Re: [gardeners] Re: Uprooting Shrubs

SpyderGrl (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 21 Oct 2001 13:16:10 -0400

 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?
> >