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- From: Ed & Pat Fackler <rocmdw@aye.net>
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- Subject: Re: [nafex] hole digging
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 10:29:58 -0500
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My only comment re: below is that digging holes in clay soils with any
type of circular digger will almost guarantee a clay pot, even if soils are
only slightly wet.
If you are insistent on digging with such a device, I'd use a fork to
deglaze the sides prior to planting of trees. Otherwise, your trees will
be sitting in a clay pot for over a year (or until frost heaving breaks up
the sides of the hole). This generally results in literal drowning of tree
roots.
Ed
pinewoodel@hotmail.com wrote:
> just did an archive search and found nothing relevant.... ive got 200
> holes to dig for trees this spring in our heavy clay. Was able to
> borrow once a Gravely garden tractor with a hole digging attachment.
> Its a rorary drill for planting , digs a hole about 16" wide and 16"
> deep.Its advantage is that it grinds up the clay. If i had the
> physical stamina and was built like a gorilla i could consider hand
> digging but the clay would come out in spade size blocks, not so nice
> for roots. Graveleys are a heavy duty machine and not every one knows
> they make a hole digger. However my only other option at present is to
> find a way to attach an old 9" post hole auger i bought to the loader
> of my farmall M tractor ( they don't have 3 pt. hitches). Has anyone
> seen a post hole auger fited to a loader of a tractor? I figure with
> this configuration i could drill multiple holes and break up the
> clay.How do you all dig holes? minnesota del
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[nafex] hole digging,
pinewoodel, 01/20/2001
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Re: [nafex] hole digging,
Ed & Pat Fackler, 01/20/2001
- [nafex] Re: hole digging, edforest55, 01/20/2001
- Re: [nafex] hole digging, jim, 01/20/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [nafex] hole digging, Mills Apple Farm, 01/20/2001
- Re: [nafex] hole digging, del stubbs, 01/20/2001
- [nafex] hole digging, Kieran or Donna, 01/25/2001
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Re: [nafex] hole digging,
Ed & Pat Fackler, 01/20/2001
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