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Digging was fairly easy due to the 1/2 of rain we recieved yesterday. The large roots were cut with the sawzall, and the trunk was eased from the hole. I washed off the soil and took the remainder of the root ball down to the point of a stump end. The ring of roots near the surface of the trunk will be all thats needed to keep just a stump alive. As the buds start to break along the old wood, roots will push from the old wood of the trunk. It will be a race below and above the can this spring. Roots will be forming as fast as the upper trunk can push branches. This will build a very strong and compact root mass.