I would worry about damaging the concrete pad next to the second one by disturbing the soil too much. For both of those I would dig down 2-3″, chop them off with a sawzall, then push the dirt back over it.
Ok-Comfortable6400
Sawzall!!!
goelfyourselph
Apply roundup. Wait two weeks. Cut stump to ground. Apply roundup again. You’ll never see it again
iDoesun
Landscape business owner here. If you have a car jack and a chain. you can use it to pull it out. It will allow you to see if anything is being damaged while your slowly jack it
05041927
Chain to the truck
houndofthe7
Chain a old tractor rim and a truck should pull that right out
CheapBit7036
Whatever bush /tree that is. They don’t die. I butchered one for over a decade.
Ok-Needleworker-419
I’ve done those with my car. Leave a hose running for an hour or so to really saturate and loosen the soil, then pull. Mine were several feet from any sidewalk though, I’d be careful around the slab. I once pulled a small pine stump out and some of the roots were under the slab and cracked it. The next one I did, I took a 12” sawzall blade and sliced down along the slab to cut any roots that go under.
santa860
With a shovel
ElectionDisastrous49
Looks like honey suckle. I think a spray that has 24D is what you need. Spray on newly cut stump to ensure it soaks in. And you may need to reapply.
TieDyeGuyFry
Sawzall & Tordon
nilesandstuff
Removal is obviously the most effective thing, but obviously that’s not very easy when it’s up against the house.
One possible approach is to accelerate the decomposition:
Stage 1: minimize the components that need to be decomposed.
– ensure that it’s actually dead. Spray the stump with triclopyr if you aren’t confident.
– cut off as much as you can.
– optionally, drill holes into the stump. The more the merrier.
– optional: drench it in hydrogen peroxide. This breaks apart the lignin, which is the hardest component to decompose. Let it sit for atleast a week before doing anything else.
– optional: pour sodium hydroxide on it. Only use enough to cover the exposed sections. It also breaks down lignin in a different way, as well as hemicellulose. It will be effective than hydrogen peroxide. You CAN do both, but space them out to avoid unwanted chemical chaos.
Stage 2: make the wood a value target for microorganisms.
treat with as many of these as feasible, list from most important to least:
– molasses
– nitrogen. Ammonium sulfate preferably. But urea will also work.
– a surfactant to aid penetrate of the treatments into the wood. A little dish soap would be okay, but a non-ionic surfactant would be better. (Baby shampoo is an option)
– humic acid
– seaweed extract
You can repeat these as often as you want, but atleast once every 2-3 months.
Step 3: optionally, introduce microbes to the stump.
This is optional because the decomposing microbes will find the stump no matter what… But you can certainly speed things up:
Make a compost tea. Or buy a concentrate to mix with water. Rather than go through the full explanation, here’s a link to my method for making a compost tea https://www.reddit.com/r/lawncare/s/HHU9s8L2EC
somethingclever76
Get yourself an 18″ pruning recip blade, jam it in the ground, go to town, and pull out what you can. I have removed multiple full brown bushes like this, and it works quite well.
Just make sure you don’t have any random utility right there, 811 for the win.
bfarrellc
Stump killer.
joeco316
Get a “farm jack” and use it to jack the thing out of the ground. Use a flat rock to steady the base of the jack and put the “jacking piece” (I don’t know the technical term for it but the part that lifts up as you use the jack) into position so as to apply leverage to the tree. Use different spots and angles. I’ve seen some people use a chain attached to the jack and the tree and yank it that way if there isn’t a good place to insert. A shovel and a pick axe or Sawzall to cut roots as you jack the tree up further would be a good idea. I’ve removed stumps 3-4x this size using this method. It can be hard work, but very doable. Way more efficient than simply going at it with a shovel, etc.
Building_Snowmen
Whatever you do. Don’t do the charcoal method. You will set your house on fire.
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I would worry about damaging the concrete pad next to the second one by disturbing the soil too much. For both of those I would dig down 2-3″, chop them off with a sawzall, then push the dirt back over it.
Sawzall!!!
Apply roundup. Wait two weeks. Cut stump to ground. Apply roundup again. You’ll never see it again
Landscape business owner here. If you have a car jack and a chain. you can use it to pull it out. It will allow you to see if anything is being damaged while your slowly jack it
Chain to the truck
Chain a old tractor rim and a truck should pull that right out
Whatever bush /tree that is. They don’t die. I butchered one for over a decade.
I’ve done those with my car. Leave a hose running for an hour or so to really saturate and loosen the soil, then pull. Mine were several feet from any sidewalk though, I’d be careful around the slab. I once pulled a small pine stump out and some of the roots were under the slab and cracked it. The next one I did, I took a 12” sawzall blade and sliced down along the slab to cut any roots that go under.
With a shovel
Looks like honey suckle. I think a spray that has 24D is what you need. Spray on newly cut stump to ensure it soaks in. And you may need to reapply.
Sawzall & Tordon
Removal is obviously the most effective thing, but obviously that’s not very easy when it’s up against the house.
One possible approach is to accelerate the decomposition:
Stage 1: minimize the components that need to be decomposed.
– ensure that it’s actually dead. Spray the stump with triclopyr if you aren’t confident.
– cut off as much as you can.
– optionally, drill holes into the stump. The more the merrier.
– optional: drench it in hydrogen peroxide. This breaks apart the lignin, which is the hardest component to decompose. Let it sit for atleast a week before doing anything else.
– optional: pour sodium hydroxide on it. Only use enough to cover the exposed sections. It also breaks down lignin in a different way, as well as hemicellulose. It will be effective than hydrogen peroxide. You CAN do both, but space them out to avoid unwanted chemical chaos.
Stage 2: make the wood a value target for microorganisms.
treat with as many of these as feasible, list from most important to least:
– molasses
– nitrogen. Ammonium sulfate preferably. But urea will also work.
– a surfactant to aid penetrate of the treatments into the wood. A little dish soap would be okay, but a non-ionic surfactant would be better. (Baby shampoo is an option)
– humic acid
– seaweed extract
You can repeat these as often as you want, but atleast once every 2-3 months.
Step 3: optionally, introduce microbes to the stump.
This is optional because the decomposing microbes will find the stump no matter what… But you can certainly speed things up:
Make a compost tea. Or buy a concentrate to mix with water. Rather than go through the full explanation, here’s a link to my method for making a compost tea https://www.reddit.com/r/lawncare/s/HHU9s8L2EC
Get yourself an 18″ pruning recip blade, jam it in the ground, go to town, and pull out what you can. I have removed multiple full brown bushes like this, and it works quite well.
Just make sure you don’t have any random utility right there, 811 for the win.
Stump killer.
Get a “farm jack” and use it to jack the thing out of the ground. Use a flat rock to steady the base of the jack and put the “jacking piece” (I don’t know the technical term for it but the part that lifts up as you use the jack) into position so as to apply leverage to the tree. Use different spots and angles. I’ve seen some people use a chain attached to the jack and the tree and yank it that way if there isn’t a good place to insert. A shovel and a pick axe or Sawzall to cut roots as you jack the tree up further would be a good idea. I’ve removed stumps 3-4x this size using this method. It can be hard work, but very doable. Way more efficient than simply going at it with a shovel, etc.
Whatever you do. Don’t do the charcoal method. You will set your house on fire.
Rope puller