That's exactly what I did and it seemed to thrive on it. Time to break out the big guns.

what trees were they? i planted a couple of quick growers for shade 4 years ago and i dont want leave a mess for myself down the road.

When I was in Africa, I saw wild elephants. They would push over trees to make it easier to eat the leaves. It was kind of amazing. They'd put their head against a reasonable-sized tree and just push the tree over.

If you hadn't already cut down the trees, this would be a fun suggestion. But I don't think elephants can push over a stump.

I know right! ROFL I guess I missed the landscaping thread, seriously.

Cottonless cottonwoods. :banghead:

Yeah that sucks.

Now you tell me!

Tordon has killed whatever I ever needed killing when it comes to brush, trees, multiflora roses etc. Drilling some small holes around the edges would make sure it penetrated but you shouldn't need all that much. Spray/paint brush the top wet and a squirt in the holes should do it. If that doesn't kill it I'd consider moving.

The following story will not hold any advice for you, but it is related.

When we bought our house in 2009, there was a tree in the yard that I wanted to take down. I took a saw to it, and cut it down at about stomach/chest height. From that point, I thought maybe I'd make some sort of standing table there out of it, using the tree as the base. So I kinda just let it sit for a year.

That 4th of July, we were shooting fireworks, and I started using the stump of that tree to sit them on while firing. An ember must have floated down by the very base, because the next day when I got home from work, the stump had the tiniest bit of smoke rising from it. Upon closer inspection, it was slowly starting to burn away.

I chainsawed it down to about shin level, and let the thing slowly burn itself away. Took it about a week, never saw a flame, could barely even notice any embers. Burned itself completely up. Even the roots.

Well, it sounds like I got lucky and bought the right stuff.

ROFL :thumb:

**** em all to death

being an equipment operator, i recomend a cat 325 excavator. good luck.

Is it as big as this one ?

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I rented a stump grinder together with a bunch of neighbors for a day. $200 I think.
We ground every stump in the neighborhood.