On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 23:55:32 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

D.M. Procida wrote on Saturday (14/02/2004) :
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?

As others have indicated, it will quite likely sprout again from the
stump. Engine oil or even better diesel will kill the stump and help it
to eventually rot.

Does this even work for ash trees? I am trying to get rid of the
stump of a tenacious one.

What is the effect of using the oil/diesel in the deadly mix?

..andy

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