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Posted by on October 15, 2007, 11:46 am
> On Oct 15, 8:42?am, alvinamo...@notmail.com wrote:
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> > The area where I live is full of box elders. The county cuts them
> > along the roads, then they paint them with some green stuff. I dont
> > know what its called, but I know for sure that its a copper material.
> > Copper nails pounded into trees will kill them if enough are used.
> > Your actual (original) stumps may be too old to absorb the stuff, but
> > paint it on the suckers after you cut them. I know there is a
> > septic/sewer stuff made of copper to kill roots in pipes. Maybe that
> > will work.
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> > On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:51:11 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
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> > >In 2000 I had an arborist remove five large Boxelder trees from an
> > >unused part of our houselot because they were shading the part which we
> > >have landscaped, and our lawn and flowers weren't doing as well as they
> > >could have with more sunlight.
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> > >The stumps were left in place, cut off a few inches above ground level.
> > >The garden improved a lot in a couple of months.
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> > >Every spring lots of shoots start growing off the sides of those stumps
> > >and by the end of summer they've gotten about 6 feet high and annoy me
> > >by becoming visible over the hedge which defines the border of our back
> > >garden.
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> > >I have to cut them all off and dispose of them or they'll grow higher
> > >the next year. It's a PIA to have to keep doing that every year or two.
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> > >The stumps are on ground with about a 30-40 degree slope, and access
> > >from the street isn't very easy, so renting a stump grinder to get rid
> > >of them with is probably my last option.
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> > >I'm wondering if there's a "safe" way to poison the stumps so they die
> > >and won't keep sending up shoots year after year. I was thinking of
> > >maybe drilling a couple on 3/4" inch diameter holes a couple of inches
> > >down into them and pouring Round Up in them.
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> > >Years ago I'd drill several one inch diameter holes a few inches deep
> > >into stumps, fill the holes with saltpeter, wait three or four months
> > >for the rain to disolve and soak the chemical into the wood and then set
> > >fire to it. The stump would burn with a sputtering glow like a "slow
> > >match" fuse and the fire would actually travel underground following the
> > >roots.
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> > >I don't think I want to mess with burning them that way now though, our
> > >town's got ordinances about outdoor burning and I don't think they'd
> > >accept my holding a hot dog on a fork over a burning stump as
> > >"barbecuing". <G>
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> > >Thanks guys,
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> a good friend tried copper nails and even poured some copper sulphate
> into a drilled hole and opening, nothing happened. copper obly works
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To just kill it and leave stump in place, I'd use one of the brush
killer products at HD or garden centers. And I'd apply it when you
have a couple feet of new growth to that and the top of the stump.
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