Posthole Digger Post Hole Digger?

[tarious]

I recently was given 200 small pine trees. I am interested in either a post hole digger or perhaps some other attachment that might work to dig a large enough hole to plant small trees.

Anyone care to share any views or brand suggestions?

Thanks

 

[viking65]

I'm using a Woods PHD25 with 12" bit to plant shrubs and small trees. It works very well even in rocky soil. The PHD25 is sized for sub-cuts like my Cub Cadet 5234D. Woods makes larger PHD's for cuts.

Link

MikePA: Cleaned up long URL. Please review your message before posting it. It's simple not to do this. Just insert a descriptive word or two between the {url=http://whatever}<font color="red">Enter words here</font>{/url} instead of the entire URL. Replace parentheses with brackets in previous example.

 

[tarious]

Looks like exactly what I need!

Thanks for the advice /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[mathey]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I recently was given 200 small pine trees )</font>

how small is small?

 

[tarious]

I am sorry I don't have a picture...they were dug up with a small treespade. I'd guess the rootballs are 1 foot round with dirt and the trees are 2 to 3 feet tall.

 

[mathey]

ok, gotcha...I thought perhaps you meant seedlings...

proceed as directed...

 

[Henry]

I bought a Tractor Supply PHD specifically to plant trees. Using both a 6" and 9" auger's, I've sucessfully planted 60+ trees, a combination of hardwoods and pines. Some have grown upwards of 10 feet now......

I typically run the auger all the way down, which is way deeper than what the bare-root trees I plant need. Then I back-fill with some really good soil that contains a lot of organtic matter. I always put a fertilizer tablet in the bottom of the hole and water everything really well.

Also, if you have clay soil like I do, the auger will tend to create "smooth" sidewalls in the hole. Take a shovel or digging bar and score the sides of the hole. I've been told that those smoothed-up sides will tend to make it difficult for your trees roots to penetrate.... sorta like being pot-bound.

 

[viking65]

Thanks MikePA...I think. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

I always review every message before I post it. It's easier to me to just copy and paste the URL and be done with it. It serves the same purpose and works just as well. If you like a "cleaner" appearing post and have plenty of time to police such things then feel free to edit away for apperance sake. After all, you're a moderator and you have the power to do so.

 

[JerryG]

viking65,
I don't think that what Mike was saying to do has anything to do with making it pretty. The reason that Mike stress this is because when the entire URL is pasted in both locations, it makes the page so wide that everyone viewing it has to pan left to right just to see each line.

 

[viking65]

OK Jerry...I had not noticed that because it all fits on my screen without having to pan left to right. Thanks for the tip.