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Show Agent explains how to remove unwanted trees Are you having a problem removing tree stumps? If a tree has come down, how can you get rid of the stump? According Ac-cording to the County Agent, the best way to get rid of a tree stump is to kill the tree with chemical before cutting it down. Otherwise, fresh sprouts may grow from the stump and mage it difficult to remove, he said. . Chopping a ring of gashes around the tree at about stump heibht, be sure to .cut thru the inner bark and slightly into the sapwood; or you may drill with a brace and bit holes every ev-ery . six inches around the stump of the tree to a depth of about six inches, and then pour a solution of 2-4-5-T in oil into the gashes or the holes. Be sure that the cuts, or the holes are made so that they will retain the solution. The slashes should provide a shelf or cup in the bark. Of course, the holes will make this. Make the chemical solution by mixing mix-ing a pint of 2-4-5-T in about 3 gallons of oil of any type. If a smaller amount is needed, mix at the rate of 1 part of 2-4-5-T to 10 to 20 parts of oil. Trees under six inches in diameter dia-meter can normally be killed by soaking the groundline and the lower two feet of the trunk with the mixture. The solution solu-tion should be applied to the entire circumference of the tree. The herbicide will normally kill the tree at any time of the year, but the best sprout control con-trol seems to come if applied between July and October. If you have to cut down a living tree and want to kill the stump later, the solution will still work. |