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

Most "fir" trees do not coppice, in fact I can only think of two that
do.

pretty much it, isn't it? It's not going anywhere after that. And what's
this business of the engine oil?

Free disposal method that pollutes ground water.

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.

Just cutting the green bits off will cause most conifers to die (yew
is not technically a conifer, wellingtonia will coppice as will,
allegedly, monkey puzzle).

Most environmentally friendly stump killer is ammonium sulphamate.

AJH