A method of planting trees in which a hole is dug, and the roots settled over a mound of earth in the bottom of the hole before it is refilled (often contrasted with notch planting).
Origin
Late 19th century.
Definition of pit planting in US English:
pit planting
noun
A method of planting trees in which a hole is dug, and the roots settled over a mound of earth in the bottom of the hole before it is refilled (often contrasted with notch planting).