stump go boom, and keeping kanooks at bay

[Bill Stewart]

At 05:22 PM 08/31/2001 -0700, Subcommander Bob wrote:
>At 11:17 AM 8/31/01 -0400, Duncan Frissell wrote:
> >Note that the unlicensed private use of explosives may be legal in
>America
> >depending on time and place.  Need any stumps cleared?
>
>Last week, my local (SoCal) Home Depot had Grant's stump remover, which
>appeared to be homogenous small spheres and KNO3 was mentioned
>on the ingredients list :-)

Stump remover doesn't go boom, it goes fizzle fizzle smoke smoke smoke,
for a long time until your stump has burned away down into the roots.
You might be able to extract some KNO3 from the other gunk,
but there're probably better ways to get your pyrotechnical supplies.