During the construction or arrangement of a personal plot, one often encounters all sorts of inconveniences. In particular, one often has to think about how to uproot stumps. Of course, heavy construction equipment is a good tool to solve this problem, but it is most often used only by professional builders. But what should an ordinary gardener do, who somehow cannot handle a heavy excavator on his six hundredths?
At the moment, amateurs use chemical and physical methods. The simplest chemical-physical method is available to any gardener. For this, holes are drilled in hemp, which are filled with ordinary table salt. Within a couple of weeks, the tree will be destroyed. If you cannot wait so much, then before rooting out the stumps, pour kerosene or diesel fuel into these holes, wrap them with polyethylene, and set fire to it a couple of days later.
However, if you intend to use the vacated area for gardening, it is better to fill the holes with nitrate. When the wood is properly saturated with it, you can set it on fire. Please note that it is necessary to strictly observe fire safety measures, as fire can go far along a branched root system. If you do not know how to uproot stumps, you can go to a specialized gardening store where you can buy all the necessary chemicals.
You do not feel the talent of a saboteur demolition? Then you will have to test your muscular system for strength by manually uprooting the stump. Before
rooting out stumps, you need to feel like an archaeologist. Without sparing water, soak the soil around the stump. Then, armed with a long metal rod, probe the location of the thickest roots. Dig them up and start to saw them carefully ... After that, look for the main root (under the stump itself) and saw it.
And only after that the main part of the uprooting begins. First try just pulling. Turnip does not come out? Have to use leverage or a powerful winch. Since it is not easy to root out stumps on a site, purchase a more powerful mechanism in advance. After tilting the stump, cut the main roots. Do not try to use an ordinary ax for this purpose, as it is easiest for them to chop off their own legs! Use only an ax welded to a metal rod (like an ice pick)!
If you are not inspired by the prospect of hard work, you can arm yourself with a hose. After washing the soil, cut the exposed roots. In any case, this pastime cannot be called an easy pastime!
You can quickly remove the stump using milling machines with special nozzles. These allow you to "gnaw" a tree from the soil, even if it lies at a depth of 0.6 m.
The advantage of physical methods is that the earth does not suffer from chemicals and remains suitable for farming. By the way, before uprooting a stump (the price for professionals varies within 3,000 rubles), it is worthwhile to find out the cost of renting such equipment, since it can be very expensive to buy it yourself.