I've killed one of those willow stumps with kerosene
in small regular doses. There wasn't deck over it though, and I was able to
set it on fire eventually..it took better than a year to finally die. You
can't let the kerosene get on the surrounding grass or plant material.

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"Mike" wrote:
"Loren via HomeKB.com" u27944@uwe wrote in message
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Thanks everyone. I've got some good ideas here and will give them a
try. I'll be back if I can't get it to work.

In your vaired experiences, How long does this generally take to kill
off the
tree?

What I do is this, drill holes in the tree stump, fill with roundup,
repeat a few times then burry the stump in some dirt. Come back a month
later and you can almost pull the stump out by hand.

How much to have it ground down should be your next question, but carry
on.

Under a deck though?

Mike said:

"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Mike" wrote:
"Loren via HomeKB.com" u27944@uwe wrote in message
news:67e8d9355824a@uwe...
Thanks everyone. I've got some good ideas here and will give them a
try. I'll be back if I can't get it to work.

In your vaired experiences, How long does this generally take to kill
off the
tree?

What I do is this, drill holes in the tree stump, fill with roundup,
repeat a few times then burry the stump in some dirt. Come back a month
later and you can almost pull the stump out by hand.

How much to have it ground down should be your next question, but carry
on.

Under a deck though?

It probably should have been ground out prior to building the deck, but I
suppose that's moot. =)

If the deck is screwed together, it should still be an option. Perhaps a
bit labor-intensive, but an option nonetheless. Simply a matter of
numbering the undersides of the boards, as they're removed to make it easy
to replace them.

The problem I see with using some chemical to "dissolve" the stump, would
possibly lead to a stability problem with the deck. Nothing like a nice
cavity appearing under a foundation. Which actually brings up the question
of whether or not removing the stump from the ground will cause damage to
the deck's support areas. Sure, you could kill it off with some Roundup,
but there's still the remains of the stump to be dealt with.

A pic of the area would be a plus. =)
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Admiting that in hindsight, it should have been ground before the deck. But
as I mentioned in the initial post, I had taken out stumps before and they
had stayed just stumps for years. So cutting this low enough to build a deck
over did not seem like an issue. I would have an ugly stump, but it would be
under the deck and never seen. I just wasn't familiar with WIllows - I am
now.

Don't know why I felt the need to explain this... Maybe b/c I appreciate the
help.



Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Mike said:

Under a deck though?

It probably should have been ground out prior to building the deck, but I
suppose that's moot. =)



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I'll get a pic to illustrate.

Thanks

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Loren via HomeKB.com said:

Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Mike said:

Under a deck though?

It probably should have been ground out prior to building the deck, but I
suppose that's moot. =)


Admiting that in hindsight, it should have been ground before the deck. But
as I mentioned in the initial post, I had taken out stumps before and they
had stayed just stumps for years. So cutting this low enough to build a deck
over did not seem like an issue. I would have an ugly stump, but it would be
under the deck and never seen. I just wasn't familiar with WIllows - I am
now.

'Tis why I said it was "moot". But, you still haven't answered, as to my
other points.

Is the deck screwed together, so that it could be partially disassembled,
in order to grind out the stump?

Is the stump situated in a position, so that were you to remove it, you
would be jeopardizing the integrity of the deck?


Don't know why I felt the need to explain this... Maybe b/c I appreciate the
help.


Yup, was no reason to explain. "Manure occurs."
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How much to have it ground down should be your next question, but carry
on.

Under a deck though?

How far under, and are there posts in the way?

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