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We do not face such a problem every day, and therefore, even for experienced gardeners, the question of how to remove a stump from a tree often becomes a difficult task. It is impossible to solve it quickly and efficiently without certain knowledge and skills. But it is also impossible to leave wood "garbage" on the site.

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A stump from a sawn tree can be a nuisance produce fresh shoots, occupy useful space, which is better used for planting other crops. But this is not the main problem. If thin roots over time are able to naturally process into compost and become a full-fledged fertilizer, then this will not happen with massive roots and the rest of the trunk. Very soon, a stump that is not uprooted in time will become a source of soil infections, fungus, and a cozy refuge for pests.

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Therefore, removing the stump is not so much a matter of aesthetics and comfort as the need to comply with sanitary standards. It should be remembered that maintaining "hygiene" in a backyard or garden plot - a guarantee of durability and high productivity of your cherished "green friends".

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So how do you remove the stump from the tree? Let's consider the options.

The classic method is to manually uproot the stump

This is the traditional way of removing the stump and part of the root system of a cut or dead tree. The method is simple when it comes to a small stump, and incredibly laborious when it comes to old trees that are many decades old.

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Although if we consider this process as inevitable and tune in to work, then everyone can cope with such a task. Of course, you should not refuse the help of friends and neighbors, but if such offers have not been received, then you will have to pick up a shovel, not forgetting about gloves, and act independently.

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First, you need to dig well around the stump, exposing the lateral roots as much as possible. They need to be chopped or trimmed as available. When the lateral roots are separated from the stem, the stump should be well loosened so that access to the most important thing is open - the taproot, which runs vertically downward. It will also need to be separated from the stump. It is desirable that the part remaining in the ground be below the fertile layer.

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But that's not all. You also need to remove all large roots from the ground so that they do not interfere with the subsequent cultivation of the vacated area.

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The easiest way to remove a tree stump

Only in fairy tales do the stumps themselves jump out of the ground. Therefore, you should not relax, you have to work hard here too. But there is a way to optimize this process. The idea is that the roots extending from the stump can be washed out with water, thereby making it easier to access and retrieve.

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To do this, you need to dig another hole, comparable in size to the one that will be dug around the stump when digging. The soil around the stump is washed out under pressure by a jet from a hose, and excess water goes into a hole prepared for this purpose. When the roots are well washed, they will be as accessible as possible for pruning and uprooting.

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Technological method, mechanized method of stump removal

Probably few have heard that there is a special unit for removing stumps - a stump crusher. True, this super-weapon is worth it as the latest development of NASA, but for completeness, it will not be superfluous to mention it. Maybe someone wants to deal with stumps professionally and start their own business. Fortunately, there is a request for such a service, and it will work.

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But back to the stump grinder. Outwardly, it is very similar to a professional milling cutter on wheels, equipped with a gasoline engine, which is used to cut asphalt and other hard surfaces. In fact, it is, it is only used to turn stumps into sawdust. She cuts stumps thoroughly and, most importantly, very quickly.

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Removing stumps with salt

This is one of the most budget options, but you still have to fork out for a pack of salt. Although sodium chloride is a food additive, it has pronounced aggressive properties. Table salt destroys wood, and that's a fact. You can usefully check this property of salt by destroying the stump with it.

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To do this, it is necessary to pre-drill several holes in it with a large drill, fill them with salt, fill them with water, cover the entire "structure" with cellophane and forget about its existence for a year and a half. During this time, the salt will destroy the structure of the wood, and the stump can be easily and easily uprooted on its own without anyone's help.

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Biological method - destruction of stumps by fungi

You need to make a reservation right away, this method does not belong to the category of express methods. It will take at least two years to wait. But where in a hurry when an amazing prospect opens up to combine the pleasant and the tasty with the useful, and even enjoy these benefits for several years. The idea is simple - infect the tree stump with mushroom spores. There are two worthy candidates for this role - oyster mushroom and winter mushroom. Both of these species are almost omnivorous and thrive on any stump, except for those left over from conifers.

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The "infection" technology is extremely simple. Mushroom mycelium, preferably grain - already germinated on the substrate, is introduced into drilled holes or nicks on the stump. And that's all. It is advisable, however, to moisturize the stump occasionally, especially in hot weather. If this is done in the spring, then in October you can expect a harvest of oyster mushrooms, and from December to March to collect winter mushrooms. After three years, the stump will generally turn into dust, and the experience gained may become an impetus to start growing mushrooms seriously.

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Stump removal by chemical-pyrotechnic method

In terms of implementation technology, it is close to the option with table salt. Only nitrate is used in this case - sodium or potassium. The advantage of the method is that the base impregnated with nitrate, in our case wood, burns very well. It is not without reason that saltpeter is the most important component of many types of gunpowder.

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To implement the method, you need to drill many holes in the stump, fill them with saltpeter, fill them with water, cover them with a plastic bag or film from precipitation, and have patience for a year and a half.

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When saltpeter does its job, and the wood of the stump softens, there is no need to rush to uproot it mechanically. It is enough to pour some flammable liquid on the stump and set it on fire, or make a fire around it. Saltpeter in the process of burning liberates abundant oxygen, thanks to which in this way it will be possible to burn out even deeply rooted roots. This method is popular not only among domestic gardeners, but also widely practiced in foreign farms.

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Chemical method for removing stumps

This method is for people with increased patience. Here we will talk about urea, and in a scientific way - ammonium nitrate. The method of laying is no different from the method with potassium and sodium nitrate. Only the option with arson will not work here, and it will take a little longer to wait for the destruction of the stump.

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But when the stump turns into dust, its remains can be easily dug up from the ground and in this place you can safely plant new plants. Ammonium nitrate is a first-class fertilizer, so this method of removing stumps has a double effect.

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The way is a little "poisonous"

Let's talk about herbicides. Despite the widespread opinion about the unconditional harm of herbicides, we can say that "the devil is not so terrible as he is painted." In any case, modern drugs "Glisol", "Alaz", "Tornado", "Roundup", "Zero" and others, developed specifically for weed control, are practically harmless, they quickly decompose into phosphates, carbon dioxide and water.

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There are two ways to introduce chemicals - either apply them to a fresh cut, or evenly distribute them around the stump over the soil surface. Abundant watering or rainfall will do the trick, and the preparations will penetrate deep into the root system.

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These chemicals are effective only in the case of freshly cut wood, as they are intended to destroy exclusively living vegetation.

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Another important property is the so-called systemicity, which allows substances to quickly spread through the capillary system of the plant. Introduced into the structure of a tree, in particular a fresh stump, they quickly kill it, after which the latter collapses and becomes pliable for uprooting.

Often, when arranging the territory of the dacha, you have to cut down trees that are either withered or for some reason look bad on the site: they turn off the light in the windows of the house, drown out neighboring trees, etc. But even after the tree is harvested, the problem does not disappear completely. After all, a stump remains from it, which is the more difficult to uproot, the larger diameter it has and the more developed the root system was. However, there is a way out: any tree stump in the country can easily turn into a masterpiece of decorative art.

Stump decoration methods

Like any creation of nature, the stump can have a very different appearance, and this, in turn, opens up unlimited scope for imagination. The most popular ways to disguise a stump as a decorative element include:

• Stump painting.
• Decorating the stump with moss or flowers.

• Turning it into a stand for a flower pot, a table leg, an armchair, a pedestal for vases and sculptures, a fairytale castle.
• Making a full-fledged table from a stump.
• Decorating the stump with figurines or ready-made decorations.

Let's consider how to decorate a tree stump in more detail.

Stump painting combined with wood carving

Before you start working on an already uprooted stump, you need to stock up on the following tools and materials:

• Saw.
• Sandpaper.
• Textured or other paint.
• Brush.

Now we are preparing to decorate:

• We clean the stump from perennial layers of dirt and remove the bark from it. Then we clean from loose wood and those areas that have already begun to rot and collapse.

• We give the stump any shape attractive to us using a saw and leave it to dry in the fresh air. However, the future craft should not be under the influence of direct sun rays, otherwise the wood will crack with a high degree of probability (at least 5-6 days).
• At the end of drying, we again clean the workpiece from loose wood and fibers.
• Choosing a paint for treating the stump and varnish to protect it from negative weather conditions. If you want the surface of the stump to be shiny and smooth, do not immediately use texture paint (for example, "Aquatex" or "Penotex"). But, on the other hand, the composition of such paints includes not only a coloring pigment, but also a varnish with an antiseptic, which significantly slows down the processes of wood decay. Those who are attracted by the natural woody shade, cover the stump in the garden with ordinary varnish, but after soaking it with linseed oil.
• When the workpiece, which in the future is destined to become a decorative element in the personal plot, dries well, it should be carefully sanded. Sandpaper is often used for these functions, starting with coarse-grain sandpaper, gradually moving to a finer one, which guarantees a smooth surface. The use of a grinding machine will significantly reduce labor and time costs, but it is not very suitable for grinding hard-to-reach places on a stump.
• Then we paint or impregnate the workpiece (the latter - if it has a natural wood shade).
• We transfer the workpiece to a warm and dry place for several days, avoiding, however, direct exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
• We proceed to varnishing the stump. There should be at least two layers of varnish, or even more, so that the surface looks glossy and shiny. When the varnish is dry, set the workpiece to a permanent place.

Tree stump like a flower bed

Since wood is a natural material, stump décor will look especially great when turned into a flower bed. To do this, you should take a hammer, chisel, earth and flowers.

This is one of the most simple and effective ways stump disguises:

• First, you need to place the ground in the hollow stump. If the core of the stump is still intact, you will need a hammer and chisel, with the help of which a hole is made inside the future flower bed in the form of a flower pot. A more radical method to make a wide depression in the stump is to burn it with kerosene. This option is permissible only if the thickness of the side wall of the stump exceeds 5-7 cm. Otherwise, it will simply not be possible to preserve the stump after removing the core: it will crumble in your hands. Kerosene is poured into a hollowed out wide hole and wait about 12 hours until it is well absorbed. Then add more kerosene, close it very tightly and wait 1-2 weeks. After that, the lid is removed, and the kerosene is ignited, thus freeing the stump from the core.
• To prevent the flowers from dying from waterlogging, they provide water drainage from the stump by making a small hole on the side in its lower part.
• Now it is advisable to pick flowers for planting in the stump. Plants of bright colors will look spectacular against the background of brown bark. When planting them, it is recommended not to forget about a sufficient amount of water and fertilizers. If you want to completely hide the stump from prying eyes, it is advisable to plant plants not in it, but around it.

A good addition to the stump-flower bed will be multi-colored pebbles lined with intricate patterns around it.

Moss Stump

It does not require a lot of time and serious material costs to stylize the stump "antique" - with the help of moss.

However, it should be remembered that this is possible only if the stump is in the shade and in a sufficiently damp and humid place.

When planting moss:

• Water the plant with a cup of buttermilk, then it will perfectly take root on the stump.
• Moss the moss constantly with water to grow more intensively.
• Since the moss tends to creep, it is advisable to plant climbing plants next to it.

Decorative stump in a fairy-tale style

Not everyone knows how to decorate a stump so that it becomes a gathering place for all the kids in the area. To do this, you need to show a little ingenuity and arrange a stump (or better a few stumps) as a fabulous corner. From tools and materials, you should take a hammer, chisel, sandpaper, crayons, antiseptic, wooden boards, tow, chestnuts, white corks from plastic bottles, glue, bumps.

• First, remove the bark from the stump using a hammer and chisel. Insert the chisel between the bark and the wood itself and gently tap on it with a hammer.
• After removing the bark, grind the stumps using medium-grain sandpaper. We take a damp cloth and remove the resulting wood dust. We treat wood with an antiseptic.
• Then paint the stump with brown paint. After drying, we glue tow and cones on top, which will be the impromptu hair of our "goblin", and chestnuts imitating eyes to the side of the stump. Under them horizontally we also glue a knot - "mouth", which we then paint with red paint. You should also glue the "whites of the eyes" to the chestnuts - caps from plastic bottles, and just below between them insert a knot - "nose" into the recess previously made in the stump. The fairy character is now ready.

Another fabulous option is Baba Yaga's house. To do this, we take only a hammer, a chisel, wooden boards and nails. Then:

• We outline the small places where the door and windows will be located.
• From pieces wooden board we make shutters and a door of the size corresponding to the size of the stump and paint them.
• After drying, we nail the door and windows to the stump with nails (the hats of the latter bite off).
• An additional magical atmosphere will be created by twigs and snags, which are placed in a picturesque mess around the resulting house.

If desired, any stump easily becomes the hero of your favorite fairy tale. The best from it are various brownies, woodsmen, kikimors, mushrooms. Stumps turned into fly agarics look very bright and beautiful. This does not require special qualifications: it is enough to take an old small basin, paint it with paint in the appropriate red and white colors and put it on a stump.

Easily made from stumps and, for example, highchairs. They are made in this way: they take a seat from old furniture, open it with varnish and attach it to the top of the stump with nails.

A stump in the form of a fairytale castle will be a great decoration personal plot... To do this, it does not even need to be peeled from the bark. As materials and tools, they use an ordinary kitchen board of a fancy shape or a piece of chipboard, a piece of a peeled tree trunk, moss or tow, a set for wood carving. The work is done in this way:

• A board or a piece of chipboard is covered with a protective varnish and nailed or screwed to the stump cut with self-tapping screws.
• A pre-cut solid wood is screwed onto this base wooden house... Its roof is decorated by gluing moss or tow on it and patterns are applied to the walls with a wood carving tool. After that, the structure is varnished or painted in any color you like. Then the first inhabitants are settled in the house: the figures of fairy-tale characters or animals (for example, for the visual embodiment of the fairy tale "Teremok").

The simplest ways to decorate a stump

How to decorate a stump in the country if there is no time for complex work such as wood carving? For example, we cut off the top layer of the bark, clean it with sandpaper and paint it in cheerful red, orange, yellow colors... After that, we cut flowers out of plastic bottles.

Then we cover them with a layer of paint and glue them to the saw cut and on the sides of the stump. Plants are planted around it to make such a composition look like a real magical forest. One more interesting option - lead a cable through the section, which is passed through a groove specially hollowed out in the stump (it is worth taking care of good insulation), after which a light bulb is installed on the stump cut. This allows you to make a kind of lantern out of it. The same goal is achieved by painting the stump with glowing paint.

Stump table

A table made from an uprooted stump will turn out to be not only an element of decor, but also a completely functional piece of furniture for a warm family dinner in the fresh air. In the process of creativity, we need a chisel, a chisel or a pry bar, a building level, a plane, a grinder or coarse sandpaper, a chisel, furniture stands or wheels, varnish, a soft abrasive cloth. Now about the process itself:

• Make sure that the stump is dry and that the bark comes off well, then, using a pry bar, chisel or chisel, remove the entire top layer of bark from the stump.
• Now let's start leveling the future table. We check with a level how flat the bottom surface of the stump is. If distortions are observed, the protruding edges are grinded with a plane.
• The surface of the stump should be smooth, so it should be sanded with coarse sandpaper or a sander. When the cut becomes smooth and pleasant to the touch, the stump is placed on its side and the same is polished from all sides.
• We clean the cracks in the stump from dirt and dust with a small knife, but try not to damage the texture of the tree, since knots and small cracks give it an original look.
• After that, we process the grooves in the stump from the inside with sandpaper and finally remove the dust with a vacuum cleaner.

• We fasten furniture legs or wheels to the bottom surface of the stump, which are easy to purchase at any store. This is necessary not only for aesthetic reasons, but also in order to ensure good air circulation under the barrel: then it will be less prone to rotting.
• Then we varnish the almost finished table. After the first coat has been applied, wait half an hour and sand the surface with fine-grained sandpaper (preferably grain size 320). To make the table last as long as possible, it is recommended to apply at least 4 coats of varnish on it, after each leaving the stump to dry for the period of time recommended by the varnish manufacturer.
• At the final stage, the table does not require grinding, but to get rid of the strong gloss, a soft abrasive cloth is used, which is passed over the entire surface of the stump. Our table is already ready for tea!

A simpler version of a stump table does not require similar procedures and removing the stump from the ground. It remains in the same place where it stood, but a countertop of any shape, made by yourself or bought in a store, is screwed on top of it. A pair of old wooden stools or lacquered chairs will create a unique atmosphere of home comfort while relaxing in the country.

Instead of a tabletop, a bird drinker or a feeder is sometimes installed, for which the stump serves as a stand.

Often when developing new territory or when buying suburban area we get the load of the hemp of trees felled once. AND how to remove a stump on a site becomes our problem. Even in a garden grown by one's own hands, sooner or later one has to face a situation when it will be necessary to remove an old, sick or emergency tree, and, accordingly, the stump after it. Do it yourself or invite specialists - the choice is yours. In any case, you cannot get away from uprooting, and before deciding how to remove the stump you need to understand some of the nuances:

1. The first thing we focus on is how much does it cost to remove the stump, and according to the information received, the final decision is made.
2. Again, an important fact arising from the first point will be removal object dimensions... The more you get a stump, the harder it will be to uproot it, and accordingly it is not always possible to rely only on your own strength, you have to involve special equipment or specialists.
3. How to remove the stump correctly is also an important point. For each specific case, you must choose desired method deletion. For example, if you are going to level a plot for construction, you better remove the stumps with a tractor, and when you need to remove the stump in the cramped conditions of a built-up area, you will have to come up with something else. If you expect to remove the stump yourself, but do not have extraordinary strength, then you should consider a chemical method of destruction, and so on.
4. Terms of the operation. How long you are willing to wait for the result may also depend on how you can remove the stump that will need to be applied. If you are ready to wait a year, then you can give preference to chemistry. And when the future garden needs to be rejuvenated this spring, you can look for faster options.
5. How to remove a stump in the country with the involvement of specialists? You call a company employee to the facility or specify the cost and method by phone. As a rule, in such organizations they will always gladly tell you how and what to do and will try to explain to you as fully as possible what is what.

"Woodologist" - a company with many years of experience, whose specialists can solve any problem associated with the remaining stump, shrub or unnecessary tree. It is not a problem for company employees how to remove a tree stump, a bush or the tree itself. Many small nuances during work can qualitatively affect the result, therefore, in making a decision, it is advisable to consult directly with professionals.

How do I remove tree stumps in my garden?

All the variety of methods "how easy it is to remove a large stump" can be roughly divided into three broad categories according to the way the work is done:

• mechanical;
• chemical;
• manual ways to remove the stump.

Each of them has both pros and cons of use, which again depends on the situation of use, terrain, scale of the process, dimensions of the object and site, the degree of damage to the wood, and others. But let's start with the simplest description, where there is no need for special physical costs on the part of the event participants.

"Woodologist" will help solve problems with the disposal of felling waste, which we will quickly remove from the site where the work was carried out. We will take out the trash even if the main work on the removal of trees was not carried out by us. Our company is engaged in the purchase of firewood of various tree species, it is enough for us simply

Many gardeners have stumps after cutting down old trees. And the owners of the plots have a choice to either uproot and eliminate, or somehow embed the stumps into the design and continue their useful existence.

There are many recipes for the latter. The easiest way is to use the tree stump as a stand or pendant for flower pots. But let's consider a more interesting option, altering the stump itself into a large pot - a flower bed, i.e. we will try to turn the stump into a deck, fill it with soil in which we will then plant flowers. As a result, we should get this beauty.

1. Find out the state of the stump.
It makes sense to make a flower bed only from wood that is not infected with pests. In places it will even rot in places, and even have a hollow, this is not scary, but will even facilitate the work. If bark beetles and other beetles have chosen the stump, it is better to eliminate it so as not to arrange a breeding ground for future problems in the garden.

2. Determine the size of the future flower bed and its configuration.

The simplest thing is to measure 5 cm on the saw cut from the edge and draw a line through these points - this will be the border of our pot.

3. Choose a way to remove the center of the stump.
But before that, the first thing we remember about safety is put on gloves, goggles - with any method of work, there will be chips!

So, you can choose the center of the stump in different ways:

- If there is a petrol or electric power saw you can saw through the center and then, having worked with a chisel, cut out the squares

- You can make a small fire in the center of the stump and thus burn out its center.

- There is an option with "chemistry" - for this, we drill holes in the center of the stump and fill it with Epsom salt (we buy it in pharmacies) or saltpeter and wait for several weeks.

After such an "attack" the wood will quickly collapse and all that remains is to clean up the edges of the "funnel".

- But we will go with the old mechanical method.

- We take a pointed hoe and, moving in a circle, we cut a hole in the center of the stump with its sharp end.

When the hole in the stump is larger, unfold the hoe and chop with the wide side.

Thus, we move to the outlined line of the border of the "pot". You need to deepen the hole in the stump by 10-20 cm, depending on its diameter and those plants that are going to be planted there.
When you are done with the indentation, consider that the flower bed is almost ready. Moving on to the final steps.

4. Making drainage.
So that the water in the stump does not stagnate, you need to take care of its drainage.

Using a drill with a diameter of at least 1.5 cm, make several inclined holes from the center of the flower bed to the ground surrounding the stump.
Further, drainage from pebbles can be poured onto the bottom of the flower bed, then the water will drain more easily.

5. Fill the stump with earth and plant the plants.
On top of the drainage, we pour a nutritious soil more suitable for the flowers you have chosen and plant them. A mixture of 1 part compost and two soil has worked well.
That's it, we just have to water and photograph the result of the work.

In conclusion, a few tips and tricks for making a flower bed from a stump:

- Use a drill and a large drill to make it easier for you to dig the wood in the center of the stump. Frequent holes around the perimeter of the hole and in the center will significantly reduce the time and effort required for slotting.

- If you burn the center of the stump, you can use kerosene (not gasoline !!!) to saturate the wood, after which it will burn better.

- Almost any plants can be planted in a stump, but of course flowering plants look more beautiful like: marigolds, geraniums, begonias. Look great in such natural pots, pansies, primroses and forget-me-nots. Daffodils, tulips and purslane grow well in stumps. Ampelous nasturtium and petunia look especially impressive in the stump. Any height can be done, both undersized and high landings.

- You can extend the life and facilitate the care of the stump of a flower bed with the help of plastic pots. The manufacturing technology will not change, except that the recess in the stump must be adjusted to the size of the pot or pallet.

- And in the end, a very simple version with a portable stump - a snag. To do this, we cut off the stump above the ground itself and carry the saw cut to process it to the workshop, where, using a saw and all available tools, we make a large hole suitable for the pot, which we insert there. Then we return the stump to its native place - to the saw cut. Thus, it is possible to significantly facilitate woodwork and subsequent operation and maintenance of the flower bed.

Becoming a happy owner suburban area, a person may unexpectedly face a number of unforeseen problems. And the most common on the list is how to get rid of stumps without uprooting. The same question will eventually arise for a long-time gardener: trees tend to die, leaving behind stumps of different sizes.

The fastest and easiest site clearance is with the use of heavy equipment. Tractors and bulldozers can do the job in just one day, even if the stump is heavily clogged. However, hiring technology isn't cheap. In addition, it needs a free entrance and room for maneuvers when lifting. And if the stumps on the site are located in the depths of the garden, then the bulldozer will destroy half of the plantings for you while it will uproot them. So this method is only suitable for initial stages development of the site and only when it is massively "populated" with hemp.

Manual clearing of the site is cheap and accessible to everyone, does not require space and is possible even in hard-to-reach places... However, uprooting is not only a laborious process, but also physically difficult. And the time needed for other purposes will take a lot. So it is better to study the available methods of how to get rid of stumps without uprooting, choose the most optimal one, from your point of view, and apply it without a doubt. Moreover, there are several options for dealing with the scourge.

How to get rid of stumps without uprooting: the mechanical method

Complete removal of wood residues is considered the most reliable. First, the site becomes suitable for any use - even if you break a garden, even put a gazebo. Secondly, you are insured against attempts at revival: there will definitely not be overgrowths. Crushing stumps with improvised means is ineffective, and in terms of the severity of the work, it is no different from uprooting. Therefore, it is better to work with special shredders. They break the stump into sawdust, absolutely not spoiling the surrounding landscape. Such equipment is very expensive, it is better to rent it, since you do not have to remove stumps every day and you do not need equipment on the farm all the time.

Cheap, but long and not environmentally friendly

If for some reason you cannot or do not want to resort to crushing, you can use a chemical method for removing stumps. The most primitive option is to cover the “rotten tooth” with ordinary salt and wrap it in polyethylene. Not the best solution to the problem. Okay, that's a long time, all chemical options take time. It's bad that for many years the land will become unsuitable for growing anything.

Complete destruction

It will be more environmentally friendly to remove stumps with nitrate, sodium or potash. Firstly, there is no need to wait two years for wood to fall apart. Secondly, the roots are also removed. The technique is simple and accessible: holes are drilled in the stump with a drill. The more there are and the deeper they are, the faster it will work. Saltpeter is poured into the holes and filled with water. So that all this does not flow out and does not wash out, the holes are closed with corks - wooden chopiks, wax, plastic plugs. From above the stump is poured abundantly with water.

Manipulations are carried out in the fall: in the spring the sap flow goes up, so that the roots are not saturated with nitrate. The next year, the plugs are removed, kerosene or gasoline is poured inside (or even liquid for kindling a fire) and the stump is set on fire. Everything burns out, including the underground part.

The method is not universal, since it is not always possible to get rid of stumps without uprooting with it. If an area is being cleared in peat bogs, there is a high probability of the start of an underground fire. And in a densely planted garden, the risk of fire in neighboring trees is quite high.

Fireproof way

In cases where the previous method is not applicable, the approach changes. Saltpeter is also used, but this time ammonia, that is, urea. It is advisable for her to hollow out a depression in the center of the stump as much as possible. A chemical is injected into it, and the stump is wrapped up as carefully as possible. On the plus side, burning is not needed, the stump will turn into dust on its own. On the downside, the process will take a very long time. With a large saw cut - up to three years. In addition, after the collapse of the stump, the land will not be suitable for all plants for some time.

Mushroom destruction

How to get rid of stumps without uprooting by another method? Those who take good care of the land on their site will like the natural way more. Yes, it is even longer. But the soil in the process will be enriched with nutrients, and you will receive a pleasant additional bonus. All you need is to buy oyster mushroom mycelium in a special store or to collect mushroom seedlings in the nearest forest. Holes are drilled in the stump intended for destruction, where mushroom "threads" are laid. To prevent them from drying out, the holes are covered with wet moss. Landing is carried out exclusively on a cloudy and not hot day. In 4-5 years the mushrooms will "eat" the stump, and all this time you will have delicious snacks on your table.

Accelerating the natural process

Not always a stump overgrown with mushrooms can serve as a decoration for your garden. If you want to save the soil on the site, but at the same time not spoil its appearance, you can go the following way.

A trench is being dug around the stump - it will facilitate further work. Further, with an ordinary chainsaw, the rest of the tree is cut down so that the cut is five centimeters below ground level. The buried stump is covered with soil, but not ordinary, but forest soil taken from under deciduous trees. It contains a large number of special microorganisms that accelerate the decay of wood. If there is no forest near your summer cottage (or it is coniferous), use leafy humus from the one you probably have.It must be mixed with a couple of glasses of concentrated nitrogen fertilizer and spread over the cut. The top is covered with ordinary garden soil.

The destruction of the stump will be even more elegant if a tree is planned to be planted in its place. The beginning is similar: the height of the stump decreases to the maximum, at least on a par with the bud. The middle is hollowed out and filled with fertilizer mixed with the soil. And a young seedling is planted in this "pot". As it grows, it will destroy both the stump and its root system.

Stump as an element of landscape design

Before looking for a way to get rid of stumps without uprooting, assess whether this is really necessary. If the place is not suitable for all plants or is not used at all, the stump can be left. It will make an unusual and harmonious flowerpot for annuals.

This idea is especially good if it's time for the ground under the stump to rest: the flowers will gradually destroy the wood, and the ground will be saturated useful elements... You can also make a non-standard bird feeder. And if the stump settled in the place of the planned gazebo, then it may well become a support for the garden table.