Copper nails are your answer, or even a few bits of 15mm copper pipe. Either bang a large quantity of nails in the stump - all over the cut surface, or drill a few holes with a wood bit, and bang in lengths of copper pipe. Over the months the stump will rot and be quite easy to remove. 'A lot less bovver'
I used copper to help kill off some stumps five years ago. It has prevented them regrowing, but it has made little diffence to the speed of the rotting of them.
You know, when I was doing my garden makeover, I built a soil sifter to sift the stones from the (little) soil in the ground (here stones make up at least 50% of the content) and was left with a huge pile of stones. So, what to do with them? I wondered whether I could set up a web site, aimed at the Americans, and offer them a small "slice" of olde England for, say, five bucks a gem, sorry, stone. Each stone would be accompanied by a certificate of genuineness, having been dug from the soil of an English village and washed in spring water from the Thames. A jiffy bag would be about 50 pence, and with a certificate printed on my LaserJet using stock from Paper Direct, I'd make a fortune.
Instead, I thought, bugger that for a game of pixies! And used the stones as hardcore for a garden feature.
I have no idea. I put that to the girls, that the visitors were walking on the things. They replied, quite reasonably, that they searched for interesting ones, dug them up, cleaned them and graded and priced them. then sat in the hot sun selling them while they could be playing. They didn't offer the option of axe and arrowheads.
I couldn't argue with that ...I can send you a charming picture if you like. They made more than £3 each on one day.
Indeed.
Well you've probably done someone else a favour, given them ideas ...
This would take < 1/2 hour to cut the stump out but leave the laterals with a small stump grinder (I use a Dosko), expect a minimum charge of GBP75+VAT if there is a local contractor.
If you can risk the burning method: drill the centre of the stump as deep as possible and big enough to insert an old exhaust pipe loosely. Fill hole with charcoal and light. Insert exhaust pipe and make sure it can fall under gravity, using a small (I use a 12V LiLo inflator) blower, attach air supply to pipe away from flames. Cover with sacrificial fiberglass blanket. Repeat as necessary.
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