Rotting tree stump -beneficial to wildlife or risk to plants?
I have a charming 4' high dead tree trunk at the end of my garden. I don't consider it an eyesore.. it has lovely bark and some interesting (bracket?) fungi growing out of it.
Conservationists tell me It's a rare sanctuary for beetles and the like and should be kept.
But gardening sites, even RHS, only seem to want to advise how to destroy/remove stumps.
So which is it? What harm can it do -spread root rot to nearby plants?
Conservationists tell me It's a rare sanctuary for beetles and the like and should be kept.
But gardening sites, even RHS, only seem to want to advise how to destroy/remove stumps.
So which is it? What harm can it do -spread root rot to nearby plants?
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We have stumps in our garden to improve wildlife habitat.