Is tree stump grinding necessary?

 

While tree stump grinding Brisbane is not always necessary, most property owners prefer to grind down any excess stump on their property at the same time when they have a tree removed. Tree stump grinding allows a land area ready for laying sod, planting a flower bed, or even a new tree. Additionally, tree stump grinding also produces mulch that can be used around a yard.

Tree stump grinding is generally performed from four to six inches below ground level with deeper stump grinding performed as requested by a property owner. However, the depths of what tree stump grinding Brisbane can be achieved are subject to certain limitations like the size of a stump grinding and its range of up and down maneuverability.

Other materials near or around a tree stump may also limit how deep tree stump grinding can go as although tree stump grinding machines are powerful, it is only designed to specifically grind plant materials, wood, and dirt.

Tree stump grinding is also generally not performed deep enough to risk damaging any underground utility lines or any buried cables with possibly other obstacles encountered necessitating a shallower tree stump grinding Brisbane process.

Tree stump grinding also produces high-grade mulch made up of tree materials and dirt which makes it a valuable organic material that decomposes more rapidly over many other kinds of mulch with its generally smaller wood particles and soil helping to break it down for easy fertilizing.

When mulch is not going to be used by a land owner or taken away to be dumped, it is standard practice after any tree stump grinding procedure to push any produced mulch back into the area that has been ground down called “backfilling” and with any mulch produced after a tree stump grinding settling very quickly to ground level.

However, many people still prefer to use the mulch produced after a tree stump grinding process around their yards as ground cover or for composting purposes rather than leaving anywhere a previous stump once was.

It is also recommended to not try to re-plant trees in the same area where a tree was removed with its stump ground as even with a deep tree stump grinding process its extensive root system remains underground which can inhibit or interfere with a newly planted tree’s attempts to become established. Additionally, if the old tree that has been removed had a disease, that disease may still be present in its remaining root tissues which can be easily transmitted to a newly planted tree.

And while it may be not necessary for any tree stump to be grounded down immediately after a tree has been felled, its remaining stump and root system may last for several years and possibly become a habitat for fungi, insects, and other creatures that may be harmful to other plants around a stump's periphery.

Also, the costs of having a tree stump grinding performed are generally dependent upon the size of the stump to be ground down, its location, and how deep the tree stump grinding machine needs to go.