Recommendations for tree stump killers

[Mqt]

Has anyone used any of the solutions you can buy to get rid of tree stumps? We’ve cut down a couple of large trees and need to kill off the stumps. The reviews for the various products are hit and miss. Thank you.

[2waterford]

My dh drill holes in the stump and put some weed killer into

[Brock]

We had the same issue.
We had the stump ground out in the end, as none of the chemicals seemed to work.

[Bad Pink Tink]

check out your local tool hire shop, such as HSS. There is a machine called a tree stump grinder which is around the size of a lawn mower and has a blade like a chainsaw. You should be able to hire the machine for a day.

[Jan]

Some years ago one our neighbours drilled some holes into a tree stump and filled the holes with Harpic! It worked.

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Bizarre though it sounds as it's a timber preservative but the old method was to drill holes, fill them with creosote and putty over them
Rotted nicely then.

My neighbour dropped maybe 20 conifers and contracted a Guy to use a stump grinder. Worked very well but the poor Guy burned his machine out.

[Mqt]

Thanks for your replies. I may have to try them one at a time until something works!

[yogadeb]

Please don’t use chemicals as it will kill bugs and insects , possibly birds too which may eat the insects or may be close by ..
This is damaging to which our already struggling eco system .

Pouring chemicals into a already damaged planet just seems so needless and wrong on so many levels .

There are tools you can hire to remove it or get a tree surgeon.

[sotagals]

Also if they are left long enough they will just rot down naturally.

[Mr Tom Morrow]

A Dibber posted on here yesterday about a Strawberry Tree as a suggestion for somebody. Lovely tree.

I had one but dropped it maybe 15 years ago as I changed the garden around.

It was behind my garage and even now all these years later the stump is exactly as it was the day I cut it down
Weird as most stumps go in 5 years max.

Darn thing is like iron. I think its fossilized.