AMES 2917600 Planting Auger, Brown

I was able to plant hundred of bulbs in no time with this. Love it

We bought this to help dig holes for beach umbrellas! This is the ticket and after 2 heart surgeries I need all the help I can get. I have spent 1-2 hours every day helping others get a hole started to keep beach items in place. When these wear out I guarantee I will have 2 more!!

I didn't purchase this auger for planting bulbs—I bought it as an aerator and mixer for garbage can compost. For my purpose, it works well enough but is just a few inches short of ideal. As a bulb planter in prepared garden beds, the auger works but doesn't save me significant time or effort or stooping and kneeling over using a garden trowel. For naturalizing areas, with heavy clay rich soil with stones and roots, It can stall a moderately powerful corded drill while twisting one's arm and rounding off the squared shank of the bit.Having planted many, many bulbs, I've found the best tool for me is a dibble bar, the type used for tree planting. I sink the dibble blade, wiggle it around to widen the hole, drop the bulb and kick it in. Then I use my foot to close the earth. Bulbs are not really that sensitive to being planted tip side up—leaves will grow up and roots will grow down and the bulb will right itself in the soil. There's much less stooping and bending: I used a dibble bar to plant 500 daffodils in one afternoon this fall.As a compost aerator, this auger is fine. The auger is a bit too weak and too short to use to plant bulbs in the soils I encounter.

i have used this particular auger to plant in excess of 1,000 bulbs,its fast and easy and the only way to plant large amounts of bulbs! 100% works great and saves a ton of time , drill down plunk a bulb in kick the dirt back in tamp down...done . or drill multiple holes at once toss in the bulbs, cover and done ! even better still 1 person drills and the other plants ! a minor issue the squared end that go into the drill snapped off after awhile,which given the amount of force and torque put on it i was not surprized , just reground a new square and good to go ! one thing to be aware of when using this or any auger , if you get into a tree root or catch a rock it will stop it dead in its tracks and twist the living daylights out of your wrists and arms !! be prepared for this if you know you will encounter roots or rocks because it can and will hurt you , if you are just planting in garden beds its as easy as pie. one thing i did in areas with roots/rocks was to lock the battery end of the drill between my knee"s while also holding it with a death grip saved my wrists...

My husband laughed at me for buying this. However, I LOVE IT! It does the initial hard work of getting the soils broken in our very hard Texas dirt. Has saved me time and back breaking labor. It doesn't look very impressive but with a good sturdy drill it will take you down about 10" and you can pull back out and make the hole wider as well. In Texas you often hit rock a few inches down and when you do - well not even this thing will help - but still It has helped me plant a whole new yard.

Quick and thorough.

I really wanted the three foot version but it was not on prime so i went with the 24'. bit of a wobble not super well made BUT it saved me digging and digging with a post hole digger. I loosened the soil and used the digger to remove the ( florida sand) and got all the way down to three foot quickly. It went through roots pretty easily. Made the job 100 times quicker.. a keeper saved a lot not having to rent an auger at $80 a day

We used this to make holes around our trees for fertilizer. I'm old and was overwhelmed by the thought of digging the holes with a spade and crawling along the ground. This made the job a breeze. I will use it again in the fall to plant bulbs, and in the spring for annuals. It doesn't appear to be very well made or super durable, so we were cautious around roots and rocks. If you just let the drill do the job without much pressure, you will be able to pull back should you encounter an obstacle that might damage the tool. It should be a breeze in the planting beds.

So handy. Good value

Super product and used all the time

I have a very good garden this year, thanks to Planting Auger