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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

LiberalEsto

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5. Toss grass clippings on it.

Reply to IrishAyes (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2014, 03:31 PM

Sep 2014

And manure, if you have any.
The nitrogen from green vegetation and manure will help break down the carbon in the stump.

We lost several tall black cherry trees in a hurricane about 10 years ago, and couldn't afford to have the stumps ground down. I planted hostas and daylilies around the stumps to conceal them and kept applying grass and manure, They are well broken down now.

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One more - What's the best frugal green way to rot out a tree stump? [View all] IrishAyes Sep 2014 OP

I know of no way. Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #1

You're always a great deal of help, and I look forward to your posts. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #7

like this Viva_La_Revolution Sep 2014 #2

I cut my stump down to the ground and put a planter on top until the stump rotted away. n/t hollysmom Sep 2014 #3

Drill a lot of holes into it to make it more attractive to bugs? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #4

Toss grass clippings on it. LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #5

That looks like this "hugelkultur" method: kentauros Oct 2014 #8

Very interesting. I have some pretty well rotted justhanginon Nov 2014 #10

Thank you, everyone. Many fine suggestions. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #6

Dig. Thor_MN Nov 2014 #9

Make it into a mushroom factory fasttense Jan 2015 #11

Sounds great. IrishAyes Jan 2015 #12

Here's a link to the site of the man who wrote the bible on growing gourmet mushrooms. fasttense Feb 2015 #13

I could live w/o mushrooms if needed, but never my dogs. They're as necessary as air and water. IrishAyes Feb 2015 #14

go green dennisdavid Aug 2015 #15

Big pick-up truck, a hitch and a chain CountAllVotes Nov 2015 #16

Getting rid of stumps easily. OkSustainAg Jan 2016 #17