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The best way to remove a small plum tree from garden
Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message from gra contains these words: Hi Guys i have a plum tree bang in the centre of my garden that i want to get rid off, as i am putting up some climbing frames for my kids. However i am not sure how to remove the tree, its not very big, its about 18ft tall max, and is thin, the thickest part of the tree is at the bottom and measures 20 or so inches around, i was thinking about simply cutting it down ( safely and do it so i can control where it falls lol) but not sure what to do with the stump, or how much stump to leave? should i dig the stump out or use one of the many stump removal products etc? because the garden is used by my kids i want sure if the stump removal products were safe etc, so would appreciate any help if possible I would get rid of the stump completely. It's a quick and easy job this way: Cut off the trunk about 2 ft above ground level. the tall stump is going to be a temporary lever. Then use a mattock, spade and elbow grease to excavate the earth from around the base of the trunk (radius of one foot, just enough to get to the roots where they join the trunk). Saw , lop or chop off with axe, all roots as you uncover them. Use the 2ft stump as a lever to rock and loosen any remaining roots until they can all be severed and the stump is free, lift out the severed stump and fill hole. The roots left underground and will just rot harmlessly. Unless you are exceptionally short of stature leaving 4 or 5 feet of stump on the tree will give you a lot more leverage. I'd dig around a foot away from the tree and also find a couple of scaffold poles and a very heavy piece of wood. Be very careful using levers they can be extraordinarly damaging if you put flesh into the nip. It is about the cheapest low tech way to do it though. Dope the residual bits of root with some rootout or glyphosate and a trace of copper sulphate and pot nitrate to encourage rot fungi. Shame the plum tree has to go. Are the fruits no good? Regards, Martin Brown |
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