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GARDENA Bulb Planter: Ideal garden accessory for planting flower bulbs, with automatic release and depth scale, planting assistant of high-quality steel with a Duroplast coating (3412-20)

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There’s nothing complicated about using this bulb planter. Simply place it onto your soil and then step down onto the foot treads, twisting the tool as you do so. As it digs into the ground, the soil that it removes is held within the planter’s conical head – once you lift the tool out, you’ll see the plug. However, this tool was brilliant for bulbs that needed to be planted a few inches down. In addition to the 250 crocus bulbs that it helped me to plant, I also used it for tulip bulbs of differing sizes (from large specialty tulip bulbs to smaller, dwarf varieties). Bulb Planter Tool for Various Plants】- This bulb transplanter kit is ideal for planting tulips, daffodils, lily, dahlia and other flower bulbs. The gloves keeps you hand clean and away from mud. This WOLF-Garten bulb planter is extremely simple to use. All you need to do is place it down onto the soil, and then twist and push it in until you’ve reached your desired depth. Then, lift it out and you’ll see the soil plug held between the tool’s circular blades.

Wolf-Garten state than when they designed this product it was for the smaller gardens and flower beds. However, we feel that this small but effective bulb planter would be a nice addition to any landscaping professional working of any sized garden. The Wolf-Garten bulb planter has a maximum hole diameter of 6 cm which is not the biggest no but it’s certainly ample. The serrated edges of the head blades sink into the soil with ease. With a simple twist the soil pulls right out and with an even easier press of the handle the soil flies right out. I used this bulb planter to plant a variety of spring bulbs, including anemones, tulips, daffodils, and crocuses. Its 6 cm diameter made it suitable for all of these bulbs, even though there was a significant size difference between the tulips and the crocuses. Digging holes in hard soil is never an enjoyable task, but this Garden Auger Drill Bit was created to take the hard graft out of a challenging job. It claims to be able to dig hundreds of holes in just minutes – fortunately, I had hundreds of spring bulbs to plant around my farm, so I was more than ready to put this promise to the test.If your soil is particularly hard or stony, then this isn’t a tool that I would recommend (look into the Syitcun Auger Drill Bit or the ProPlugger tools that I also tested). However, if your soil is relatively soft and obstacle-free, the Draper 3082 Bulb Planter is an extremely useful tool to have around – no matter the type of flower bulbs you’re planting. When it comes to emptying the soil out of the tool, you have two options. Either turn the tool upside down and let the soil fall neatly out, or dig another hole. The soil that the tool collects from this hole will push the old soil out of the bulb planter and leave it neatly on the ground, ready for you to re-fill your first hole with. If you’re planting a lot of larger bulbs, use a bulb planter hand tool that removes plugs of earth . This tool creates uniform holes, and fills them in again, in two simple steps. Look for a width of around 60 mm, and depth marking on the side – something that can be really useful when planting different types of bulb.

The only real downside to this tool is that it doesn’t have any depth measurement markings on it. This is something that most bulb planters usually have, and it does make life a little easier when you’re planting a variety of bulbs that need to go in at different depths. However, if you’ve planted plenty of bulbs before, it’s easy enough to estimate how deep you need to push the dibber in to obtain your required depth.

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The hole that it created wasn’t quite large enough for the plants that I had, but I got around this by digging a second hole right next to the first, which therefore doubled the size of the first hole. As I mentioned, there are so many bulb planting tools out there that look just like this one (although the handle on WOLF-Garten’s is probably the brightest of the lot!), so while this classic design may not be anything revolutionary, it also doesn’t really have any flaws. Theoretically speaking, this auger drill bit should have been extremely simple to use. After all, just point it at the ground, turn your drill on, and hold on tight, right? This would be the case if you’re working with soft soil; although, chances are that you wouldn’t need such a savage bulb planting tool if your soil fits that criteria. Although simple to use, how easily it works will de pend on the type of soil. I struggled to use this bulb planter in heavy and stony soil – it required a fair amount of pressure to get to the appropriate depth, and there were some parts of my garden where I couldn’t get the tool in more than a couple of centimetres deep. It’s also worth noting that due to the length of this drill bit, you’ll need to bend over for each hole that you dig. If this is an issue for you, but you like the idea of the auger drill bit, you could look into one of the longer/larger sizes available.

Out of the three, this bulb planter was most effective when I was planting into raised beds and grass/lawn. It can be used on harder ground to an extent, but I found that I had to use quite a bit of force to dig down to the desired depth – I felt that doing this too often might cause the handle to break. Anti-Rust & Build-to-Last】- Reinforced steel of this bulb planting tools allows easier digging into soils without bending. With anti-rust coating, this bulb planter set is made to last. At first glance, this bulb planter looks pretty impressive. It’s 109 cm long, made from stainless steel that has been fitted with a wooden T-grip handle. On closer inspection, I suspect that this may just be a wood veneer (although I can’t say for sure), as it doesn’t seem quite as heavy or tough as pure wood. Nevertheless, it still feels pretty sturdy for the job in hand.I used the Draper 3082 Bulb Planter to plant a selection of spring bulbs, including Russian snowdrops, tulips, crocuses, and wild garlic. Its 6 cm diameter was perfect for all of them. I did also give this tool a go when planting onion sets, but the hole that it created was too large. Draper is a British brand that’s loved for its extensive range of hand and power tools. Some are innovative, complex, and powerful, while others are simple classics, like the 3082 Bulb Planter. You’ll see many similar versions of this bulb planter around, so I was curious to see how Draper’s model would compare. It’s worth noting that this was the most worm-friendly bulb planting tool that I tested, possibly because it created the smallest hole compared to the rest. There are a couple of ways to get around this, with the first being to tone the power down. You could also try putting your drill into reverse . I did this by accident at first but found that it created a beautifully neat hole, so this is how I ended up using the tool when planting 250 crocus bulbs in the hard, stony soil underneath my lawn.

The ProPlugger is clearly a tool designed for larger-scale plantings – it’s the best bulb planter for large quantities of of bulbs. However, it’s not really worth the money if you only have a handful of bulbs to plant.The tip is nicely pointed, which seems to come in handy for breaking hard ground. Plus, it also comes with a small hole punched into it – this enables you to hang the drill bit when storing it away, which is pretty convenient. In terms of size, the drill bit is 22 cm long and 4 cm wide , which gives it the potential to be used for a variety of different bulbs. One feature we liked on this long-handled bulb planter was the measuring gauge has both metric and imperial markings, which we thought was a nice touch. In terms of measurements, the dibber is 29 cm long in total , and the spike/head is 12 cm . While dibbers are available in many different sizes, this one seems ideal for bulb planting. This product carries a full 25 year manufacturers warranty covering both faulty materials and faulty workmanship, it does not cover general wear and tear or damage, batteries, blades, bulbs and other consumables. In the unlikely event of a fault the item returned is subject to fair wear & tear and must not have been used beyond the scope of it's design. The ProPlugger couldn’t get much easier to use. All you need to do is place the tool over the area of soil you want to dig (after sliding on the appropriate depth ring), step down onto it, give it a twist, and pull it up.

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