In transplanting with the dibber, a hole is first made by a thrust of the tool, and the earth is then pressed against the root by means of the foot, hand, or the dibber itself (as in Fig.
In planting, the roots should be set with the upper end 3 inches below the surface of the ground, using a dibber or sharp-pointed stick in making the holes.
For hard soils and larger plants, a strong dibber may be made from a limb that has a right-angled branch to serve as a handle.
For plunging pots, a dibber like that shown in Fig.
If this is done in autumn, there will be a mellow top crust produced by the spring, and the best way to plant will be in trenches, unless the land is very light, in which case the dibber may be used.
From this same unkind clay it is possible to secure good crops of long Beets, by making deep holes with a dibber a foot apart and filling these with sandy stuff from the compost yard and sowing the seed over them.
On light soils, in a sufficiently dry condition, the dibber or planting stick may be used, but on heavy ground it is not satisfactory.
He thrust the dibber into the earth, kicked the soil off his heavy boots, and came out on to the path rubbing his hands and looking at them.
Never use a dibber in planting spawn; simply make a hole in the manure with the fingers, insert the lump and cover it over at once, and as soon as the bed has been planted firm it well all over.
Broad beans are put in with a dibber in straight lines about five inches apart, the rows being four feet from each other.
Cabbage-plants should be put in by thedibber about nine inches apart, in rows about four feet distant from each other.
Potatoes should be planted with the dibber nine inches apart, in rows three feet apart, as should Jerusalem artichokes.
Scarlet runners are put in by the dibber singly about three inches apart, and should have bean sticks placed near them as soon as they appear, upon which to climb.
In place of these solutions carbolic acid emulsion is sometimes used; or eight to ten drops of bisulphide of carbon are dropped into a hole made near the roots with the dibber and then covered in.
The dibber is useful for making holes at very regular distances apart in the lines, and into each hole a bulb may be dropped in, afterwards covering it over with soil.
To secure the latter result a blunt dibbermay be used, marked at the required depth with a cross-piece nailed on, or a piece of hoop iron that can be slid up or down to any particular depth.
A blunt dibber as shown in the sketch, will be found more useful than a pointed one for the work, although it may not be pushed into the soil so readily.
A fairly large bulb is liable to be hung up in the hole as its diameter is greater than that of the dibber at a certain depth.
The danger of a sharp-pointed dibber is shown in the sketch.
A dibber is a pointed tool, usually a stick, used to make holes for planting seeds, bulbs, setting out plants and transplanting of seedlings.
If you have any old rake or hoe handles bring them along for dibber making.
Albert will tell us the use of the dibber and make you one each from all these old handles.
She laid this across her seed bed, kneeling on it, then she drew a dibber along the board's straight edge, pressing firmly into the soil with the dibber.
You see the dibber leaves an awkward little peak there at the bottom of the hole.
Now make the hole in the ground with the dibber just where you wish.
A trowel or a thin garden marker, a can of water anddibber are the necessary tools for the business.
When broad holes are wanted, the triangular iron Dibber (sold by dealers) is excellent.
For small plants, as cabbages and tomatoes, a cylindrical Dibber is generally used.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dibber" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
