The EASIEST Way to Kill a Tree Stump
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Published 2021-07-20
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When a tree is cut down the stump will only accept herbicide for about 30 minutes. After that, in an attempt to heal itself the stump will “scab over”. When this happens you can no longer apply herbicide to the cut stump. By opening a fresh wound, in our case by using a cordless drill and a spade bit, herbicide can be effectively applied even months later.
This tree (we believe it was a Bradford pear) was growing directly in front of our house. It was a nuisance; it was ugly, it clogged up the gutters, and it was much too close to our home. So we cut it down. We did not, however, treat the stump with herbicide after felling the tree, so months later this tree is trying to resprout. Instead of fighting with the sprouts every time we need to weedeat, we’re going to treat the stump and kill it once and for all.
Apply herbicide to the outermost inch or so (known as the cambium layer) of the tree stump. This layer of the tree contains the structure by which moisture (and therefore herbicide) is transported up and down the tree. Always be safe when using herbicides and always read the label to make sure the herbicide you’re using is effective against the tree species you’re targeting.
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All Comments (21)
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Thanks it looks easy enough. I will buy the product (Tordon) and let it do the work.
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Tordon is the best. We lost an Aspen tree due to Hurricane Derecho. Then sprouts came up all the yard.
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I have a bunch of random like leafs with stems coming up away from the tree stump about 6 feet from the stump in each direction. would this help the random leaf roots surrounding the tree from growing?
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I’ve got literally the same issue. Same tree and everything. Problem it’s not just re sprouting fruit the stump but also the roots that were close to the surface. Will the herbicide affect other plants around it? The tree is also in the middle of side garden lol
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Will this stuff kill the roots too? I got tree stump roots I need to kill growing into my Sewer Lateral (main sewer) that runs from my house outside to main St Sewer
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Did this work even though you applied the Tordon RTU a while after the tree was cut down? I thought it needed to be applied immediately after the tree was cut? I have shoots growing up all over my back yard from a tree i cut down a couple months ago. Is it too late, or will this work?
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what size spade are you using.? I've used a 1/2 inch spade and it feels slow; but then again I'm using a black and decker rechargeable 8v. or is it better to get a 12 v drill?
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Thank you 🙌
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Can you use a chainsaw to put notches in the stump to pour the tordon in?
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Im gonna be doing the same thing to a stump beside my ac unit. How long did it take after treatment til you were able to pull the stump up?
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What does the stump look like after the stump dies for good? Did you remove it with ease? Or just leave it?
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How does it take to work?
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It would have been more helpful if you showed us what it looked like a month after putting that on. A before and after .
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Would hacking the stump work with this method? Just as long as I get ‘wet’ wood exposed?
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What after this? I cannot burn or grind it since its literally touching my fence. Any other way to completely get rid of the stump after treating it with the herbicide.
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I actually prefer using Epson salt rather than herbicide gives the same affect just takes a slight bit of labor and the ability to put more Epson salt in several times in a summer drill half a dozen 10 inch deep holes depending on stop after a summer Epson salt will dry out kill off the stump and then you can just use a piece of sheet metal and some barbecue charcoal and just end up burning/smoldering the stump for a day and bury it over and everything‘s gone. If you cannot burn it the stump will just probably right away within a year or so after the Summer of keeping it moist with Epson salt and a piece of plastic.
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Curious on results??
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would have been nice to see how it worked???
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Or go non toxic and just cover it with black plastic for one warm summer
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Power drill down 6" minimum with a larger bit
