It's hard work, but bit by bit with some digging, cutting and levering.

Dec 07, First, a foot or two away from the roots, dig a temporary drainage hole with a small channel to the root-infested stump. You can use just your garden hose to wash the dirt away from the roots, but a power washer works better and is much more.

Sep 04, If you don't completely excavate and irrigate the area under a tree stump, you will doom any future saplings that you try to plant in the same spot. As tree stumps and roots decompose, they rob nitrogen and other vital nutrients from soil.

New trees struggle to establish roots where large, old roots are tangled in the upper layers of soil. Oct 13, Most stump grinders take it down" below grade.

Once it is just about finished, you can cover it with topsoil to help put out any remnants of the fire.

Well above where your gas and electric should be buried. You didn't fill in your profile with location so we can't tell you how deep the utilities should be buried but you can look it up. Also, keep this incident in. Sep 04, If you don't completely excavate and irrigate the area under a tree stump, you will doom any future saplings that you try to plant in the same spot.

As tree stumps and roots decompose, they rob nitrogen and other vital nutrients from soil. New trees struggle to establish roots where large, old roots are tangled in the upper layers of soil. Jun 27, Hyde Park, N.Y. shrubclean.bar Jun 14, #1. I live in dutchess county new york. Over the past 5 years i've taken down about 6 trees on my property. Left all the tree stumps (cut very low) and would let them rot over time etc. I had really wanted them gone but just never got around to renting a stump grinder.