Best bulb planters according to redditors

https://www.amazon.com/iLOT-Handled-Vegetable-Seedling-Transplanter/dp/B015IUMOFU

https://www.amazon.com/iLOT-Handled-Vegetable-Seedling-Transplanter/dp/B015IUMOFU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481048779&sr=8-1

Since these things have been in use for over 100 years, yes.

It could also be a garden dibber. They're used to make holes in the soil for planting seeds or smaller bulbs. Here and here are new ones. The lines on them are usually inches, so you can plant to the recommended depth.

https://www.amazon.com/iLOT-Handled-Vegetable-Seedling-Transplanter/dp/B015IUMOFU found a link thanks to u/davy73 who linked it above

Now you can buy it on Amazon

You might consider this to move the grass in the ankle breaking holes. Put a plug in the middle or a few in it. It will help the grass fill in faster.

I have a similar one and it works well https://www.amazon.com/iLOT-Handled-Vegetable-Seedling-Transplanter/dp/B015IUMOFU/ Being able to stand and plant is amazing. I don't yet have a good way to hold trays though so I first pop out all the plugs and have them in a sling over my shoulder

A plug cutter like you have pictured is the way to go when you’re getting into multiple hundreds of bulbs. I’m gearing up to do 1500-2000 bulbs this November. It goes faster than you’d think, if you have the right tool. Mine isn’t quite as fancy, it’s more like a cylinder shovel, more along the lines of this but thirty years old.

They make hand held ones now, but depending on your soil that will get really exhausting really fast. But having your leg weight do most of the work is helpful. Then it’s just drop them in and cover.

If you want to grow bermuda in the back, the tree has got to go. Shade = bermuda death. Otherwise, there's a couple of options that are left open to you, and are completely do-able with a little effort and time.

I've always said that if your desired yard is more than 50% crap, you need to renovate. The cost of money that you spend on selective herbicides to try to salvage the desirable grass outweighs the cost of killing off everything, and starting fresh, whether with seed or sod. Whatever you do, if you decide to go this route, don't till up the ground; when it settles in, you'll have a bumpy as hell yard, and you'll be bringing dormant weed seeds back to the surface to compete with your new seed/sod.

It's a good thing put out the pre-emergent, so you won't have to contend with nearly as many summer weeds, just make sure you put down a Fall PreM, so you won't have poa and other nasties next winter/spring.

>I would love that golf style turf and easily maintained. This mowing every other five days has gotta stop.

Hate to break it to you, but golf courses mow every day. I mow my bermuda lawn every other day during the summer, when I'm not using a growth regulator. Bermuda loves to be mowed low and often.

If you want a low-maintenance option, I'd suggest centipede. It requires low inputs (mowing, fert) grows pretty thick, like St. Aug, and is pretty affordable.

The other option you could do is get a ProPlugger, and start taking plugs from your front yard, kill off a section in the back, and transplant the plugs to the rear. Much less expensive, and you'll get the same grass type all over. I've used this method with great success in my back yard, where the dogs run all over, and I'm not ready to renovate that area, but still want some turf to take over where weeds used to be.

Oh cool. Like this:? https://www.amazon.com/ProPlugger-Garden-Planter-Weeder-Plugger/dp/B003MRTVUI/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=grass+pro+plugger&qid=1550861650&s=gateway&sr=8-1

There is only one type of Zoysia that can be seeded in that is Zenith I believe. Every other one is sod/plugs.

I would just plug it if the holes aren't too large or you aren't impatient. I have Empire Zoysia that has been established for about 7 years and it's near indestructible besides our dog who has dug it up here and there. But every year I can repair it easily.

Any of those dug up spots or spots that for some reason weakened, I use a sod plugger. What I do is take it from the healthiest most dense part of the lawn in the growing season and put it in the bare spots. Then I keep it watered like new sod for 2 weeks or so. During the dead of summer is not good though. Mid June is probably the latest.

The holes left from the plugger are undetectable after a week or 2 of growth. I fill the holes with just some compost and soil I pulled with the plugger. With the transplanted area, I use the tool to make the holes, salvage soil/sand from it, mix it with compost and push the plugs in on top. I will also spot add liquid fert (like miracle grow for lawns) just to kick start it's growth to establish much faster. It does create a greener spot but that will dissipate.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MRTVUI/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_pgcQAbKFT595X - That's the plugger I use.

Good luck!

I just don't understand why people try to take care of onions with chems when the solution is so
simple. I guess most people haven't heard about this.

https://www.amazon.com/Kenyon-85423-Diameter-Sprinkler-Trimmer/dp/B006ERPRU6

I saw this in a facebook video.
I found a similar type of product on Amazon but it's not the same.

I've used something similar to that, but without the moving parts. You'll definitely want something that you can use while standing up and that has a place to put your foot for better leverage. I've never used compost on my bulbs, and I don't know if it's necessary since they aren't really heavy feeders. I just crumple up the dirt plugs that came out of the hole and put the same dirt on to of the bulb. I have heavy clay soil and none of my bulbs have ever had a problem with it.

The one I used was like this: https://www.amazon.com/Edward-Tools-Long-Handle-Planter/dp/B076HBDKPC/ref=sr_1_50?keywords=bulb+planter&qid=1570121432&sr=8-50