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What is the best home solution to kill a tree stump? There is no surrounding foliage. Thanks in advance for any help! :- )?

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago
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    Plain old salt will kill any plant and doesn't harm anything else around.

  • 5 years ago

    Dynamite!

    I have had friends family and neighbors swear by this method: Drill holes into the stump with a 1/4" drill bit. Pour used motor oil into the holes and let it sit. This plan is NOT good for the ecology and it can poison ground water, which is why I don't do it. It also takes forever.

    Lowe's carries a stump killer that you can pour over it in the same fashion.

    My plan - I rent or hire a person with a stump grinder - grind the stump to a few inches below the grass level. Then cover the thing with sod, or soil or whatever...

  • 5 years ago

    Depends how old the stump is....I usually cut level with the ground with a chainsaw, and cover the remains with thick black plastic, or anything to keep the light from allowing it to grow again...after a few years the remains will have rotted away.... Digging out the stump is a much harder but quicker way ....

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    If a dead tree stump. Drill some holes in it. Pour a hot water & honey solution on it. In a month the ants will have ate it.

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  • 5 years ago

    I have killed many tree stumps by driving 16 penny nails into it & place Eptson salt into the holes week

  • 5 years ago

    This is what a tree surgeon told us after he cut a tree down that was leaning toward our house.

    Make cuts across the top of the stump and pour salt in them.

    Salt kills weeds and plants.

  • 5 years ago

    Tree stump rot chemical will do it or you can soak it in motor oil for a few days mixed with gas and burn it

  • 5 years ago

    Poor Roundup on the cut surface.

  • 5 years ago

    How old the stump is?

  • Mr.357
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    I would cut a hole in the top and fill it with salt.

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