I have an old apple tree stump in the garden which is a bit of
a nuisance, so how can I accelerate the rotting process?

Alan
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Drill a few holes in the stump and pack with either saltpetre (potassium
nitrate) or milk (experiment with both). Cover openings to prevent it being
washed out.
Have you considered donating it to a local wood carver. They love apple
trees.

Gerry

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I have an old apple tree stump in the garden which is a bit of
a nuisance, so how can I accelerate the rotting process?

Alan
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Quickest way to get rid ( without hand digging it out) is to use a stump
chipper. I do not think they can be hired as yet but I may be wrong. Look in
yellow pages under tree surgeons and ring round for someone who has one.

It shouldn't cost too much if they don't have far to go.

Rotting stumps takes years and leaves a dangerous slimy obstacle in your
garden.

If a chipper proves to expensive dig it out apples are not too difficult.
There are a lot of no job too small laborours in the local paper if you can
not do it yourself

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Drill a few holes in the stump and pack with either saltpetre (potassium
nitrate) or milk (experiment with both). Cover openings to prevent it
being
washed out.
Have you considered donating it to a local wood carver. They love apple
trees.

Gerry

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Alan Holmes wrote in message
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I have an old apple tree stump in the garden which is a bit of
a nuisance, so how can I accelerate the rotting process?

Alan
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"amanda pope" wrote in
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If a chipper proves to expensive dig it out apples are not too
difficult. There are a lot of no job too small laborours in the local
paper if you can not do it yourself

In your local paper, perhaps!

I've been trying to get someone to come and remove some leylandii and sort
out some fencing for me for months: they are all too busy. Looks like I
shall have to dim (do it myself) after all.

Victoria

"Victoria Clare" wrote in message
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"amanda pope" wrote in
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If a chipper proves to expensive dig it out apples are not too
difficult. There are a lot of no job too small laborours in the local
paper if you can not do it yourself

In your local paper, perhaps!

I've been trying to get someone to come and remove some leylandii and sort
out some fencing for me for months: they are all too busy. Looks like I
shall have to dim (do it myself) after all.

Victoria



Its because its' the wrong time of year for those jobs.
Wait for a few months, say September/November, and then see how many you get.

I need my lawn mower blades sharpened, but I won't get them done now, because its the
wrong time of year. I'm going to wait 'til October, and I'll get them done then
easily.

Just my two penn'oworth

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Leeds UK



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In message , amanda pope
writes
Quickest way to get rid ( without hand digging it out) is to use a stump
chipper. I do not think they can be hired as yet but I may be wrong.

You can hire them, but they are expensive - I saw a price of about
GBP100 for a day, probably cost less to get someone in to do the job.


Rotting stumps takes years and leaves a dangerous slimy obstacle in your
garden.

Only if it's in the way, I quite like a bit of rotting wood in the
garden, good for all sorts of little beasties.

If a chipper proves to expensive dig it out apples are not too difficult.
There are a lot of no job too small laborours in the local paper if you can
not do it yourself

Indeed, I recently took out a willow stump (the trunk was well over a
foot) it was fairly hard work, but only took about an hour (at the end
of a day clearing about 20m of old beech hedge)

If the apple has been down for sometime then the roots may well be
rotting al ready and this will ease the process.
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Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
urg Suppliers and References FAQ:
http://www.familyfrench.co.uk/garden/urgfaq/index.html

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from "amanda pope" contains these words:

Quickest way to get rid ( without hand digging it out) is to use a stump
chipper. I do not think they can be hired as yet but I may be wrong. Look in
yellow pages under tree surgeons and ring round for someone who has one.

It shouldn't cost too much if they don't have far to go.

They can be hired, but it isn't a suitable job/machine for
inexperienced DIY hire so it isn't cheap. The grinder is huge, travels
on a large trailer, and comes with a team of men to operate it.

If a chipper proves to expensive dig it out apples are not too difficult.
There are a lot of no job too small laborours in the local paper if you can
not do it yourself

I agree; if the trunk is only a foot or so across, a teenager on his
holidays would be happy to be paid a fixed sum for what's a simple
muscle and sweat job.

Janet.

"Bob H" wrote in
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"Victoria Clare" wrote in message
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I've been trying to get someone to come and remove some leylandii and
sort out some fencing for me for months: they are all too busy.
Looks like I shall have to dim (do it myself) after all.

Victoria


Its because its' the wrong time of year for those jobs.
Wait for a few months, say September/November, and then see how many
you get.

I need my lawn mower blades sharpened, but I won't get them done now,
because its the wrong time of year. I'm going to wait 'til October,
and I'll get them done then easily.

Well, I started phoning round in March: I'd have thought someone would have
had the time then. I have succeded in getting people to come here to spec
the job out: it's getting them to come back, tools in hand, that is proving
difficult. Plans are now afoot to borrow a chainsaw :-)

Victoria