Having a root ball!!!!

[Werks 4 da Man]

At a friend's house two 12 inch pines, rootballs tangled, blew over during a storm. What do you guys do to restore the terrain?

Would you remove the rootballs or what?

Fred

 

[squisher]

Yah remove them fill the holes with some soil and plant what ya like would be my advice, without seeing no pics of course.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Or plop them back over and grind the stump.

 

[Werks 4 da Man]

Thanks guys. I'll look for a stumpgrinder first and see what he will charge.

If he's out of line, then I'll pull the stump. Didn't even think of going ahead and grinding it.

Fred

 

[NickfromWI]

Wow, I didn't think of that either, but it makes sense. You don't have to try to find fill later that way.

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nick

 

[squisher]

What's easier or more cost effective would all depend on what kind of equipment you have access to, what sort of disposal site you have access to/or not, and what future plans for the area are. If you're going to plant another tree grindings would be good I would think, if it's going to be returned to lawn I would think you'd want soil. Just my .02.

 

[Jonseredbred]

Or plop them back over and grind the stump.

 

[NickfromWI]

If I was replanting a tree, I would put soil in there. Whatever was most similar to the soil that is in the rest of the yard. Trees are used to growing in a forest setting where the top few inches are mulch (wood chips) but not 2 feet down.

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nick

 

[sotc]

if its lawn your better off putting siol back as the grindings will sink over a couple years. i got some pics for another thread of stumps were going to pull