dibbled
Pierced for seeds
Dibbled is the past tense of dibble, meaning to plant seeds or bulbs using a dibble—a pointed tool that makes holes in soil.
The word appears almost exclusively in gardening contexts: She dibbled the tulip bulbs along the fence line.
To dibble is to make such holes or to set plants in them.
Recently sprouted young plant
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- holeAbsence in matter
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
- depthDistance below surface
rows · beds · furrow · poked · manual · precision · technique · fieldwork
Flat blade for spreading
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- hoeWeeding and tilling implement
- stickThin piece of wood
- pointExact location or meaning
wooden · metal · handle · seed drill · transplanter · cultivator · planter
Newly germinated plants
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- horticultureCultivating plants systematically
- greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
annuals · perennials · bulbs · vegetable · allotment · plot · kitchen garden · raised bed
seedling
Recently sprouted young plant
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- holeAbsence in matter
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
depth · rows · beds · furrow · poked · manual · precision · technique · fieldwork · soil
trowel
Flat blade for spreading
point · wooden · metal · handle · seed drill · transplanter · cultivator · planter
seedlings
Newly germinated plants
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- beddingMaterials covering a mattress
- horticultureCultivating plants systematically
greenhouse · annuals · perennials · bulbs · vegetable · allotment · plot · kitchen garden · raised bed · propagation
dibbledplowed
Turned soil for sowing
tilled · harrowed · cultivated · rototilled · furrowed
dibbleduntouched
Not contacted or affected
unworked · uncultivated · fallow · virgin · undisturbed