Got a huge pine stump out in under an hour with a trick my grandpa showed me

Honestly, I had this old Norfolk pine stump in a client's yard in Clearwater that was just refusing to budge after grinding. Ngl, I was about to call for a bigger machine. My grandpa, who was a logger, always said to drill a ring of holes around the edge and fill them with epsom salt and water. Did that on a Friday, came back Monday, and the wood was so punky I pulled the whole root ball with my mini-ex. Has anyone else tried a weird old trick like that that actually worked?

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angela_allen536mo ago

Why do old tricks always sound crazy but work so well?

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rowan9726mo ago

Wait, how much epsom salt did you use?

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olivia_park6mo ago

Old tricks working is the weird part. What makes something like epsom salt actually do anything. Is it just placebo or is there a real reason. I always wonder if we just believe in it because someone's grandma said so. Would love to see someone actually test it properly.

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