Whoa! I've been watching these videos so long I just looked outside and my stump has rotted away! It works!

I like how you call them volunteer trees, you can harvest a lot of seedlings and branches for mulch and compost. - I would let a part of the stump stand, cut into it to create some openings, and water it and plant mushrooms. Likely it would need some larger plants nearby to create shade. A little nitrogen rich compost around to compensate for the decomposing wood.

You made it disappear by raking dirt over it, I feel cheated out of 7 min of my life.

Thank you Dan and Alice! I like the idea of using the auger in order to go deeper as we have large stumps. Enjoy your garden we are right behind you! Living the dream ✨️ 💝🙏🏼

Not trying to take away from a good video but consider this. USE the trunk for leverage! While you have anywhere from 4 to 15 feet of trunk, clean away the roots with a shovel. Tie a rope high as possible on the trunk and with that leverage pull where you want the trunk to fall. Pull on the rope with an anchored come-along, winch, truck hard point or just have someone pull the rope. While the roots on the opposite side of the trunk are being pilled, cutting with axe or chainsaw is much easier. As you cut through roots it will get easier on subsequent roots. You might try different angles pulling the rope to get to other roots. Eventually the roots break pretty easy, again because of the leverage.

Try using a reciprocating saw to cut off the tap root (after you've dug around the base). Reciprocating saws work in soil just fine. Then you can often just dig out the stump with a pick axe.

Leave the tree tall for leverage. Hook a comealong or electric winch to the base of another tree or other anchor. Keep tension whilst you cut and/or pry the roots.

Another method that worked great for me was build a charcoal briquet fire in top of the stump. Once the stump catches fire it will burn the roots clear down into the soil.

This isn't a trick but this is how my Swedish grandfather split granite: wait till winter or till temperatures are under 0°Celsius. Drill a dozen holes or more about 2-3 cm wide, as deep as you can, ideally not less than 15cm but the deeper the better. Fill with water and then the water will freeze and split the stump just like the frozen water popped off slices of the drilled granite. When the thaw comes pluck out what you can; then wait till spring by which time several thaws and repeated freezes will have so shattered the stump it won't be hard to remove the rest. 😀 Obviously only works in climate zones with freezing temperatures... 🙄 Cheers!

Anyone looking to deal with a stump check the wood type for the right fungi to inoculate it with and you can turn the stump into a mushroom garden as the fungi breaks down the wood.

You make me feel like part of a global community and I thank you for all your sharing and caring.

Thank you for the tip. I’ve had a tree cut to the ground, but I wasn’t able to use the space as the guy who cut the tree didn’t want to dess as l with the stump, so, thank you so much.

One of the best saws for cutting roots or below the soil level is a SAWZALL... The blades are tough enough, and really not dulled by dirt as easily . Try that next time you remove a tree.

I’m amazed at how many ways you might approach problems. I’m equally amazed at the critiques below that seem to have found THE one and only way. I love the gentle approach of this fine video as two fine people share THEIR way. Thanks for sharing.

Just found this channel. And just wanted to say hello and tell you both that Y’all are awesome ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge 💕

How long does it take for that stump to disappear with the Epsom Salt on it?? Thank you for showing this video. I just took down an evergreen bush and there's a good sized root left so I will cut that down close to the ground and buy some Epsom Salt. Gods blessings to you.

Wow! Amazing, and so easy! Thank you so much👍👏 Have a safe day! Moira From England.

Haha. I thought you were really going to show us some sort of trick. Instead you just buried it. LOL.

This was one cool video. I used my skill saw. Took a hammer and chisel and got it removed clear down below the surface. I re cut the remains and did like you showed in the video. Covered it with Epsom salt and limestone as it was in a landscaping area. Can't even tell there was a stump now. Years from now, the stump will be rotted away.

For those large side roots you can use a tree axe to cut through them and if you do that before cutting the tree, sometimes with a tree that size, the upper weight of the tree will pull it over and the stump out of the ground.

I might suggest using a 15" dia (38 cm) diameter auger bit, go down 3 ft (1m), fill hole with Epsom Salt, cover with AstroTurf(r) and a large concrete monument.

Great video. We all have some of those pesky "volunteers." I've got three to do myself. Love the instruction. Thanks for sharing. Love Peg

We did this!! Thanks! Then we went along merrily with our landscaping! 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Thank you Dan and Alice appreciate this very much I don't know what to do with the stumps and my daughter's yard

Chainsaw chaps would be a good idea. Mine saved me a trip to the hospital when I was cutting off a large stump at ground level.

“How to make a stump disappear in minutes” - he covers it with mulch. Wow - i woulda never thought that one up.. That's Sarcasm btw.

I gave a 👍 for the use of the garden hose. Good idea

Thanks for taking the time to share .

You should cover it with plastic so that rain doesn’t wash it away. I did this with a few stumps in my yard. They are still there , but 1 year later, they are no longer giving off shoots and can tell they are decomposing.

I used a pressure washer on a stump. It stripped away the dirt and debarked the stump and roots. Bored it out with drill. Then used a mixture of boric acid and Epsom salt. The salt draws out moisture and the moisture makes the acid work to rot the stump.

Thank you for much information for a beginner.

Privets are used as hedging in some place in New Zealand.I get rid of the big privet tree along my boundary.Birds really love the berries but it stain the roof of my car because the tree overhang my driveway.

I use a fire ring around the tree to concentrate the heat and take the branches for the fire. Ring (a culvert works great) should be 6 to 12 inches above the stump. If near your house roast hot dogs or something. I’ve used this method to clear a field for planting grass for more pasture. It will burn the stump 3-6 inches below the surface.

Any updates on your root/stump situation?

Great idea! I watched the Epsom salt series first though so I had the understanding of how it works... I think a lot of the commenters here might have missed that.

Very well edited video 🤘 thank you for the priceless information

The title should read.... How to HIDE a tree stump in just a few minutes... !!!

I just bought a wood carvings wheel for my angle grinder. Was a lot faster than chainsaw and a lot easier. I tried drilling holes using an auger bit and it stuck in the stump, tried backing it out with drill, vise grips and crescent wrench but the thing is still locked in. I decided to just burn the stump with the auger still in it.

Awesome Thanks for educating the community and appreciate your volunteership

Have you done an update on the tree stump you used Epson salts on back in 2018 I would be interested to know what its like now in 2021 thanks

A split second to dull the chain hitting pebble or even dirt cutting that low. (Licensed Arborist - company owner 20 years)

I keep old chains and completely file down the rakers. I put them on a dedicated chainsaw I use as my stump grinder.

The epsom salt MgS04 is a mystery to me but you say it works so I will try. Stumps take a long time to rot because they are mostly carbon. Speed it up with nitrogen and possibly phosphorous fertilizer like ammonium phosphate. The microbes will now have a more complete diet to do their work. You can drill holes in the stumps as well.

Cool I got a lot that are far away from the house but are eyesores all the same I had a generator at the time so I did drill a lot of holes in he stumps on top as well as the sides but they werent cut nearly as low as they could have been . Ill try more epsom salt & & dong better covering the stumps Thanks for the info Nice to see the two of you working together & the job looked great when it was finished

The Team: One supervisor, one worker.

Just mallett some wedges into those cuts and you'll break the stump apart no need to wait.

You ain’t foolin’ anybody. You are king of the couch.

Wow!!! Will this work on roots left behind from a tree?

You may want to reconsider planting a persimmon tree, they tend to sprout suckers from the roots 30-40 ft radius from the trunk.

Dig out an extra 3 feet all the way around and 3 feet down around that tiny stump, back up your pickup, hook a chain around the bottom and jerk that little stick out of the ground.

That'll work! Good job! Thanks for the video.

Now that’s a dull chain on that saw. Must of already gotten it in the dirt. Dirt/sand is terrible on the chain and bar. Excellent method for removing tree stumps. Nice to the point video and thanks for not having ugly background music. Good job mate. Would’ve been helpful if you hand said how long it takes for the stump to disappear or have shown us a pic after 3 - 6 months. Thank you

Well, we learned how to properly hide a stump.

This man is no doubt a epsom salt dealer. Check out his 3 part video of stump removal.

Dan and Alice - Thank you for the video. I have used this technique in the past and it works. Another method would be to cut the tree trunk as close to the ground as you can (just like you did) then take the tip of your chain saw or an axe and dish out a bowl shape in the tree trunk then add a few BBQ briquets, ignite the the briquets and walk away... They will slowly smoulder without an open flame. You get the same results, just a little quicker. You can even cook lunch over the briquets while they destroy the trunk. Wood ash makes a excellent garden soil enhancer as well. Michael from Canada

Wow, looks better than I thought it would. Can't even tell a tree was ever there. I'm having to romove trees (therefore tree stumps) along an old fence line, and there's wire grown into all the trees. Argh. What I'm having to do is cut the trees at a height above the fence line, then dig out each stump with a backhoe attachment that goes on my tractor. A small tree like that, I could totally tear out stump and roots in 5 minutes. But big trees are usually 4 hours per stump! P.S. Where's your wife from? I married a Filipina myself.

Looks like she's doing all the work.

Epsom salts! A million uses. I hope the persimmon treee gives you great pleasure as it grows.

This looks like the way to go. Cheap and not too hard. Who cares if it's still under there? Due to the chainsaw scoring and e. salt, it won't be a problem. Thanks for your posting this to help others. So kind of you to share!

What is that on your cement mixer? Did you make it or get it somewhere? I want one! Thanks for the video.

HOW COOL IS THAT!! That’s what I love about KZfaq! You learn great tricks for everyday problems and cool stuff like nourishing your soil when you thought you were going to get stuck with a stump that might outlive your kids! Thank you for this great trick to turn a problem into compost!

Consider using a reciprocating saw with a pruning blade to cut the root system around the stump. You might need to go a foot or more from the stump depending on the thickness of the root section.

💜to you and Alice💜 Super sweet team work God bless

Deciduous trees are very useful. I grow a lot of vegetables right underneath my maple tree. Lettuce and cilantro need some good shades in the summer to prolong their growing season.

So all you managed to do was destroy your chain saw blades, and bury the stump... in a few minutes? I thought you had some special trick.

I always use the same 3 simple tools when removing tree stumps; *my neighbors: "Moe, Larry, and Curly."*

Thank You I had 2 large trees taken down and I knew to have the Criss cross the stumps with their chainsaw but didn’t know about the Epson salts I pour bleach in it every once in a while and it hasn’t budged it a bit so maybe the Epson salts I was trying to stop the trees from tearing up my foundation and the word is very much alive and I have volunteers coming up everywhere but I’ll try the Epson salts

Nicely done sir! And just the I needed.

Looks like Alice is getting some yardwork done and you are playing with your camera...

I has been 8 months since you did that to the stump. What does it look like now? Is it breaking down as expected?

I heard rock salt worked too.Hey.I watched your video.Great Job.Thanks man.

What if the sawed trunk had termites and wasp eggs etc. Should I spray it with termite spray first? How can i ensure termites are dead?

I came from the future.....its still there

I have always loved your channel what the two of you have created has been an inspiration for many people. I have a small channel just really getting started and so far you and I have made similar videos that are similar subjects but just a little different take on them. Maybe we are tuned into the same station..😂 Yall keep up the great work!

Nice slick disposal!

Enlarge the digging circle, using the pickaxe, garden hoe, gardening trowel, even a broom to sweep away dirt clinging to the roots while keeping it dry. Eventually, you will expose a large portion of the root ball, which can be cut through. You may also be able to angle back in under the trunk to get the main taproot, or at least notch it. Then use the top of the 4-foot trunk as a lever, a few snatch blocks or block and tackle, to multiply the force, and tie off one end to a nearby tree, the other to your vehicle, and the remainder of the roots should break without too much trouble, and the stump should easily pull out. Then use the epsom salt to kill off any remaining living root, to keep another new volunteer tree from growing off of the living root.

If time is not too important: Drilling holes in stumps makes sawing easier as much of the mass of the stump is already gone pre-sawing. If enough holes are drilled, use of a hand saw may be feasible . Whether time is important or not, putting epsom salts in drilled holes of stump may help prevent regrowth of tree by sprouts in some species.

That chainsaw is blunt. And if I put my hands over my eyes the tree will disappear even faster.

Do you want to get rid of a stump in a few minutes of Vermeer SC 252 I think no more stump gonna need to buy some soil to fill in the hole though

Hello, my granpa got some big stumps near the house, is there any danger by removing them this way? It’s like 2meters away from the wall. I guess the earth gets just a lil bit fluffier or not?

I thought you said it will only take a "second". Lol

"out of sight / out of mind" still there in fact

will say when i saw the title and such i just figured you where going to burn it out, like one of those one log stoves. drilling a hole down the center of the stump with a large drill, and then using a different bit to drill an air hole in the side of it to feed it air.... like a swedish torch.

It's nice to see a man who makes his woman do all the work and just films it. That's why I watch, to observe the master!

Team work: She works/he talks!

Wow why is everyone so mad at this guy, people are so ready to jump on someone at the first thing and he didn't do nothing wrong but try to give his version of how to get rid of a stump lol I guess everybody thought they were gonna see a magic trick

On small trees like that I use a hand saw. It doesn’t take that much time when you only have one or two trees to remove.

I read through most of the comments. Hiding a stump was not the purpose. Grinding does not stop the roots from growing. Case in point, a removed Chinese Elm in my front yard. Hate that tree! The important question is, how many years does it take for a stump like this one break down?

Wow my stump grinder would take care of that in 2 minutes

I'll bet these people who are so critical of his method have never tried to remove a stump, or for that matter, done any yard work such as they're doing.

I use Epsom salt a lot in my garden. I have not tried it on a stump, but I will. I would rather use that then the chemicals that are in the stump remover stuff. Thank you!

I will try this myself. I threw my back out removing a stump this summer and haven't tried removing the rest of the Rodedendrons since.

Couple bags of charcoal briquettes on the stump and in a day it really will be gone and not buried.

Hey I just watch your stump videos from 2018. I was hoping this was an update. People in the comments had jokes but I was pulling for you. Fast forward to 2020, it looks like you change the game plan. What happened? Details please.

dude, once the stump is cut, the pores are open. you have 20 minutes to apply a poison like roundup(pure strength), brush it on around the cambium layer. the pores close drawing in the roundup and the end!

Good idea with the epson salt .I had a large tree taken down and want to get ride of the stump .I heard that vegetable oil is going also.

Why didn’t you add to the video the results of the stump gone or is it still there?

I’m wondering if the salt will effect the PH balance of the soil, becoming an issue for future vegetation planted in that same area? 🤔

Always remember to lift heavy stumps with your back not your legs.

Great video. Out of sight out of mind. Cheers