It takes many years for a tree stump to decompose. However, there are a few ways to spend tree stump and tree root to rot a little faster. With these means you ensure that the tree stump will decompose faster.

With a little help, a tree stump will rot faster

Bring tree stump to decompose faster

A good home gardener will allow time for a tree stump to decompose on its own, although it may take many years. However, it is also possible to ensure faster dissolution.

For this you will need some materials and tools:

  • chainsaw
  • wood drill
  • compost
  • compost starter
  • Calcium cyanamide (Root-Ex)

If used correctly, the tree stump will often have decomposed after a year so that you can more easily remove it from the ground.

Cut tree stump with chainsaw

The chainsaw is needed to make small cuts in the tree root or trunk. Cut checkerboard patterns into the wood or tree root.

In the case of tree roots, it is also advisable to drill additional holes with a wood drill.

The purpose of this measure is to direct oxygen into the wood. Compost or calcium cyanamide is filled into the openings.

Accelerate decomposition with compost and compost starter

You will speed up the decomposition of the tree stump or tree roots by putting compost, compost starters and compost accelerators in the wood. These agents promote the colonization of microorganisms that are responsible for the decomposition of the wood. The compost should be mature or semi-mature. Make sure the material is neither too dry nor too wet. You should repeat the filling with compost every spring.

Root-Ex is commercially available to stimulate the tree stump to decompose. Calcium cyanamide is less expensive but just as successful. These funds are also placed in the holes. They supply the microorganisms with the urgently needed nitrogen.

Seed lawn over tree root

A tree root will decompose faster if you sow grass over it. However, you have to mill or saw off the root at the top to achieve a deepening. This depression is filled with garden soil so that a layer of about 10 to 15 cm thick is created. You can sow grass or lay turf on it. You will then no longer be aware of the process of decomposition.

Beautify tree stump while decomposing

You can integrate it into the garden design so that the tree stump does not appear so disturbing in the garden during the long period of decomposition.

It can be planted or greened with climbing plants.

Even as an art object, a tree stump becomes a decorative highlight in the garden. However, if you want the artwork to last longer, you must prevent it from decomposing by sealing the stump.

tips

If you want to remove the stump without digging it up, decomposing is the only option. Dissolving the tree roots by burning or blasting is dangerous and not allowed almost everywhere.

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Garden design