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I have had to cut a willow tree down next to a roadway that I use. I cut it last year and it grew back like crazy from the stump. I cut it again today. What is the best way to kill the stump so I don't get re-growth? Thanks in advance.
 
I've drilled a few 1 inch holes down into the top of the stump and filled with straight 2-4D. Cover with a piece of tin and top off with dirt or a rock.
 
I learned on this site that if you spray them with strong glyphosate solution ( 50-50 41%) within 20 minutes of cutting the tree they are dead. I have been doing this for a couple of years with good success, but last fall we cut some 20 inch hybrid poplar, I will see in a couple of months. There is another spray called Tordon but I understand it will kill adjacent plants and possibly sterilize the soil for awhile.
 
A key is to put any of these sprays mentioned on the stump right after you cut it, while sap is running, so some is drawn down into the roots. If you sawed It off and wait 2 weeks or 5 days o whatever, not much is moving and you lost your window of opportunity.

Paul
 
Tordon has a five year residual. Back when Tordon was new or newer dad sprayed a half acre sized thick Canadian thistle patch with Tordon. He probably put it on stronger than recommended. This was in the middle of a field we grew corn and beans. The field was in corn the year he sprayed and it killed the corn and thistles. Next year we had beans in that field and no beans grew in that spot. Year three the corn was stunted, year four, no beans, year five the corn was normal and year six the beans looked sick but yielded decent. But he did kill the thistles.
 
Have used a product called Gordon's stump remover. It comes in granular or liquid, the main ingredient in it is Roundup with some sticker agent. The roundup concentration is 18%. Put it on the stump within 3-4 hours of cutting and it will be taken down into the roots. Have used this stuff in half inch deep girdle cuts around live trees at chest height. Kills entire tree roots and top in matter of days. The stuff just plain works. Bought mine at rural king. Our utility uses Tordon around utility poles, nothing will grow where they use it, not grass, not broadleaves, not weeds, not flowers , no vegetation at all the ground is sterile for a long number of years.
 
if not in a hurry-drill several 1/4" holes as deep in the stump as you can. Pour table salt in those holes. I did it to one at my MILs, it kept dying underground! We had to add dirt for years!
 
take that stump drill several 1 inch holes as deep as the bit . then fill with salt peter , top with a 1 gallon can of kerosene with a very tiny hole in the bottom , wait a week and light . it will burn all the way including the roots .
 
I use straight Eraser (glyphosate) right out of the bottle. The only thing that came back was black walnut, but not all of them.
 
I cut down a box elder and painted the out side edge of the stump about3" all the way around with straint tordon killed the ground 5' around the stump for three years
 
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You might consider using a cordless drill to drill a few holes in the stump.

Fill the holes with <a href="http://www.dowagro.com/en-us/range/products/remedy-ultra">Remedy herbicide</a>.
 
Cut the stump again and treat the outer ring (bark) with Tordon within minutes. There is no need to treat anything but the living outer ring of the stump and doing so is wasteful.

The stump will not re-sprout.

Dean
 
Nice story, Jerry.

Can you imagine the chaos if folks were today allowed to buy dynamite as we were back in the days of sanity?

Dean
 
For stubborn shrubs/trees, that keep growing back, cut, then when summer approaches, spray re-growth with roundup. Its a 1-2 punch that is very effective. I use this with Japanese Barberry that grows wild and take over as invasive. Spraying in the spring is less effective.
 
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