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(D.M. Procida) wrote in
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So anyway, what is this idea that the roots need to have something fatal
done to them? If a 7-metre fir tree has been reduced to a stump that's
pretty much it, isn't it? It's not going anywhere after that. And what's
this business of the engine oil?

Daniele

Trees are practically unkillable by brute force, they are capable of
sprouting from a small stump and this fact is used in coppicing.

It would have been nice if theyd taken the stump to below ground level with
a stump grinder, and then applied the proper stuff (no I don't know what it
is, but kills the tree and promotes rotting).

But as long as it's dead....

If it shows signs of life, drill a biggish hole and fill with an SBK and
paraffin mix, that'll fix it

mike r