Re: [gardeners] Re: Uprooting Shrubs

Bargyla Rateaver (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 20 Oct 2001 22:14:50 +0100

I used salt on a stump, made some holes in the horizontally cut stump  and poured salt in those holes.

Spyder Grl wrote:

> >we will cut it off to make a good seat. if it sprouts we will drill a
> >few deep holes in the top and some activated bread yeast in hopes of
> >starting the rotting process.<
>
> Now there's a thought!
> I wonder if buttermilk would work in the same fashion as yeast... how about drilling a few openings in the trunk, adding some blood meal mixed with water? shouldn't that help the rotting process?
>
> Raven

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