Add topsoil to achieve a total topsoil depth of 10-15 cm (4-6 inches), after firming. The topsoil should be loamy sand, sandy loam, clay loam, loam, silt loam, sandy clay loam or other soil suitable for the area.
Add the soil around the roots firming it as you go. When the hole is half filled with soil, water it very well to insure good soil to root contact, and then add the remaining soil.
Plant all the lower holes first and then add soil to the next level of planting holes, firming the soil gently with your hands and positioning the watering pipe if it gets moved. Keep going in this fashion until you fill all the planting holes.
Put the plant in the hole and start to fill, firming as you go - ensure that the top of the rootball is level with the surface of the soil.
Push a 1.8m (6ft) cane behind the vine.
Remove it from its pot and plant up, firming in around it with multipurpose soil mixed with a little slow-release fertilizer. Water well.
As the spiral grows keep firming the soil and embedding the rocks well into the soil, tapering them as it is built up, saving smaller rocks to be used for the top.
Fertilise the soil as it is built up.
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Fill in the hole around the roots, firming the soil with your hands. Water immediately after planting to collapse any air pockets in the soil. Water until the soil is moist but not soaking wet.
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Avoid air pockets by firming the soil around
the roots. Water added to the partially filled hole also
helps to settle the soil. Finish the job by building up a ...
Back-fill the hole with soil, firming as you go. Firm delicate and small plants with your hand, larger plants can be firmed in with the heal of your boot.
Tamping: Lightly firming soil over seeds or around newly set transplants.
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Add more potting mix around the bulbs, firming it into place with your fingers. The tips of the bulbs should barely show through the soil surface.
When inserting into the medium predibble the hole and insert cutting, gently firming the soil around the stem. Water in with a fungicidal solution to avoid fungal infection.
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Likewise, you can make a small "trench" with your finger and place the cutting inside, firming the soil around the bottom part of the brugmansia cutting.
Place the rhizome so that it sits barely under the soil, firming the soil around it, and then water it in. Potted iris can be planted in the spring using care to plant at the same soil level as in the pot.
Apply fertilizer (or compost) to the bottom of the row. Add garden soil on top of the fertilizer, filling to 1" deep and firming down the soil layer. Plant the chard seeds, fill with soil and water. Keep moist but not soggy.
harden seedlings off by gradually exposing them to direct sun and cooler temperatures, which will help them survive light frosts. Dig a hole a bit larger than the root ball and work in compost and organic fertilizer. Plant the seedling, firming the ...
potting bench. This, together with the first watering, will firm the compost sufficiently.
Firming down soil-less composts only succeeds in driving out the air and making
them hostile to root development.
Gently place seedling in the hole, then replace soil, firming slightly to ensure good soil to root contact. Water moderately well; stock seedlings, like stock seeds, don't like to be too damp and excess moisture will cause the stems to rot.
When placing the division in the pot, position the older pseudobulbs against one side so that the new lead has room to expand. Pack the dampened bark mixture around the roots, firming it with your thumbs as you go.
Fill in around the plant with soil, gently firming with the palms of your hands to eliminate any air pockets, but not so heavily as to compact the soil. Mulch with several inches of organic mulch to conserve water and keep weeds from growing.
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Lie the plant down and put the roots into the trench, carefully spreading them out if there is a big root ball, then pull the soil back over, firming well.
 See also: Plant, Water, Soil, Planting, Flower
  
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