That sounds much nicer Gemma, the stumps are not difficult to remove, not very deep roots. If you have access to a strong man, (or lady) a mattock and an iron bar are the tools to use. A big pair secateurs or small loppers will chop through the thread roots as you go.
We have removed 28 this year from a long hedge, they were about 26 years old so fairly chunky, all gone and replanted now.
Ne now.
I did want to try a
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Thanks for the removal advice Lyn, just a mattock I would need to buy as I have the other tools, could have done with one getting out old greengage stumps over the past few weeks. I have the leylandii stumps mulched over with bark chips for now, must get at them next year and start to clear them out.
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That sounds much nicer Gemma, the stumps are not difficult to remove, not very deep roots. If you have access to a strong man, (or lady) a mattock and an iron bar are the tools to use. A big pair secateurs or small loppers will chop through the thread roots as you go.
We have removed 28 this year from a long hedge, they were about 26 years old so fairly chunky, all gone and replanted now.
Ne now.
I did want to try a
Thanks for the removal advice Lyn, just a mattock I would need to buy as I have the other tools, could have done with one getting out old greengage stumps over the past few weeks. I have the leylandii stumps mulched over with bark chips for now, must get at them next year and start to clear them out.
It wont matter if some bits get left in, they dont grow again and you may be able to work around
them,