Use Of Urea to Treat Stumps

[Dorset Treeman]

Hi,

 

I plan to treat norway spruce stumps with urea to help prevent any infection from Heterobasidion annosum. My site in Dorset is apparently high risk if you use the Forestry Commission guidance tool.

 

Problem is I can't find anything on generic internet searches that explains how you apply it to the stumps. Can anyone help?

 

Thanks

 

Alan

[Logrod]

I'd imagine that you'd spray to provide a protective barrier against the spores?

[kev7937]

We just used a brush at college many moons ago, painted it on.

[AlexB]

Fill an old rinced 5l oil bottle with it. Stab some holes in the lid and shake over the stump until its blue. Do not get it any where near your skin unless you intend to spend a week or so looking like a smurf!

[darrin]

I would recommend something like this, but larger.

[Chris Sheppard]

Fill an old rinced 5l oil bottle with it. Stab some holes in the lid and shake over the stump until its blue.

 

That always worked for us too.

 

Also, don't spill a 25l drum of it in the back of your pickup - it's not the best to clean out.......

[Dorset Treeman]

Excuse my ignorance but does anyone know if it has a dilution rate on the label for this use?

[Chris Sheppard]

All I can remember was a full bag of granules to a 25L drum and there were 4 bags to one box - no idea how much was in a bag though so can't help there

[AlexB]

I've only ever got it in liquid form. Dorset if you were not do far I could give you some.

[sandspider]

I thought you were just going to haul the sausage out and apply urea directly, in urine form!