Here is a follow up on this stump salting experiment ua-cam.com/video/vpQNjVpoHEc/v-deo.html There is a possibility that if this works, it will prevent anything else from growing in the area because of the salt concentration I found a lot of websites recommending this method, but nobody actually following up for long-term follow up on whether or not it worked so stay tuned for the results for more stump removal videos check out this playlist ua-cam.com/play/PLmYnhJtNUq7cX8KbTLxcOFFVusrvCsfV5.html Rockhill Farm is a daily equipment and rural living vlog. We mainly focus on tractors and working outdoors. I really appreciate you taking time to watch this video. If you enjoy this type of content Check out some of the following links to support our channel. If you are interested in a rock Hill Farms T-shirt check out our merch store rockhill-farm.creator-spring.com/listing/rockhill-farm-logo Please subscribe to our channel here: ua-cam.com/users/Rockhillfarmandhomes Follow on Facebook at facebook.com/Rock-Hill-Farm-102050688356056/ You can now support the channel by buying us a coffee at the following link: www.buymeacoffee.com/rockhillfarm
My Method is simpler...faster & Safe for the soil around:-------my last stump was 3 ft high, 18" across.....I drilled 6 3/4" holes down at least 4"...here ism the Real sustainable Safe method----I put 3-4 pellets of Water softener salt in each hole. then add water to each hole....3 days there were no more suckers running out from stump. several rain showers & a week later...stump almost dead...2 weeks..--------all dried out & then soil is safe, only the stump & Roots died, nothing else around it...:D :D
I am a horticulturist and this works against what you are trying to do. Salt kills bacteria and fungi which is what you are trying to encourage to grow to break down the stump. I would use ammonium sulphate and potassium nitrate, both are usually available at most garden centers. Keep up the hard work.
What you’re saying makes sense. If you do a Google search for how to remove a stump naturally this is the most common method that is recommended by large seemingly reputable sites. I still wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t work. There are a lot of videos out there of people pouring salt on a stump and saying it will remove it but none of those videos have done a follow up six months or a year later. I’m going to show one way or another if this worked Apparently the theory is that the salt removes all the moisture first and then it rots quickly
You are correct that ammonium sulphate and potassium nitrate have a 'salt' index but do not contain sodium which is toxic to bacteria and fungi. Putting salt or rather sodium cloride on a stump would inhibit decomposition of wood.
Just to be clear - hitting the dirt with your chain saw doesn't dull it really quickly- it dulls it instantaneously. If you touch the dirt for a nanosecond you might as well quit what you're doing and go sharpen your saw.
Best way that I've ever gotten rid of a stump after taking down a tree is to just dig all around the tree and break or cut the roots and push or pull the tree over and let the weight of the tree pull the stump out of the ground using the weight of the tree. Then dispose of it accordingly. Then either burn it, bury it somewhere else, or haul it off somewhere. God bless and have a wonderful day. 👍👍
Had a 6 ft diameter maple stump cut two above ground, added steer manure & dirt on top of it made a potato patch - grew potatoes for three years - stump is gone and I had good crop of potatoes for three years
I had an old oak stump in Louisiana quite awhile back. Came out daily for a week and poured a cup of diesel on it. On the 7th day I lit it off and it smouldered for the better part of a month. I eventually tried pouring water on it and it would just light back up. Two months later it finally died down after I covered it with dirt. Let a huge sinkhole afterwards that seemed to take forever to fill up. Got rid of the stump pretty good but annoyed the heck out of the neighbors 🤣
Guys never pour salt in a garden or farming land because it will become useless for any kind of vegetation, plants, crops, whatever. And no, salt does not remove tree stump. Salt does kill a tree but does not remove it.
That is exactly what I was going to post... you beat me to it. Salt will make the soil unfertile. That's why conquerors in old times rendered farmland sterile (plus stones, etc). I'll go with fertilizer and cover.
Good man. I've welded a 10 inch rod, onto a 7/8 inch spade bit. Now, about 15 inches long. Works good, in a large Zephyr drill ; the one with a D- handle. It's a beast. NO shortage of power, and its' over 40 years old. Anyway, i've killed about 6 stumps here in town, so far. People trim their shrubs, trees, and some even cutoff trees, at ground level. Few REALLY kill the stump ; so the cleanup work,is mostly on-going. Thanks, for the education. I use epsom salt, and very strong vinegar, 10 % acetic acid. Used kerosene and vinegar, on another stump.
I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around how you are able to post 1-2 videos each day for the last couple weeks. Thank you for all your hard work!
Newer research from one of the Universities says "no holes on top" just put holes on the sides of the stump. Holes on top collects more ran water & encourages mosquitos to lay eggs in standing water than holes on the sides where water runs off.
Potassium = potash is what in root rot. Ammonia= nitrogen. Biomass for compost pile, cover with plastic and keep it wet once a month turn it over. Use your chain saw, plunge cut four or five slots east west, north & south. the dirt is for microbs
Rock salt is Sodium Chloride same as table salt. Also salting the ground insures that nothing will grow there until the salt is leached out of the soil.
"Howdy" from Chad Doss at Doss Farms. I clicked specifically on this video to see what you used on that tree stump. A "tree man" told me you can also drill down into the stump and pour in a bottle of Milk of Magnesia. I looked it up and found that yard plants love the extra magnesium, too!
Thanks for sharing that information. Chad is a great guy and I think we’re gonna do some videos together. I have a follow up on this video from a year later . It did not do any good on the stump.
Love the blade..bigger kerf..when they cames out with carbide blades for skill saws they were expensive, now i wouldnt even think of using the old style blades..❤
The issue with using salt is that nothing will grow in the soil for years and years ! Myself I pour gasoline on the stump and let the stump soak it up. This seems to work well and keeps the treatment to the stump itself .
I cut down a dead tree a year ago and used the drill and epsom salt method. It was a fairly large tree so I was not expecting much in a year. What I will say about the epsom salt method was that it dried out the stump and killed everything around it for the year and when I year or so was up I went and rented a stump grinder. I know it helped because I tried using the stump grinder on it when I cut it down and did not make much progress. A year late with repeated salt applications......it was not easy but was much better to grind out.
If you want something to decompose you need to increase bacteria growth. Salt drys everything so I don't think that does anything, probably just kills all the bacteria actually mummifies the stomp. Something like Humic acid and dirt would increase decomposition what ever is used to create mulch would work great for a stomp.
If you drill the holes like you said and fill the holes with diesel/kerosene 2-3 times a week, as it is absorbed by the stump, for a few weeks, it will burn the stump roots and all. Then you fill the hole with dirt.
I live in a semi-arid area. My father and I were cutting down dead trees around an old building, cutting them up and burning them. To get rid of the stumps we soaked them with kerosene and the lighted them on fire. We went back a few days later and found that the stumps had completely burned up and the fire followed the bigger roots about 10 feet through the ground. So stump and root removal all in one.
Good video. I may try that. I have burned stumps, and you must burn them all the way; otherwise, the remaining stump will be very hard and resistant to decay. I usually let the Fireants eat the stumps, but it does take quite a while. They eat below ground level also.
Best way is to drill holes all over the top. Then cover that and holes with Salt Peter which burns good. Cover entire thing with fresh cow manure. Let set one year. Then set the Salt peter on fire and it will burn not only the stump but the root systems too!
Work smart people. just like felling a tree in the direction you want, dig up the roots and pull or push it over and watch in amazement as every bit of carbon attached to those leaves pulls right out of the ground. I had a five foot diameter white oak that was unfortunately in the middle of the family room of my new house. I dug the basement around the tree pushed it over cut it up and then pushed the stump out of the hole. It was about eight foot around and didn’t fit in the bucket of my track loader but basement was dug and tree gone in two days
I tried this on several stumps. After years the salt ate the center (or deer did) but the actual original circumference remainder the same. Then you smash what is left and take it out in pieces. But the roots, if any, that were at the surface remain…..and will destroy your lawn mower.
My tow behind grinder has a swing of 8 ft wide and can take stumps down 24 inches below the surface. I can take out a large stump in as little as 20 minutes for about $60. I typically go 8 inches below the lowest surface near the stump. Yet some people I know will screw around like this with chemicals and what not and the stump is still there 5 years later. Shop around and get a good professional with adequate equipment. Numerous times I've had to follow up dudes like this guy who didn't get the stump down deep enough. Salt? No way.
Yeah, good point. There are dozens of websites recommending this method, but I can’t find a single person showing a follow up after they’ve done it. I guess I will be the first for because I’m gonna follow up on this over time and see what really happens
It might. I’m going to find out. There are dozens of websites recommending this method, but I couldn’t find any videos that followed up after someone used it.
@@RockhillfarmYT THE NITROGEN is the key.....using the nitrogen-rich manure plus fertilizer will help greatly and the fact that it looks like you have the stump down at least 6" below grade is a good buffer from the salted stump. If salt was a plant deterrent, you'd never see anything green along our roads that get a lot of salt every winter. Salt is more of a fertilizer than a plant inhibitor. It's the wood that depletes the nitrogen, which is why hardwood mulch is such a good cost-effective vegetation barrier (to grasses and many weed types) in landscaping bushes/flower beds. At least that's what I see. Mulch does attract mold types and fungi (mushrooms) though. THe salt might attract wildlife, and deer love to lick/eat mineral-rich earth.
I’m in the process of wanting to remove a Cherry Tree in the back garden, I’m looking at various ideas/options. I am keen to then ryegrass the area after so need to have an option that allows me to do so. Thanks :-)
It sure will. That is, if you want to plant crops on it. The Romans use to salt the fields of their enemies so that nothing useful would grow on them. Salt kills all useful bacteria in the ground and robs potential plant life of moisture.
I fell a maple which was too close to the house about 10 months ago. I'm not in a rush so I just used a heavy axe to create many cuts and gaps. By now it seems the rot is starting. You say table salt doesn't work but rock salt does? From a chemical pint that doesn't make sense to me. Rock salt is essentially table salt (sodium chloride) with a few impurities added. Except maybe the bigger chunks are not getting dissolved and flushed away as finely ground table sound.
Stumbled across this vid. It was stated that you should use rock salt not table salt, but they are both sodium chloride. Rock salt is likely cheaper as it is less refined and not certified for human consumption. Now to check the channel for the follow up.
Sawsall on all of the large roots makes for easy plucking with a chain and truck. I’ve always considered using a mushroom inoculation kit for my stumps. All that being said, nearly all damage to my 2038R is directly related to stump removal. The little backhoe especially. Not rated for root balls at all.
I'm a female but I have some advice on some smaller tree stumps that I've gotten rid of: first of all I dig down and scooped out most of the Dirt away from all the roots that are growing away from the tree. Then I took an electric chainsaw or/and an Axe and cut out all The Roots. Sometimes it'll pull out if it doesn't have a Taproot and sometimes I would get someone with a truck and a chain and pull it out. Boom. 💥💥 it didn't cost me a thing
Look it up, adding salt is bad, if it were good it would be in commercial fertilizers. Nitrogen is needed for the compostiing process. Add the nitrogen and cover the stump with dirt and keep the dirt damp not wet and fertilize a little.
I’m not hypothesizing and testing my own theories. The fact that I’m doing the test does not mean I thought it would work. It’s like MythBusters on a method you will see described on dozens of websites that seem reputable.
I'm glad that Rockhill farm did a follow-up, which showed that it didn't work. ua-cam.com/video/vpQNjVpoHEc/v-deo.html, see 7:19. Instead, try to burn it out, rent/hire a machine or use the stump remover liquid to rot it faster.
This is not my theory, it’s just what the Internet says to do. I think the theory on the salt is that kills the entire route system. Those roots will feed the stump for years otherwise I did a three month follow up and then I will be doing a one-year follow up
I just removed a 28 inch diameter (not circumference) green ash stump out of my yard with a similar method. I spent a long time drilling 3/4" holes deep into the stump below ground level. There were about 2 inches between holes. I allowed about 4 months drying time then 1/4 rick of firewood burned on top got it 100%. Once the fire burns deep into the holes they get bigger and bigger until they meet. Without the holes a rick of firewood cannot burn 1/4" into the stump. They just do not catch on fire for some reason.
Drill a dozen 1 inch holes in the stump. Place a Polident denture clean tab in each hole and add water. Wait one month then call the guy with the stump grinder.
I pile the brush from the tree over the stump and spark it up. Like magic!! The stump is gone and the root system is smoldering. Even all the brush is gone too!!😁
Everybody says that but actually doing it is a little bit different. I’ve got a three part stump burning video series with close to 1 million views on it. After a week of burning on it every day, I dug it out. I know people who’ve been burning the same stump for 10 years.
Always a discussion starter - stump removal! 😁 Pretty cool that you will be tracking the results. Looking forward to seeing how it goes. Thanks for sharing! 🤠
Yup great discussion starter. Why just last night I was on a first date and used this video for information to begin a conversation. We didn't get to finish the conversation as she got a headache and had to go home. I tried to call her today but she didn't answer her phone. She must be really sick ...
I have tried drilling a lot of 1/2 inch holes, I tried epsom salts. After three years the weakest part of the stump was the part in the soil. I life at high elevation environment. At the rate of decay it would have taken at least 6 or 8 years to really break down.
I wish there was an easy way to remove stumps. I rented a stump grinder to remove 22 stumps over a period of three days. I think my son and I destroyed the stump grinder. It was on its last leg trying to grind the last stump. The rental place told us stump grinders pretty much self destruct. I have tried burning stumps out. I burned one large stump for three days. Brought in three truck loads of sticks and limbs to pile on top. Even had a generator powering a box fan to blow on the fire. It looked like a blacksmith forge. But after three days I still had stump above ground. What I finally ended up doing was digging out around a stump about five inches below ground level. On a big stump this typically takes me about 30 minutes to 45 minutes. I purchase cheap chainsaw chains ( 3 for $21 ) and use an old 16 inch chainsaw to cut the stump below ground level. I usually go through two or three chains per big stump, but that is $21 per stump. I then level it out to ground level with dirt. I figure the rest of the stump below ground will eventually rot. It looks like the stump was never there. That has been the cheapest and quickest method I have come up with.
Throw some minerals in there too and the Whitetail deer population will dig the stump out for you…. 😂😂. It works!! I totally love your science projects and the Hard line comments people make saying this won’t work and that won’t work etc etc…… but in my experience Rockhill Farm always prevails!!! 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥
Thanks. I think we are all going to win on this project because at the end I’m going to answer a question that I don’t see anyone else really answering. I found a lot of videos with people pouring salt on stumps but not coming back for a follow up. What good is that?
I have a tree that has grown under the foundation butting Directly up to the house. The house inspector said that it has cracked the foundation and of course will make it worse. (I don't live here). I have to find a quick way to kill the stump and roots.... helps
if you leave the trunk long theres your lever in this you tube has a field by the stump. use a back hoe to expose the root hook up the dozer and winch and out the trunk and stump is done...
Right. I’ve got at least 30 videos on different ways to remove stumps. Burning them. Digging them out with every piece of equipment you can think of. Six or seven different types of Stump Grinders . Some people are looking to do it without making a mess or spending any money so I wanted to test this.
If one has a generator, bring it out to the stump with your corded 1/2" Milwaukee Hole Hawg and use a self feeding 12" auger bit of the largest diameter you can hang onto, depending on your strength, stamina and the density of the stump. You won't have to do so much pushing down, just hanging on for dear life.
If you can cut it 3-5 in below ground level just cover with dirt so you can mow over it with no problem, but if your going to build over it then take it out !?
Pressure wash the stump, you can blow out most of the dirt. Let it get real dry, dig a small tunnel under part of the stump, and start a fire, pine cones are good fuel. Next you need to feed it air. I use a metal downspout with a small fan. It will burn it fast. A no-burn way is to drill holes, then pour a can of cream of chicken soup on it. sprinkle with dirt, cover with leaves and keep it wet.
I used Epson salt on a old red tip stump a few years ago. Not sure if I should have put more on it but the dang thing sprouted out and turned into a beautiful shrub. 😁. I'm going to try the hydrochloric acid on the new stump that I recently cut down. My wife won't let me get rid of the red tip. LoL 😂
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Here is a follow up on this stump salting experiment
ua-cam.com/video/vpQNjVpoHEc/v-deo.html
There is a possibility that if this works, it will prevent anything else from growing in the area because of the salt concentration
I found a lot of websites recommending this method, but nobody actually following up for long-term follow up on whether or not it worked so stay tuned for the results
for more stump removal videos check out this playlist
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All you have to do is fire a missile at it with your jet
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I did this and all the grass died and the stump is still there
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My Method is simpler...faster & Safe for the soil around:-------my last stump was 3 ft high, 18" across.....I drilled 6 3/4" holes down at least 4"...here ism the Real sustainable Safe method----I put 3-4 pellets of Water softener salt in each hole. then add water to each hole....3 days there were no more suckers running out from stump. several rain showers & a week later...stump almost dead...2 weeks..--------all dried out & then soil is safe, only the stump & Roots died, nothing else around it...:D :D
I am a horticulturist and this works against what you are trying to do. Salt kills bacteria and fungi which is what you are trying to encourage to grow to break down the stump. I would use ammonium sulphate and potassium nitrate, both are usually available at most garden centers. Keep up the hard work.
What you’re saying makes sense. If you do a Google search for how to remove a stump naturally this is the most common method that is recommended by large seemingly reputable sites.
I still wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t work.
There are a lot of videos out there of people pouring salt on a stump and saying it will remove it but none of those videos have done a follow up six months or a year later.
I’m going to show one way or another if this worked
Apparently the theory is that the salt removes all the moisture first and then it rots quickly
Yea the logs I find on the beach here in the PNW Puget Sound last for many years soaking in that salt water
Isn't ammonium sulphate and potassium nitrate a form of salt?
You are correct that ammonium sulphate and potassium nitrate have a 'salt' index but do not contain sodium which is toxic to bacteria and fungi. Putting salt or rather sodium cloride on a stump would inhibit decomposition of wood.
How about ammonium nitrate?
Just to be clear - hitting the dirt with your chain saw doesn't dull it really quickly- it dulls it instantaneously. If you touch the dirt for a nanosecond you might as well quit what you're doing and go sharpen your saw.
THANK YOU FOR NOT HAVING GOOFY MUSIC LIKE ALL THE OTHER STUMP REMOVALS VIDEOS!
Wouldn't be able to hear the music with you yelling like that anyway.
Best way that I've ever gotten rid of a stump after taking down a tree is to just dig all around the tree and break or cut the roots and push or pull the tree over and let the weight of the tree pull the stump out of the ground using the weight of the tree. Then dispose of it accordingly. Then either burn it, bury it somewhere else, or haul it off somewhere. God bless and have a wonderful day. 👍👍
Now I know why I have sink holes where there were stumps. It makes perfect sense. I didn't think of that before. Thank you!
Had a 6 ft diameter maple stump cut two above ground, added steer manure & dirt on top of it made a potato patch - grew potatoes for three years - stump is gone and I had good crop of potatoes for three years
Someone gave us a FIRE RING years ago we never used it so I used it to burn out a stump it worked GREAT, I like the SALT idea, thanks.
I had an old oak stump in Louisiana quite awhile back. Came out daily for a week and poured a cup of diesel on it. On the 7th day I lit it off and it smouldered for the better part of a month. I eventually tried pouring water on it and it would just light back up. Two months later it finally died down after I covered it with dirt. Let a huge sinkhole afterwards that seemed to take forever to fill up. Got rid of the stump pretty good but annoyed the heck out of the neighbors 🤣
You could of added fertilizer on the last day before lighting it on fire! 😂
I wet mine down with white vinegar after the salt and it works great.
Guys never pour salt in a garden or farming land because it will become useless for any kind of vegetation, plants, crops, whatever. And no, salt does not remove tree stump. Salt does kill a tree but does not remove it.
That is exactly what I was going to post... you beat me to it. Salt will make the soil unfertile. That's why conquerors in old times rendered farmland sterile (plus stones, etc). I'll go with fertilizer and cover.
Good man. I've welded a 10 inch rod, onto a 7/8 inch spade bit. Now, about 15 inches long. Works good, in a large Zephyr drill ; the one with a D- handle. It's a beast. NO shortage of power, and its' over 40 years old. Anyway, i've killed about 6 stumps here in town, so far. People trim their shrubs, trees, and some even cutoff trees, at ground level. Few REALLY kill the stump ; so the cleanup work,is mostly on-going. Thanks, for the education. I use epsom salt, and very strong vinegar, 10 % acetic acid. Used kerosene and vinegar, on another stump.
I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around how you are able to post 1-2 videos each day for the last couple weeks. Thank you for all your hard work!
Thanks for following along.
I can do it because I enjoy doing it
Newer research from one of the Universities says "no holes on top" just put holes on the sides of the stump. Holes on top collects more ran water & encourages mosquitos to lay eggs in standing water than holes on the sides where water runs off.
Potassium = potash is what in root rot. Ammonia= nitrogen. Biomass for compost pile, cover with plastic and keep it wet once a month turn it over. Use your chain saw, plunge cut four or five slots east west, north & south. the dirt is for microbs
have you tried asking it to leaf?
Rock salt is Sodium Chloride same as table salt. Also salting the ground insures that nothing will grow there until the salt is leached out of the soil.
Thanks for video. Tree stump removals are always a classic!
"Howdy" from Chad Doss at Doss Farms. I clicked specifically on this video to see what you used on that tree stump. A "tree man" told me you can also drill down into the stump and pour in a bottle of Milk of Magnesia. I looked it up and found that yard plants love the extra magnesium, too!
Thanks for sharing that information. Chad is a great guy and I think we’re gonna do some videos together.
I have a follow up on this video from a year later . It did not do any good on the stump.
Love the blade..bigger kerf..when they cames out with carbide blades for skill saws they were expensive, now i wouldnt even think of using the old style blades..❤
The issue with using salt is that nothing will grow in the soil for years and years ! Myself I pour gasoline on the stump and let the stump soak it up. This seems to work well and keeps the treatment to the stump itself .
Wow, a whole lot better than digging and burning? I'mma have to keep an eye on this one.😮
I cut down a dead tree a year ago and used the drill and epsom salt method. It was a fairly large tree so I was not expecting much in a year. What I will say about the epsom salt method was that it dried out the stump and killed everything around it for the year and when I year or so was up I went and rented a stump grinder. I know it helped because I tried using the stump grinder on it when I cut it down and did not make much progress. A year late with repeated salt applications......it was not easy but was much better to grind out.
If you want something to decompose you need to increase bacteria growth. Salt drys everything so I don't think that does anything, probably just kills all the bacteria actually mummifies the stomp. Something like Humic acid and dirt would increase decomposition what ever is used to create mulch would work great for a stomp.
If you drill the holes like you said and fill the holes with diesel/kerosene 2-3 times a week, as it is absorbed by the stump, for a few weeks, it will burn the stump roots and all. Then you fill the hole with dirt.
would be expensive to buy but if you already had them a big 7" grinder and a diamond blade could grind that way enough to cover it with dirt
I live in a semi-arid area. My father and I were cutting down dead trees around an old building, cutting them up and burning them. To get rid of the stumps we soaked them with kerosene and the lighted them on fire. We went back a few days later and found that the stumps had completely burned up and the fire followed the bigger roots about 10 feet through the ground.
So stump and root removal all in one.
Awesome idea Old farm boy! Thanks for your input.😊
Don’t do this in residential area.
Good video. I may try that. I have burned stumps, and you must burn them all the way; otherwise, the remaining stump will be very hard and resistant to decay. I usually let the Fireants eat the stumps, but it does take quite a while. They eat below ground level also.
Best way is to drill holes all over the top. Then cover that and holes with Salt Peter which burns good. Cover entire thing with fresh cow manure. Let set one year. Then set the Salt peter on fire and it will burn not only the stump but the root systems too!
I imagine applying lime to the stump may help it decompose quicker as well. Thanks for your video!
Work smart people. just like felling a tree in the direction you want, dig up the roots and pull or push it over and watch in amazement as every bit of carbon attached to those leaves pulls right out of the ground. I had a five foot diameter white oak that was unfortunately in the middle of the family room of my new house. I dug the basement around the tree pushed it over cut it up and then pushed the stump out of the hole. It was about eight foot around and didn’t fit in the bucket of my track loader but basement was dug and tree gone in two days
I tried this on several stumps. After years the salt ate the center (or deer did) but the actual original circumference remainder the same. Then you smash what is left and take it out in pieces. But the roots, if any, that were at the surface remain…..and will destroy your lawn mower.
There’s different sizes of auger drill bits that are sold that would work better. Give it a shot! ❤
My tow behind grinder has a swing of 8 ft wide and can take stumps down 24 inches below the surface. I can take out a large stump in as little as 20 minutes for about $60. I typically go 8 inches below the lowest surface near the stump. Yet some people I know will screw around like this with chemicals and what not and the stump is still there 5 years later. Shop around and get a good professional with adequate equipment. Numerous times I've had to follow up dudes like this guy who didn't get the stump down deep enough. Salt? No way.
I've never heard of this method. I personally would never intentionally pour salt on any area of soil where you intend to grow anything.
Yeah, good point.
There are dozens of websites recommending this method, but I can’t find a single person showing a follow up after they’ve done it.
I guess I will be the first for because I’m gonna follow up on this over time and see what really happens
Genuine question: Wouldn't this make that 10' area basically unuseable for the next decade?
Clarification: I mean in terms of growing anything.
It might. I’m going to find out.
There are dozens of websites recommending this method, but I couldn’t find any videos that followed up after someone used it.
@@RockhillfarmYT THE NITROGEN is the key.....using the nitrogen-rich manure plus fertilizer will help greatly and the fact that it looks like you have the stump down at least 6" below grade is a good buffer from the salted stump. If salt was a plant deterrent, you'd never see anything green along our roads that get a lot of salt every winter. Salt is more of a fertilizer than a plant inhibitor. It's the wood that depletes the nitrogen, which is why hardwood mulch is such a good cost-effective vegetation barrier (to grasses and many weed types) in landscaping bushes/flower beds.
At least that's what I see. Mulch does attract mold types and fungi (mushrooms) though.
THe salt might attract wildlife, and deer love to lick/eat mineral-rich earth.
I’m in the process of wanting to remove a Cherry Tree in the back garden, I’m looking at various ideas/options. I am keen to then ryegrass the area after so need to have an option that allows me to do so.
Thanks :-)
Just put a bunch of compost over it . If your not going to dig it out completely with machinery. Fungi and compost. Will work faster than rock salt .
wont salt ruin the soil?
No
It sure will. That is, if you want to plant crops on it. The Romans use to salt the fields of their enemies so that nothing useful would grow on them. Salt kills all useful bacteria in the ground and robs potential plant life of moisture.
Gonna do the compost method. That sounds like a good area to plant veggies, or shrub tree, herb garden maybe.
If you use rock salt, will anything grow there again?
Drill holes in the sap wood after cut and put salt in it to prevent it from growing back.
Throw a couple of cups of fertilizer on it and cover with compost. Water well and forget it.
I fell a maple which was too close to the house about 10 months ago. I'm not in a rush so I just used a heavy axe to create many cuts and gaps. By now it seems the rot is starting.
You say table salt doesn't work but rock salt does? From a chemical pint that doesn't make sense to me. Rock salt is essentially table salt (sodium chloride) with a few impurities added. Except maybe the bigger chunks are not getting dissolved and flushed away as finely ground table sound.
Stumbled across this vid. It was stated that you should use rock salt not table salt, but they are both sodium chloride. Rock salt is likely cheaper as it is less refined and not certified for human consumption. Now to check the channel for the follow up.
There’s a 90 day follow up, but I would skip that and go to the one year follow up. Should be linked at the end of the original video.
Sawsall on all of the large roots makes for easy plucking with a chain and truck. I’ve always considered using a mushroom inoculation kit for my stumps. All that being said, nearly all damage to my 2038R is directly related to stump removal. The little backhoe especially. Not rated for root balls at all.
I'm a female but I have some advice on some smaller tree stumps that I've gotten rid of: first of all I dig down and scooped out most of the Dirt away from all the roots that are growing away from the tree. Then I took an electric chainsaw or/and an Axe and cut out all The Roots. Sometimes it'll pull out if it doesn't have a Taproot and sometimes I would get someone with a truck and a chain and pull it out. Boom. 💥💥 it didn't cost me a thing
Look it up, adding salt is bad, if it were good it would be in commercial fertilizers. Nitrogen is needed for the compostiing process. Add the nitrogen and cover the stump with dirt and keep the dirt damp not wet and fertilize a little.
I’m not hypothesizing and testing my own theories. The fact that I’m doing the test does not mean I thought it would work.
It’s like MythBusters on a method you will see described on dozens of websites that seem reputable.
I'm glad that Rockhill farm did a follow-up, which showed that it didn't work. ua-cam.com/video/vpQNjVpoHEc/v-deo.html, see 7:19. Instead, try to burn it out, rent/hire a machine or use the stump remover liquid to rot it faster.
Great work, thanks
yeah salt is not going to promote decay it is going to prevent it. it will be good to see the follow-up and the stump will probably be in great shape!
This is not my theory, it’s just what the Internet says to do. I think the theory on the salt is that kills the entire route system. Those roots will feed the stump for years otherwise
I did a three month follow up and then I will be doing a one-year follow up
@@RockhillfarmYT oh I see. It probably would help keep it from re-sprouting.
Get a stump grinder or drill a few holes in it and light it on, burn slow
You are an expert at repeating yourself.
Send me links to some of your videos. I would love to learn how it should be done
Yep, Makes for a nice dead spot in your yard for years to come!
Thanks for your stump tip, Cheers from Australia 👍
i'd skip the sodium chloride. nothing gonna grow in the area for a loooong time. oops, i just noticed you mention it in the top comments.
Won't rock salt render the soil unable to grow anything?
Ok, it's been 7mo as of 9/2/23. Need that follow-up video. (lol) Aha, I see the follow-up now. Thanks.
Hello Brock,
Thanks for another great video. It's always a good day when I learn something.
All the best,
Ben
Doesn't rock salt poison the soil and keep stuff from.growing later?
Great place to deer hunt in the fall .
I just removed a 28 inch diameter (not circumference) green ash stump out of my yard with a similar method. I spent a long time drilling 3/4" holes deep into the stump below ground level. There were about 2 inches between holes. I allowed about 4 months drying time then 1/4 rick of firewood burned on top got it 100%. Once the fire burns deep into the holes they get bigger and bigger until they meet. Without the holes a rick of firewood cannot burn 1/4" into the stump. They just do not catch on fire for some reason.
Drill a dozen 1 inch holes in the stump. Place a Polident denture clean tab in each hole and add water. Wait one month then call the guy with the stump grinder.
Rome salted Carthage so they couldn't grow crops. I'm doubtful this would be a good idea where you would want to grow something in the future.
I pile the brush from the tree over the stump and spark it up. Like magic!! The stump is gone and the root system is smoldering. Even all the brush is gone too!!😁
Everybody says that but actually doing it is a little bit different.
I’ve got a three part stump burning video series with close to 1 million views on it. After a week of burning on it every day, I dug it out.
I know people who’ve been burning the same stump for 10 years.
salt is a preservative. the ammonium nitrate might work. burying does not work on stuff that sprouts
I drill 1/2” holes into the stump and fill them with Hellmans mayonnaise.
Video starts at 7:00.
Always a discussion starter - stump removal! 😁 Pretty cool that you will be tracking the results. Looking forward to seeing how it goes. Thanks for sharing! 🤠
Yup great discussion starter. Why just last night I was on a first date and used this video for information to begin a conversation. We didn't get to finish the conversation as she got a headache and had to go home. I tried to call her today but she didn't answer her phone. She must be really sick ...
I have tried drilling a lot of 1/2 inch holes, I tried epsom salts. After three years the weakest part of the stump was the part in the soil. I life at high elevation environment. At the rate of decay it would have taken at least 6 or 8 years to really break down.
I wish there was an easy way to remove stumps. I rented a stump grinder to remove 22 stumps over a period of three days. I think my son and I destroyed the stump grinder. It was on its last leg trying to grind the last stump. The rental place told us stump grinders pretty much self destruct.
I have tried burning stumps out. I burned one large stump for three days. Brought in three truck loads of sticks and limbs to pile on top. Even had a generator powering a box fan to blow on the fire. It looked like a blacksmith forge. But after three days I still had stump above ground.
What I finally ended up doing was digging out around a stump about five inches below ground level. On a big stump this typically takes me about 30 minutes to 45 minutes. I purchase cheap chainsaw chains ( 3 for $21 ) and use an old 16 inch chainsaw to cut the stump below ground level. I usually go through two or three chains per big stump, but that is $21 per stump. I then level it out to ground level with dirt. I figure the rest of the stump below ground will eventually rot. It looks like the stump was never there. That has been the cheapest and quickest method I have come up with.
So does the surface area with drill hole in the sinkhole cause the holes to make it go better or longer to rot away in the hole on it?
After drilling the holes, inoculate the stump with mushrooms that you want to eat.
I poured sulfuric acid that I bought from O'Reilly's in the drilled holes and the stumps rotted although very slowly for the larger ones.
Throw some minerals in there too and the Whitetail deer population will dig the stump out for you…. 😂😂. It works!! I totally love your science projects and the Hard line comments people make saying this won’t work and that won’t work etc etc…… but in my experience Rockhill Farm always prevails!!! 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥
Thanks. I think we are all going to win on this project because at the end I’m going to answer a question that I don’t see anyone else really answering.
I found a lot of videos with people pouring salt on stumps but not coming back for a follow up. What good is that?
Cut stump off level with the ground. Drill 1/2" holes instump. Fill holes with LAWN FERTILIZER. NOT SALT.
What is growing on this salt contaminated area of soil afterwards?
Currently grass
@@RockhillfarmYTWOW, I wasn't aware anything would grow on that area
Has there been an update video on this attempt?
I have a tree that has grown under the foundation butting Directly up to the house. The house inspector said that it has cracked the foundation and of course will make it worse. (I don't live here). I have to find a quick way to kill the stump and roots.... helps
if you leave the trunk long theres your lever in this you tube has a field by the stump. use a back hoe to expose the root hook up the dozer and winch and out the trunk and stump is done...
Right. I’ve got at least 30 videos on different ways to remove stumps. Burning them. Digging them out with every piece of equipment you can think of. Six or seven different types of Stump Grinders .
Some people are looking to do it without making a mess or spending any money so I wanted to test this.
If one has a generator, bring it out to the stump with your corded 1/2" Milwaukee Hole Hawg and use a self feeding 12" auger bit of the largest diameter you can hang onto, depending on your strength, stamina and the density of the stump. You won't have to do so much pushing down, just hanging on for dear life.
The downside to using salt is that nothing will grow in that treated area for a looong time.
Rock salt ! Works great a decaying car bodies.
Salt does not speed up decay, it prevents it.
It kills the root system so that it’s not being fed anymore. It starves the stump.
The salt will kill the stump but wont it poison the soil permnently for all plants/crops,??
Salt makes a muddy muddy mess and it will spread. But the deer will love it
2:12 Okay folks, at 65.5yr you can hire me to "water" you stumps real cheap! 😁
Jail inmate: "So why are you here again??? 🤣
If you can cut it 3-5 in below ground level just cover with dirt so you can mow over it with no problem, but if your going to build over it then take it out !?
great
I'm curious how the stump is now after 4 month. Did you post a follow-up video?
I did a follow up about a month ago. Still hard as a rock.
Ammonia nitrate diesel fuel and a 22 rifle or a d6 with kg blade
The best way is to let nature claim it. Go gather up some termites from other trees and fallen limbs and drill some holes and dump them into the stump
Wonder how many batteries he went through.
Pressure wash the stump, you can blow out most of the dirt. Let it get real dry, dig a small tunnel under part of the stump, and start a fire, pine cones are good fuel. Next you need to feed it air. I use a metal downspout with a small fan. It will burn it fast. A no-burn way is to drill holes, then pour a can of cream of chicken soup on it. sprinkle with dirt, cover with leaves and keep it wet.
Natural salt works well too.
In wars dating back to the Romans, militaries would salt their enemies' farmland to kill it from being able to grow anything... for decades.
I used Epson salt on a old red tip stump a few years ago. Not sure if I should have put more on it but the dang thing sprouted out and turned into a beautiful shrub. 😁. I'm going to try the hydrochloric acid on the new stump that I recently cut down. My wife won't let me get rid of the red tip. LoL 😂
looks like a salt lick for deer should be a great hunting spot beside getting rid of the stump.
Tabe Salt - NaCl
Rock Salt - NaCl. Why not. use Table? Cost?
Epsom salts - MgSO4
Potassium Nitrate is BEST -------- I wish eucalyptus were as soft to drill as your stump!
Fisherman use SALT to preserved dry fish so.. what is salt going to do with dried tree stump?
I’m not trying to convince you that it will.
The Internet says that this will work and I’m doing a MythBusters kind of thing on it.
I'm gonna hire someone. I don't even have tools. Last guy wanted $250. Didn't use him.