Bulb Planter Recommendations?

Hi All,

Hello from Devon, this is my first post on the forum.

We have just had a couple of years getting to grips with our first real garden and are now ready to make some additions.

We are keen to plant a selection of spring bulbs but given the quantity involved are keen to use one of the many full size bulb planters, (the one that are foot driven Or long handled).

So the question is….
Does anybody have any recommendations or experiences with full size bulb planters?

Thanks in advance
Robert

 

I've never used one but have good reports from those that do

I prefer to dig a trench to the correct depth .... space the bulbs at the correct spacings, then re-fill the trench

when planting a section with mixed bulbs, I do the same ... I dig a pit to the depth of the largest bulb (the ones that get planted the deepest) ... I then space the bulbs, then cover with soil till I'm at the correct depth for the next deepest bulbs, then layer them at the correct depths and spacings

3 years ago, I planted over 1000 bulbs in this fashion (tulips/daffodils, hyacinths, aconites etc) and managed to complete the planting on a sunday

 

Hi Dim,

Thanks thats a good tip, however these are almost all going in lawn or grassy areas.

The idea is that we can split the work with one of us making holes, the other on a kneeler planting, then swap round after a while.

I would rather not cut a 'turf' but....

Does anyone else have any recommendations for bulb planter????

Thanks
Robert

 

oh ... no probs, but google is your friend ... they all work the same way

from Rutlands.co.uk

hope this helps

good thing about planting bulbs in your lawn is the fact that you cannot mow them down for at least 6 weeks after they have flowered, and you cannot mow while they are growing, so saves you on mowing the lawn for 5 months (unless you like playing dodgems)

 

True,

We have quite a lot of primroses and cowslips that we have to play dodgems with!!!
We used about 120 of the short green sticks to mark them!!

Thanks for the tips, i will probably use the reviews on a**zon to pick one.

I will report back after the deed is done

Regards
Robert

PS: If anybody out there still has any recommendations i am listening!

 

Last weeks GN had a tried and tested on bulb planters. One had a note " good choice if you are planting bulbs by the hundred each year "

It was Bulldog Tools Premier Bulb Planter, guide price 56.50. If it wasn't for the fact you are planting in your lawn I'd be tempted to use *dim*'s method and buy 50 bags of bulbs from Poundland, with the money saved.

 

As I have about 40,000 bulbs. I've used two tools. One is the one you put your foot on and push in the soil twist and remove the cylinder of soil. Ther other is the hand one ---similar to the foot one, but when my foot gets tired I move to the hand one. Then there is the little thin trowel thing, for the small ones, just enough to lift an inch or inch in half to push the little bulb in the hold and pat down.