Tree stump removal

[Gandtee]

Has anyone had experience of removing tree stumps with chemicals? If so,what chemicals and how to use them. I have a small bottle of Karzai Alonzo? (the translation from Thai) A Chemikaset product. The instructions in English leave a lot to be desired. Maybe someone out there can advise me?

[cooked]

I used chemicals like this before they were made illegal in Europe. They take years to work on the relatively soft woods you get in Europe so I can't guess how long they take here. Drill holes and pour the stuff in undiluted.

[Gandtee]

Thanks Cooked.

[WhoWhenWhyWhat]

I'd recently gotten hired help to chopped off and cleared my garden of some big trees that has been nothing but contributing unending litter of dead leaves on my property.

Some of the stumps were really big and deeply rooted. I was like you and looking to purchased some chemicals to be rid of them as the only other alternative was getting a Makro to dig it all up which would be costly.

The hired help simply brought a large bag of salt and pour it over the stumps of the trees and as an added measure, made a large pail of saltwater to pour over it.

I asked if it's effective and their immediate response were, "it never fails in the many years of experiences they had between them".

Mind you, these guys are workers specialised in ridding unwanted grass, foliage and trees. Thus I'm taking their word for it, though still early to see the results.

Cheerios

[AyG]

Couldn't you just get some termites to do the job for you? Natural, organic and no nasty chemicals.

[Crossy]

Couldn't you just get some termites to do the job for you? Natural, organic and no nasty chemicals.

Until you want to get rid of the termites

[drtreelove]

Killing the stump, to prevent re-sprouting is one thing, salt may do that or a specific herbicide solution (glyphosate 20 - 25% active ingredient with water). But removing the stump is another matter. I've heard of chemical treatments and burning treatments, but in over 40 years of tree work have not seen a successful case. Best to dig out the stumps or hire a stump grinding machine (not generally available in Thailand).

[samuijimmy]

Couldn't you just get some termites to do the job for you? Natural, organic and no nasty chemicals.

Until you want to get rid of the termites

Chickens will eat the termites ..... I have seen Thais go hunting for termite nests and take them to feed their chickens!

As for the OP's question, it can be a long process... and depends on the tree as to whether it has a long tap root... Backhoe / Makro as the Thais call them, is probably the quickest solution...

[stoneyboy]

Would love to help but in this instance I'm stumped.

Edited August 29, 2015 by stoneyboy

[piersbeckett]

Killing the stump, to prevent re-sprouting is one thing, salt may do that or a specific herbicide solution (glyphosate 20 - 25% active ingredient with water). But removing the stump is another matter. I've heard of chemical treatments and burning treatments, but in over 40 years of tree work have not seen a successful case. Best to dig out the stumps or hire a stump grinding machine (not generally available in Thailand).

As above (drtreelove) and when poisoning, make a continuous incision into the new wood (the ring or two of recently formed wood closest to the bark), completely circumscribing the stump and pour poison into that groove - drilling holes or making incisions into the heartwood will have no effect - cover stump but not airtight - repeat if necessary.

Edited August 30, 2015 by piersbeckett

[piersbeckett]

We're all rooting for you.

[backtofront]

On 7/30/2015 at 9:13 PM, WhoWhenWhyWhat said:

The hired help simply brought a large bag of salt and pour it over the stumps of the trees and as an added measure, made a large pail of saltwater to pour over it.

I asked if it's effective and their immediate response were, "it never fails in the many years of experiences they had between them".

Mind you, these guys are workers specialised in ridding unwanted grass, foliage and trees. Thus I'm taking their word for it, though still early to see the results.

 

How are those stumps? I tried drilling holes and filling with Epson Salts. All it did was to encourage new growth. Suspect I did it all wrong.