Accelerate decomposition of small tree stump

Posted by Stepfann King on July 9, 2009, 8:24 pm

>> blueman wrote:

>>> I took down some saplings last year (about 2-3" diameter) that were on
>>> a relatively steep hill in our front yard.
>>> Is there any simple/cheap way to speed their decomposition?
>>> It probably doesn't pay to rent a shredder plus it would be difficult
>>> to manouvre it in the hilly area.
>>> I had heard in the past of chemicals that are drilled into the trunk.
>>> I'm looking for something readily available that is faster than
>>> natural decomposition.

>> Drill holes and fill with a high nitrogen (first of the three numbers
>> is much larger than the other two) fertilizer.

>
> Just did that...
> How long does it take to have a noticeable effect? How long till it is
> mostly complete? Days? Weeks? Months? Years?
>

7 minutes.

Posted by Jim Elbrecht on June 29, 2009, 8:59 am

>I took down some saplings last year (about 2-3" diameter) that were on
>a relatively steep hill in our front yard.
>Is there any simple/cheap way to speed their decomposition?
>It probably doesn't pay to rent a shredder plus it would be difficult
>to manouvre it in the hilly area.
>I had heard in the past of chemicals that are drilled into the trunk.
>I'm looking for something readily available that is faster than
>natural decomposition.

2-3" in diameter? Really- *inches*? 5 minutes with a hand axe
should release the roots and you toss them in the trash. I keep
an axe for just such jobs. I quick-sharpen it on a grinder and
don't worry about chipping it on rocks.

Jim

Posted by benick on June 29, 2009, 11:37 pm

>>I took down some saplings last year (about 2-3" diameter) that were on
>>a relatively steep hill in our front yard.
>>Is there any simple/cheap way to speed their decomposition?
>>It probably doesn't pay to rent a shredder plus it would be difficult
>>to manouvre it in the hilly area.
>>I had heard in the past of chemicals that are drilled into the trunk.
>>I'm looking for something readily available that is faster than
>>natural decomposition.

> 2-3" in diameter? Really- *inches*? 5 minutes with a hand axe
> should release the roots and you toss them in the trash. I keep
> an axe for just such jobs. I quick-sharpen it on a grinder and
> don't worry about chipping it on rocks.
> Jim

Buy yourself a Grub Hoe and dig them out...Stumps that small will be pretty
easy...

Posted by blueman on July 9, 2009, 3:44 pm

I misspoke. Trees are more like 8" diameter

Posted by IlBeBauck@gmail.com on June 29, 2009, 9:56 am

> I took down some saplings last year (about 2-3" diameter) that were on
> a relatively steep hill in our front yard.
> Is there any simple/cheap way to speed their decomposition?
> It probably doesn't pay to rent a shredder plus it would be difficult
> to manouvre it in the hilly area.
> I had heard in the past of chemicals that are drilled into the trunk.
> I'm looking for something readily available that is faster than
> natural decomposition.

What i do is drill a 12" deep hole in the trunk with a 1/2" bit, and
fill it with gasoline.

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