will you be covering with a mulch so they disappear???

once i moved to 5 acres ... i tended to avoid the type of prep work i used to do in limited space suburbia ... there just werent enough hours in a day .. to be all that neat ...

i would dig an appropriate sized hole.. remove roots or whatever .... insert plant .. water in.. and ignore but for proper watering the first year ...

imo.. basically its up to your emotional needs ... its not really a gardening issue ... whatever makes you happy ....

ken

And a pick ax at your side helps

ron

ooo , is it season long glypsoate ?

if properly applied to the stump.. immediately after the cut ... you dont need to pay extra for special glycol ...

if per chance you get some random sprouts from prior energy stored in the massive root system of a very mature plant.. just snip them and put one drip on the cut ...

i just plant to the side of a dead stump.. as far away as required by ease of digging ...

if your soil is moist enough.. the old stumps will rot away ... but trust me on this.. dont go kicking them to find out if they are rotted.. unless you have steel toed boots on ...

i like watching.. thru the years.. how ma natures takes care of business ... as the stumps rot.. moss.. shrooms .... etc ... but then.. i have the space to allow such.. another excuse for being lazy .. lol ... think of it as a free show of ma nature ....

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=well+rotted+stumps&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

ken

I get mushrooms all the time during the growing season. All's it takes is dead organic matter and there they are. So don't think you won't get them by removing roots.

These are growing under a perfectly healthy Tsuga c. that has wood mulch surrounding it.

I thought it was nice enough to take a picture. :-)