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I dug a hole.
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I should call her.
Nice hole Man. Pretty round. Before you plant under cut sone of the hole so the roots have some more loose soil.
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Good hole.
Woah there buddy, do you have the right permits for an excavation like that?
Dang man, at least tag nsfw if you're going to be sharing pics of your hole
You check that hole for drainage and size? I planted a tree in super hard soil into a hole that wasn't much bigger than the pot, and it turned into a little pool every time it rained because the compacted soil around it wouldn't allow water (or roots) out of the 'in ground pot' I accidentally made for the tree, and it drowned.
Drainage and size have indeed been cause for some concern, if not a slight headache. (Thinking ahead, I worry that "I drowned a tree" might not be acceptably dull content for this community.)
However, the last hole I dug for another tree not too far away from this present hole turned out fine, so I hope the ground is okay. As suggested elsewhere, I'm also filling the hole with new, extra dirt.
First off most of the guides you find online or even from nurseries show the wrong way to transplant shrubs and trees.
Filling the hole with new dirt is pretty much the worst thing you can do. Water and roots follow the path of least resistance.
When you have soil with higher porosity surrounded by soil with lower porosity, water collects the higher porosity soil. It has more room for water and collects it from the surrounding area. This often leads to drowning the plant or root rots forming.
The roots also are not going to push through the harder more compact soil when nice soft porous soil is available. So they circle around the hole you dug. You end up with rootbound plants long term.
You functionally create a pot in the dirt when you add in the "better" soil that you purchased.
The best way to transplant into the ground.
Bare root or minimal soil is recommended for the plant. You really don't want to be adding too much around it.
Refill the hole with the dirt that came out of it. Pack the dirt as you fill it to match the surrounding soils compaction level. Don't be shy, make it good and firm.
If you want to fertilize at transplanting add a very small amount around the top of the hole when filling it up, not at the bottom of the hole. You want the nutrients to leach down to the roots with water. If you want to add in more fertilizer/compost. Dig some small shallow holes 5-10cm from the outside edge of you hole and add in fertilizer. This will reward roots that break through the edge of the hole encouraging them to grow further.
To add, dont plant the tree with the root base below ground level otherwise water rolls towards the tree and its get drowned. Im not a tree expert but the nursery told me this when i bought some and i googled images/diagrams of how high to plant the root ball relative to the surrounding ground.
And mulch afterwards.
Thanks!
For same season i've heard that square hole is better than round, so that the roots don't keep growing around in cricles but get stuck in a corner and might be able to escape. No idea if the this actually true but seems reasonable
Another myth. It sounds reasonable unless you know how roots grow.
It's not the shape of the hole that matters. It's how much effort it takes for the root to grow and the reward it gets for doing so.
So if you add in softer, easier to grow soil, high in nutrients the roots will stay in it until the nutrients are depleted. Only when the nutrients are depleted will the plant even attempt to grow out of the soft new soil into the harder surrounding soil. This can often be several months or even years later.
Thank you!
What kind of tree?
A robinia that has been sitting in a pot for a while now and is ready, I hope.
It was made for me! This is my hole!
Terrifying shit. Just the comment freaked me out.
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Quality hole. Dirt is definitely gone. Goes straight down into the ground. All signs of top quality. Good job.
Me too!
However mine is unfinished :(
Yep, that's a hole. Definitely got that doggy's seal of approval, too. What's it going to be when it's finished?
An adult dog.
Actually I think that's a Squole
Everything reminds me of her 😞
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Have you considered digging another one next to it?
i once dug a hole in my (parent's) back yard to search for water.
well i didn't find water but i found a girlfriend. (no joke)
dang that sounds so unhinged once i type it out loud.
here's the explanation
Well the back yard wasn't really fenced in and neighbors could easily walk in and through as a shortcut to the bus stop, and in fact they did all the time. Anyways i dug the hole and a girl from the neighborhood saw me do that and came to walk by and ask me what the hell i was doing there. i was telling her that i was digging for water, and well, the rest is a secret.
"Well I don't have any water, but you've found wetness"
I should call her.
This is deep.
Call 811 before you dig!
EDIT: Remembered the wrong number.
First make it a bean hole and cook some chili in it
Spades are not meant for digging, they're for edging and moving stuff. A shovel has a pointier head, which cuts into compacted soil easier. It's the kind that actually looks like a spade, but for some reason isn't. You can stick it in the ground, and push it down with your foot.
Holesome!
Yep, that's a hole
I also dug a hole last year and moved a small tree into it. So, two holes in a way. Still looks like a tree but we'll see how it does in the summer.
It's a hole new world.
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I don't see a spade shovel...
10/10 hole right there
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Sweet hole
Get that tree in there deep.
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Diggy diggy hole!
Nice hole
Is your name Dale?
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