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Originally Posted by Kat2
How the heck do you pull back and keep sand away to even pour concrete? Digging a hole for planting 1 gallon pot entails scraping away a 3' wide sliding mess and quick work to set it for me.
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Another way to do this is to use round cardboard form (Sono tube ... available at Lowes). push it down as you dig the hole from within the tube; and pull it out as you fill the hole. .... Don't fill the hole then try to pull out the tube. ... In sand you could use a post driver (a round metal weighted metal tube; available at Tractor Supply & Lowes) to drive a pointed wooden post or a metal post into the ground. Just put it over the top of the post; then lift and drop; repeat until proper depth is reached. No hole to dig.
I would not use concrete around the post (wood or metal). As a rule of thumb, the post depth should be 1/3rd the length above the ground. In sand the 30" depth minimum is about right as stated above. .... Just set one post with at 30" depth and check to see how stable it is after filling and compacting.
Standard treated 4" wooden fence post (even pine) should last a long time in sand as water is drained away.
i don't know why I answered this .... as Kat hasn't logged on to the form for a while now.