Some folks here think they are acidifying the soil by using Christmas tree mulch but.

Jan 31, You can use the stump grindings to fill the hole left by the stump and then top it up with topsoil. Stump grinding makes excellent mulch. Spread the wood chips in a one-inch layer over your soil and then rake it into your flower beds.

This will allow the Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Sep 04, After a stump is ground, a pile of wood debris remains. The pile is composed of processed wood pieces and fibers that were inside the stump.

If your tree service also grinds the roots beneath the stump, the pile of leftover material will be larger.

As long as the wood and root pieces don't have any obvious diseases, you can use the leftover product as shrubremover.barted Reading Time: 3 mins.

Nov 11, The easiest way to clean up stump grindings is to rake them into a single pile, using a leaf rake, which has flexible, close-spaced teeth that make it easy to. Don’t forget to add food scraps and garden waste as well. The stump grindings will become rich in nitrogen in a few months before you add them to your garden beds and plants. Also, don’t forget to turn the compost pile every once in a while to help the decomposition process.

Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins. Jun 22, A tree stump that’s close to other trees or valuable shrubs may damage these other plants and their root systems if their stump is ground out. Stumps that are close to buildings or other structures may be hard to grind out because of the chance of damage to foundations, footings, or underground utilities and shrubremover.barted Reading Time: 8 mins.