It is about 60 centimeters deep. The spade was less useful than the small pickaxe-thingy, which I used to loosen the ground. I intend to plant a tree in the hole. That is all.
I dug a hole.
It is about 60 centimeters deep. The spade was less useful than the small pickaxe-thingy, which I used to loosen the ground. I intend to plant a tree in the hole. That is all.
92 Comments
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 104d
Actually dull content (and satisfyingly so) 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 104d
Agreed. Top comment nominee.
toynbee@piefed.social · 6 pts · 104d
I don't know, that shovel looks like it might be pretty sharp.
metallic_substance@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 104d
Dang man, at least tag nsfw if you're going to be sharing pics of your hole
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 104d
What kind of tree?
PancakeEpiphany@lemmy.zip · 29 pts · 104d
A robinia that has been sitting in a pot for a while now and is ready, I hope.
swicano@programming.dev · 23 pts · 104d
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.
PancakeEpiphany@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 104d
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.
The_v@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 104d
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.
JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 104d
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.
PancakeEpiphany@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 104d
Thanks!
PancakeEpiphany@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 104d
Thank you!
leds@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 103d
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
The_v@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 103d
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.
cRazi_man@europe.pub · 19 pts · 104d
Quality hole. Dirt is definitely gone. Goes straight down into the ground. All signs of top quality. Good job.
Fandangalo@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 104d
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 104d
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)
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 104d
dang that sounds so unhinged once i type it out loud.
::: spoiler 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.
:::
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 104d
"Well I don't have any water, but you've found wetness"
dalekcaan@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 104d
etherphon@piefed.world · 14 pts · 104d
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 104d
I've got a hole lotta love for it
HocEnimVeni@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 104d
Everything reminds me of her 😞
altphoto@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 104d
All of them do.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 14 pts · 104d
I should call her.
sonofearth@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 103d
mech@feddit.org · 12 pts · 104d
Holesome!
bss03@infosec.pub · 12 pts · 104d
Call 811 before you dig!
EDIT: Remembered the wrong number.
tuckerm@feddit.online · 12 pts · 104d
This is deep.
moonshadow@slrpnk.net · 10 pts · 104d
Nice hole
YoSoySnekBoi@kbin.earth · 10 pts · 104d
10/10 hole right there
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 104d
Sure it isn't 7/5?
bss03@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 104d
Only with rice.
Cardigans@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 104d
It was made for me! This is my hole!
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 104d
Terrifying shit. Just the comment freaked me out.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 103d
Drrrrr drrr
MohamedMoney@feddit.org · 10 pts · 104d
Sweet hole
dai@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 104d
Me too!
However mine is unfinished :(
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 104d
Yep, that's a hole. Definitely got that doggy's seal of approval, too. What's it going to be when it's finished?
ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 104d
An adult dog.
Lumisal@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 103d
Actually I think that's a Squole
dai@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 101d
Going to pave the area, lots of prep to do first. Compacting and leveling and probably a domestic or three in between.
We have 3 pallets of bricks that have been in the way for too long.
ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 101d
Yeah, prep is everything when you're laying pavers. Lots of layers and steps to do it right. But the plan sounds fantastic, turning it into something nice to look at that you can actually use. Good luck, hope it's everything you are envisioning.
Mpatch@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 103d
Nice hole Man. Pretty round. Before you plant under cut sone of the hole so the roots have some more loose soil.
CameronDev@programming.dev · 9 pts · 104d
Is your name Dale?
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/g1Rzn7jk0vc
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 104d
MimicJar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
What are you doing?
Digging.
Why?
Make a hole.
A hole for what?
More digging.
bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 104d
Diggy diggy hole!
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 104d
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.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 8 pts · 104d
Yep, that's a hole
tomiant@piefed.social · 8 pts · 104d
Have you considered digging another one next to it?
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 104d
Bro, that's a fucking hole you dug right there. Look at that...
khannie@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 104d
Magnificent hole tbh.
moistclump@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 103d
Woah there buddy, do you have the right permits for an excavation like that?
Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 103d
: wanders over to stand next to the hole, beer in hand:
Ayup. Think in this county you need to file permission with the council for any hole over 30 cm deep.
: sips beer as an eldritch tentacle starts to crawl out of hole:
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 104d
When I dig a hole the dirt is usually right next to it. This hole feels surreal like its a hole to stay a hole. Where's the dirt?
PancakeEpiphany@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 104d
I learned from the last hole I dug a few years ago and shovelled the dirt right on a cart. I used it to fill a sloping flower bed.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 104d
Advanced hole digging.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 104d
Then what's going in with the tree? Buying separate dirt?
PancakeEpiphany@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 104d
I... yes. Yes, I will use my money to buy new, better dirt to replace the available dirt I painstakingly dug up and carted away to a slightly different place.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
"......well dangit! I coulda just reused my dirt!!! Now I gotta go to Lowes, and buy premium dirt!!!! Dangit!"
Screamium@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
It's better to backfill with the soil you dug out. If you fill in with different soil then it could make the hole you dug into a hard boundary that roots won't try to grow through.
a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 104d
What inspired you?
PancakeEpiphany@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 104d
The Mrs, in the parlance of this sub.
a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 104d
Nice
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 104d
Did you dig another hole to put all the material from this hole into?
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 103d
Good hole.
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 104d
well done, good hole!
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 104d
I have a pick axe, technically a mattock that I use in my yard. It's all clay and gravel. It's fun to swing.
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 104d
Get that tree in there deep.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
MmmmHrmmm
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
Now take it back it out and do it again!
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 104d
I know the quote and vaguely picture it being about washing a truck/tire but have no idea what movie it's from.
PixeIOrange@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 104d
This is a neat hole. Well dug.
DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 104d
Straight to the pool room!
Geobloke@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 104d
what do you know about lead?
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 104d
I don't see a spade shovel...
XTL@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 104d
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.
Areldyb@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
Yep, that there sure is a hole.
MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
I'm proud of you, son
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
A hollova hole you got there
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 104d
You've got a bit more to go to catch up with Mel!
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
Cool hole
Cool use for a whole
What's not to like?
NerdInSuspenders@leminal.space · 3 pts · 104d
A bean hole?
yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 104d
Did you call before you dug?
thenextguy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 104d
Dig a hole. Fill it up.
qprimed@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 104d
connecting you to hundreds of millennia of your fellow men. satisfyingly primal :-)
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 104d
First make it a bean hole and cook some chili in it
TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 104d
My housing development is built on fill dirt; I was trying to plant a rose bush and getting nowhere with just a shovel. What I really needed was a pickaxe like we used in college when we were excavating a rock shelter for Archaeology 401. Bought one at the hardware store and went to town. 🥀
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 104d
"Let's dig a hole at the bottom of the..."
OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 104d
You makin beans?
Watership@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 104d
Ooo la la
electric_nan@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 104d
Rad.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 104d
404@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 104d
Shoveling and scooping, particularly sands and gravels that tend to roll off a rounded tip. Also edge work and leveling.