Dibber

A dibble, Steckholz, dibble, planter or herb garden Stickel is a device that is used to drive holes for inserting plants in the ground. It originally consisted of an approximately 30 centimeters long and wide bottom tapering and shod with iron hardwood rod, now also versions made of metal or plastic are available. At the upper end of the seed timber is provided with a curved or T -shaped handle.

The plant timber additionally has a transverse pin or a groove measuring scale to measure the penetration depth of the rod and so as to allow a uniform insertion. With the dibble holes are drilled into the soil, the plants are as deep as they have previously been in the seed bed in the ground at the designated planting locations, depressed and slightly pressed with simultaneous Zufüllen of the planting hole to the earth.

The dibble is an old garden tool. In Grammatically - critical dictionary of the High German dialect of Johann Christoph Adelung it is under the name " planter ", " dibble " and " seed stock" and " Herb Stickel " described as a "tool, which holes to the young plants, which are to be put so to make in the earth. "

Related Tools

In addition to the wooden dibber there Einpflanzhilfen of metal that hold an internal cavity (hollow planter ) and with which the holes are not drilled into the ground, but with the help of razor sharp metal ring from the ground. This may be larger in diameter than the planting timber. A hollow planter is especially recommended when the soil is loamy and the use of a planting timber compress the earth and would thus inadequate intake of plant roots. The grave in the floor serves not yet mechanized agriculture, among other things, to create holes for cuttings.

Small hollow planters

Grave Stock