If I plant my fig there will it survive, since there is so much water under the ground?

Question

I would like to plant a climbing fig on my concrete fence, mainly to cover the ugly fence up!

After digging the hole to plant it in the hole promptly filled up about 1/2 way with water. After letting the water sit all day I came back to look at it and the hole was still filled with water- meaning it never drained.

If I plant my fig there will it survive, since there is so much water under the ground?

Answer 1

Could be your water table is pretty high! Wow, where are you New Orleans? Near a lake? Could also indicate some underground obstruction that is not letting water seep down lower......underground concrete, plastic, rock layer, etc.

If you have a sprinkler system, you might have a leak nearby! Or if your water line is nearby, it too may be leaking. Is your downspout nearby? That would have to be moved away from the house pronto before groundwater gets inside.

Try digging holes elsewhere to see if you have the same problem throughout the yard. If this is just your yard, you'd have to either drain the yard into a sump pump or into the city sewer and that's $$$$$ I read here recently someone had the city do it, but then his problem was water on top of the ground which is a health hazard.

Normally when we run into water drainage problems we mound up the soil and plant high. Can't do that against the house as that invites insects such as termites.

You have some investigation to do!

Answer 2

Call the city's water department immediately, you have hit a water pipe. This happens often.

Answer 3

wow....thats not good...it will rot the roots....did u hit a underground pipe? how close id this area to your house you may want to check to see if you basement has water damage