Garden Weasel Bulb Planter - Long Handle | Annuals, Ground Cover, Vegetables, Spring and Fall Bulbs | Sod Cutter, Remover, and Plugger, Grass Planter, Bulb Planting Tool | 91350

Works good for a 6”+ deep hole (which is what i wanted) if soil is extremely dry, you may want to wet it first. Very sturdy. I can see this lasting for many years.

I really like this planter. I had 80 bulbs to plant and this was a great time saver. Also bending over planting can be hard on your back, this saved my back for sure. Creates the perfect sized hole with the perfect depth. If your planting multiple items in one area, make the first hole plant move to the second and you can easily use the material pushed out from the second hole to fill the first. It's a great time saver. Super sturdy and easily to handle.

I'd never planted bulbs before. I bought more than a hundred to start a line of narcissus along my back boundary. I started planting a number of them before this tool arrived. This tool offered a much easier option for planting them. It was a lot easier than getting down on hands and knees and excavating a hole with a trowel or similar tool. I knew my soil was pretty "clean" and this tool just pulled full plugs up effortlessly. All the plugs were the full length of the tool - about 6", I think. I still had to do some hands and knees work, but far less than previously. I have other areas of my yard where there are a lot of roots just below the surface, because I'd just cleared them a year or two ago. Now that I have a feel for the tool, I'm hoping that it will be effective to use in those areas, too, at least where the roots are not that large. It may take a little longer, but I expect it will still save me time. I'm very glad I bought this.

This tool is made of heavy metal and is a solid tool. The big savings is that you'll be using your legs to cut holes in the soil rather than your arms and hands. That alone makes using this tool easier than a handheld bulb planter. But be warned: It works as shown in the video if your soil is light and fluffy like the soil in the video. If you are planting in an area where the soil has not already been fluffed up, you'll be stomping hard and prying the soil out of the tubular piece. Still hard work, and you'll likely be squatting or on your knees. It doesn't seem that using this tool is actually easier than just using a D-handle garden fork.

I have used this to plant 100 daffodil bulbs so far (200 to go). I’m impressed by how well made it is. Heavy duty. It works well but I’m planting the bulbs in newly planted grass. For the most part, the tool is not going all the way into the ground just by stepping onto it due to straw and roots. But with some pressure and rotation, it gets through and I can bring up a plug in a minute or so. Definitely saves time.

Good bulb digger. Made planting a bunch of tulip bulbs a breeze. And standing up while digging holes saved my back and knees!

I bought this tool to plant 300 lilies and 200 tulips in an area of lawn next to my driveway that I wanted to turn into a flower bed. I soon learned there was an inch of good soil in this location, with wildly inconsistent soil quality and structure below. This bulb planter has seen it all, from heavy clay to sand to silt to rocks and maybe two holes in nice loam. - In loam and moist clay, it consistently digs a 6-8" hole with one jump and the full plug lifts out of the ground with the tool. It would make really quick work of planting in an established bed with deep good soil. - In silt and sand, It digs nearly as deep. Depending on the soil moisture, it might require a half rotation and a second jump to get the full depth needed. Often some or all of the plug remains in the ground because the drier soil doesn't hold together. - In the rocky soil torture test, it showcased its durability. I wasn't gentle and the tool held up well. If there is one complaint, it's that there were a number of times that a direct rock hit on the tip bent one side of the tip inward. The blade is spot welded in two places and the lower spot weld could be closer to the tip to better support the tapered points (or the whole thing could be seam welded to make it indestructible). Each time, a hammer and punch persuaded it back into place. Repairable is a close second to unbreakable, so it's still a 5-star review. If this is your soil, do yourself the favor of some prep and soil amendment before planting bulbs. Bottom line, the bulb digger performed well through 500 holes in unfavorable soil conditions and is as functional (but less pretty) after 500 as it was before the first.

This is a good project but it does bend

Parfait pour les plantations de bulbes et pommes de terre.