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["Hector Black" <hblack1925@fastmail.fm>]

I had some flowering quinces that just got too huge but couldn't dig them out.  I used carpet over the top after cutting them back to about 2 ft.  Shutting out all light seems to have done the trick. 

   For stumps I've drilled 1/4 - 1/2" holes about 2-3 in. deep and 2 in. apart., filled them with ice cream salt. That seems to keep them from sprouting, but I've read Saltpeter in the holes will make the stump burnable in a few months time.

     Hector Black zone 6 middle tn.

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From: Ginda Fisher

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 7:54 AM

Subject: Re: [NAFEX] stump dissolver

On Nov 14, 2010, at 8:51 AM, Jerrydana5@aol.com wrote:

I have two questions:

1.  I have a stump from a Sassafras tree I cut down in the middle of the yard.  Does anybody know of something I can put on it to "dissolve" or make the stump soft so I can chop it out?

In my yard, once the stump is dead, termites, beetle larvae, and assorted fungi will take care of that in a couple of years.

2.  I have a couple of shrubs which in my garden I've been cutting back in hopes of killing them and it hasn't worked.  The roots are very deep and I cannot dig them out.  Is there something I can put on them to kill them?   I eventually want to use the soil so don't want to put anything on it that will render the soil useless. 

My guess is that you can apply most any herbicide directly to the open wound on the stump, and use a low enough dose that you won't poison the nearby soil.

Ginda

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