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How to Prevent a Tree Stump From Resprouting
How to Prevent a Tree Stump From Resprouting. After cutting down a tree, you are usually left with a large stump in your landscape. Stumps are often left as a place to sit in the garden--or left simply because they're difficult to remove. Without proper treatment, however, tree stumps may begin to sprout new vegetation. A tree's deep roots can keep...
After cutting down a tree, you are usually left with a large stump in your landscape. Stumps are often left as a place to sit in the garden--or left simply because they're difficult to remove. Without proper treatment, however, tree stumps may begin to sprout new vegetation. A tree's deep roots can keep it alive even after the majority of its trunk is removed, and it can try to continue growing. Treatment after cutting down the tree trunk will prevent shoots, which require further maintenance to keep under control, from reappearing.
Things You'll Need
General-use herbicide
Latex gloves
Large paintbrush
Put on a pair of latex gloves and mix herbicide according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Dip a paintbrush into the herbicide, wetting the bristles thoroughly.
Paint the exposed cut on top of the tree trunk with herbicide. Make sure the herbicide penetrates every crack and groove--the areas where new sprouts often spring up.
Wash the paintbrush and discard it. Do not use the paintbrush again for any other projects.
Tips & Warnings
Use a general-purpose herbicide that contains one of the following ingredients: 2, 4-D, dicamba, glyphosate, imazapyr, picloram, and triclopyr. This herbicide type is generally found at nurseries or garden centers.
Apply the herbicide right after cutting down the tree for the best results--within 5 minutes if possible.
Different herbicides are created with different combinations of chemicals, and it can be dangerous--and sometimes illegal--to mix herbicides in any other way than what is indicated on the label.
