The Importance Of Stump Removal

| Wednesday, May 14, 2014
By Arline Bradley


The abundance of natural resources and the quiet suburban living in Spring Hill, Florida makes it a haven for forest flora and fauna. The city has the most beautiful parks in the state of Florida. Trees are everywhere, lining up the streets and the vast greenery surrounding the area. But urban development has caused most trees to be removed.

The beauty of Mother Nature can be seen in a fully grown tree. The green, luscious foliage can provide shade to man, and shelter for other animals and birds. But once it gets chopped off, it loses its uses and beauty. It can only be seen as something dull or without use that needs to be disposed. You can do stump removal to improve the scenario. Hire someone who knows how to do it.

One reason to remove them is to prevent the root from damaging sidewalks and building foundations. The root will eventually grow extensively, and will start to crack sidewalks and other paved surfaces. Lifted paved surfaces are dangerous for people to trip on them. An overgrown root can physically break sewers and water pipes underground.

In removing a tree stump, you need to make sure to totally remove the root to avoid future problems. It can also spread diseased wood to healthy trees nearby if not removed. Insects such as bees, wasps and termites are easily attracted to stumps. These pests can be potentially damaging to your landscape or yard.

Hiring a professional to do the job can make it faster and done properly. Spring Hill companies offer manpower and equipment to remove stumps no matter how big they are. They have the proper machinery like the grinder to make the job faster. A grinder, for example, has a design to mashed stumps and pulped them into smaller chips.

They will eventually sprout again if not removed from under the ground. You need to uproot them to stop from growing. You can then apply Epson or rock salt on the surface to stop its growth. Cover it with soil and apply salt once more to an exposed root.

There are easy and effective ways to remove for those who would opt to be independent and would want to do it themselves. This process would not require a lot of manual labor, but patience is mostly needed. The most common is digging around the area to expose all the largest roots around the tree. You need to dig in either side of the roots and expose them as much as possible almost to their tips.

You then cut the parts into smaller pieces using a saw or an ax. This would depend on how huge the root is. Slowly remove them from the ground. If you are having a hard time, try using a grub hoe. Chop off larger roots to smaller pieces. Once all of the roots have been taken care of, you can easily take out the stump.

Aside from cutting the roots out, there are also other method you can use. Like the first provided earlier, the grinding. You can also burn them and use a chemical remover. This is composed of powdered potassium nitrate, which reacts with the wood to soften and rot quickly.




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