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I wondered myself whether there was an advantage to planting with a post hole digger vs. the planting bar - so the first year on the farm, we intermixed rows of 9" PHD holes, with rows of planting bar. It took much longer with the PHD, longer to fill etc. After 5 years, absolutly no difference between the rows, no difference in height or death rate. We now plant wherever we can by planting bar, and only use the PHD if the ground is too hard.