General Discussion & Chat: Trees: Will salt kill a tree?, 1 by tapla

tapla wrote:
Tough question. You'll need to make sure the old wood is dead, or the basal sprouts will keep returning. You can do this chemically with a herbicide if you choose, or mechanically, by being diligent about removing any green that arises from the stumpage. Removing the green removes the source of the plants food & they will soon starve to death when stored photosynthate is depleted.

Know anyone with a backhoe or bobcat, equipment that would make short work of small stumps? Short of that, it's wait until roots rot enough to pull stumps by hand, or to aggressively begin the dig/remove process. Wish I had a better way I could share. Perhaps another poster has an idea.

Good luck.

Al