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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Go to  
http://www.fungiperfecti.com/plugs/plugs.html#ACCESSORIES
and look at mushroom cultivation products for landowners - spored oils.  The oil is used to innoculate wood with spores as it is being cut.  The spores germinate and break down the wood/stump.
-Lon Rombough

Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003. 
Grape pruning video: http://www.bunchgrapes.com/dvd.html View a short, low resolution clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q58zFY0B1M
A video about The Grape Grower : http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2008/04/18/the-grape-grower/

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Spidra Webster <spidra@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> My parents have a fig tree whose roots spread everywhere and into their
> sewage outflow system. So my dad cut the fig down. But, as you can guess,
> it's still alive. It's sending up shoots and still interfering with the
> sewage system. Is there any kind of herbicide that can be applied which will
> safely kill the root system without poisoning the environment?  I've never
> had to kill anything quite like this before so I haven't been paying
> attention to see what the lesser evil in herbicides is.
> Megan Lynch
> http://www.meganlynch.net
> South Pasadena, CA USDA Zone 9