Re: [gardeners] Re: Uprooting Shrubs
Bargyla Rateaver (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 25 Oct 2001 19:05:30 +0100
yes, after enough time there would be such deterioration of the stump tissue
that the salt would dissolve out and down. I probably should have said that the
place where that stump was, would not ever become part of growing land. Special
situation. But the deterioration to that extent would take years and years.
SpyderGrl wrote:
> 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?
> > >
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