How to kill a tree roots

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  1. alan kearn

    alan kearn Apprentice Gardener

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    Could some one give me some advice please.
    I have had a tree cut down about 8 weeks ago leaving just a 5/6 inch high stump and around 10/12 inches in diameter it was starting to affect a 5 feet retaining wall
    I have drilled about 30 holes three quarters of an inch in diameter and about 5 inch deep in the top of the stump to put in Roundup solution
    I have bought some Roundup Concetrate to kill the roots, will I need to fill up these holes more than once and how strong should the Roundup solution be to make sure I kill the roots
     
  2. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I use SBK, and plug the holes in case it effects wildlife, not sure it would .

    I think neat glyphosate might work also, but depending on tree type you might need to do it more than once and if its a suckering type tree, you might need to spray any suckers.

    It would have probably been best if you had had the stump ground out.
     
  3. Drahcir

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    What sort of tree? Something like ash is likely to sprout (but not if you've treated it with glyphosate! You'll only need to do that once, and a few ml of 360g/l glyphosate should suffice). You can buy granular potassium nitrate to pour into your holes; you'll need to keep the stump covered so that it stays moist to hurry the rot up.
     
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