Killing off a stump

[ayabrea38]

Hubby chopped this annoying bush down but cannot get the roots out.There is about a foot of stump left that is about 5 inches thick.Should he just leave it,or is it best to get something to kill it off.Sorry I don't know the name of the bush,but it was about 6 foot tall with variegated leaves that where always there come rain or shine(or snow and frost)
Any advice welcome
Thanks
Aya

[hammerman]

It depends what the plant was. Anything like willow or elderberry will just shoot back up again.

Personally, i'd make a cross in the top of the stump with a saw, get some neat roundup and mix it 50/50 with water. maybe add another 25% diesel and pour onto the cross. Do this for a couple of days and it should do it a treat.

Worked for me.

[ayabrea38]

Well sine we have a diesel car I think we may try that.No surrounding plants to worry about even though it was nowhere near as pretty as a willow or useful as elderberry.
Roundup can go on the shopping list!
Thanks
Aya

[murraymints]

If you drill a fewe holes quite deep into stump and pour the diesel it should do the trick !!

[hammerman]

Yeah, drill holes down into the stimp works well too. I would add the roundup as this will be systemic and kill the roots too.

[ayabrea38]

Thank you both,the drilling holes makes sense and should be easy.I will get Hubby onto it.
Thanks again
Aya

[atalanta]

If you don't want to pollute the soil, and if you want to use that space for another plant, it might be better to get the stump chewed out. I had to get rid of a lot of Leylandii after moving to a new house, and I got the stumps chewed. I could use the land immediately - no trace of the stumps, though the "chewer" man told me the roots would be there still but would rot away. He was right.