Anyone got a bulb planter?

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I am trying to stop myself buying all the bulbs and not succeeding so far with 213 bulbs in my basket (snowdrops, tulips and crocuses).... Anyway said evil website is noting my weak willpower and is trying to persuade me that i need this device. It seems convincing, anyone love or hate theirs?

I don't love it for planting bulbs, but it makes setting potatoes a doddle.

I have this one . I would highly recommend it - really cuts down on the bending as well as being much quicker. The one in the link looks a little flimsy imho.

£91 vs £4.99. One would hope that it is better quality!!

Not cheap, but we plant a lot of bulbs every year and it has been going strong for at least ten years.

A bulb planter for £4.99 is only of any use for one season and in sandy soil. Any more and it will buckle.

I've had mine for about a decade, i use it for planting anything in litre pots, plus potatoes, and bulbs. And for removing dandilions.

Mine was about £30. And not a stand on one,

I could maybe get this one. I was thinking about a long handled one though.

Like this

Those with the squeezy handle, will buckle.

Mine is a Joseph Bentley one.

For 200 bulbs I'd probably use a trowel.

Yes the silverline one would be better, the soil pops out the top next time you push it in the ground, I let them drop and then rake the soil over and water in, and rerake a day or so later.

I use a trowel for bulbs or, for smaller bulbs, I use an old fork handle which I can push into the ground.
Bulb planters are handy for planting out little plants though.

Thanks for your thoughts. I am planning on planting a load of snowdrop bulbs in my lawn.Might buy the long handled one to see if that is better than a spade or trowel.

A dibber would be better for snowdrop bulbs...

Would that just mean I have a load of holes in my lawn? I was thinking with a bulb planter i could dig a circle of grass out and replace it on top of the bulb?