These would eventually be loaded into our pickup and trucked to the LA City Yard Trimmings Drop Off Site. More about this later. The previous owners had left some stump decomposer that is based on sulfur. We drilled large holes in the stump, packed them with the powder and watered lightly. This is supposed to help decompose the stump in a few months and then we should be able to dig out the remaining pieces.
Willows are notorious for their rooting abilities.
Even a branch left on moist soil will root wherever it touches the dirt. In fact, some gardeners will soak willow branches in water and use it as a rooting compound in place of Rootone or other rooting hormones. Even now, several weeks after cutting, the stump is issuing up many suckers and even the logs in the wood pile are sprouting. Eventually the energy stored in the roots will be exhausted and the stump will die, but I will have to keep cutting until that occurs. Drop Off Site One of our recent discoveries, now that we are heavily into gardening, is the LA City Yard Trimmings Drop Off Site.