Stopping Stump Sprouts on a Nut Tree

A 4-foot nut tree stump keeps sending up shoots despite weekly clipping. The homeowner wants a permanent solution.

Herbicide Treatment

• Use glyphosate (Roundup) on sprout foliage.
• If grass is present, wear rubber gloves, wet a rag with Roundup, and wipe the leaves—avoids killing turf.
• Glyphosate translocates to roots, killing the entire root system.
• Repeat as new shoots emerge.

Clipping alone only stimulates more sprouts; herbicide eliminates the root reserves.