Long Handled Bulb Planter Tools and Vegetable Seedling Tool Manual Plant Transplanter Bulb Planter

When I saw this device (Ymachray Long Handled Bulb Planter Tools and Vegetable Seedling Tool Manual Plant Transplanter), I liked the concept and thought my niece might like for planting flower bulbs, but after starting a Victory Garden a few weeks ago, I made truly astonishing discovery, which is that it works for larger vegetable and legume seeds, too. I'm not what one might call a "spring chicken", and it's not so easy for me to bend over or stoop to plant corn seeds. After examining the device, I realized it works for planting larger type garden seeds (corn, bush beans, pole beans, English peas, and similar sized seeds), so I tried it and it's amazing. I planted two, four-by rows at 6" spacing with a walkway between the two rows in about 15 minutes, which in this specific spacing maps to 200 corn seeds per row, since each row is approximately 3 feet by 25 feet. When the rows run east-west, start 6" from the north edge of a row and plant four corn seeds, 6" apart in the north-south direction, and then repeat this every 6" in the east-west direction. At this spacing, it maps to 2.5 standard packs of corn seed for the two rows. The spacing is a bit on the tight side, but with sufficient water and nitrogen-based fertilizer, I think it will work. The instructions on corn seed packs suggest thinning to a 12" by 12" matrix, so that's always an option. The procedure is that you poke a hole with the pointy end of the device, grab a seed out of you pants pocket, drop the seed into the device while the pointy end is open (done by lightly squeezing the hand lever), and then when the seed falls into the hole made with the pointy end, you release the hand lever as you life the device out of the ground, and there you are. After doing this for the two rows, I went over the rows and patted them lightly with a flat shovel to close the holes perfectly. Totally easy and NO BENDING OVER. Two weeks later, the corn plants are about 6" tall and growing nicely. Now I am going to use the device to plant moonflower, zinnia, and sunflower seeds, as well as various types of beans and peas, including English peas. It won't work for carrot and radish seeds, which are too small, but the strategy for carrots and radishes is to sow them by hand n a fanning pattern rather than trying to plant them individually in rows. Radishes grow quickly, and what you have in about a 30 days is a lot of radishes, very closely spaced, which will be the same for carrots, except that carrots have a longer growing cycle. Instead of traditional "thinning", you harvest the larger radishes or carrots, and there you are. Summarizing, this device is AMAZING and makes it possible to plant larger seeds (corn, beans, peas, and so forth) easily without needing to bend over or stoop. The way the device works is very intuitive, and after planting a few seeds you develop a system which is very efficient--planting a seed approximately 1" deep every 10 or so seconds. It's almost too easy, but anything that helps me avoid bending over or stooping is fantastic. The description says this device is for planting flower and onion bulbs, and seedlings, which are larger, but it also works for seeds like corn, beans, peas, and so forth. Poke a hole, open the pointy end, grab a corn seed out of your pocket, drop it into the tube (keeping the pointy end open, and then close the open end by releasing the handle lever as you lift the device out of the ground. 1" is good for corn, but beans might need 1.5". It's flexible and can plant seeds even deeper. I think it will work for okra seeds, as well. For smaller seeds, I either toss them in a fanning motion or let someone younger do the detailed planting. I focus on the larger seeds, and this device is perfect in every respect. The garden soil was tilled with a layer of compost put on top, but I think this will work just as well for non-tilled soil a day or two after it rains when the soil is softer. This is the way I am going to plant moonflower, zinnia, and sunflower seeds. in locations that are not tilled. Truly amazing!

We really like this product on the farm, first use we planted 50 tomato plants in less than 15min. It does work a lot better when your gardens are well worked and not hard or rocky. We have all our watermelons under plastic so I did have to go down the rows and slit an X for each plant as this tool would punch thru the plastic it wouldn’t open up to drop the plant. It’s a good product and a big time back saver and a good price.

Easy-to-use

I like tools that show good workmanship and would have been happy to pay more for something better finished. The overall design looks simple and efficient. But the workmanship is very amateurish. The weld spots have a lot of uncleaned spatter. The edges are rough enough that I snagged on the *middle* of it the first time I lifted it up. If the tip is damaged, repair will be a pain because the bolts that hold them on have been welded to the structure. I will either have to grind them off or bolt/weld new metal on the points to strengthen them - rather than just replacing with thicker metal.Overall, I expect it to function, and maybe the point is stronger than it appears.Three stars for appearing to function properly but making me wish I'd have found something better made for twice the price.

Worked great and fast. Need to properly till up soil first so soil is soft. Then start planting

I was excited to try this thing in my quarter acre garden. I had 100 tomatoes and 90 peppers to transplant. The idea behind this is great. The quality is terrible. It broke on the very first attempt to transplant. Very little pressure was used before the weld broke when I squeezed the handle. None of the welds were tied in to hold it together. Luckily, I work on a fabrication yard, and I was able to put it back together and a welder was able to put better welds on it. Had it not been for that, it would have been shipped back. I haven't used it again yet to know if the rest of it will hold up. I don't recommend it unless you have a fab shop nearby to beef up the welds. The cheap stainless is already showing surface rust. Unfortunately, zero stars isn't an option.

I am a Market Gardner and I LOVE this planter! I have used it for planting seedlings from plug trays up to plants in 6 packs/pony packs as long as everything is rooted and the soil stays together. I am 5'2" so it is perfect height for me to plant in to the ground or in to a raised bed without straining my back. It is super easy to use and worth every penny!

This is a great tool! I used it to plant more than 100 onion sets and more than 300 plants. If it fits down the tube, it will plant it. The only reason it didn't get 5 stars is that your soil must be freshly tilled. Don't try to use it if your soil isn't completely loose. It won't work.