My concern with that would be that the salt would eventually get into the soil. Raven ----- Original Message ----- From: Bargyla Rateaver <brateaver@earthlink.net> To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [gardeners] Re: Uprooting Shrubs > 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? > >