- Great for planting plugs of Zoysia, Bermuda, Centipede, St. Augustine and other turf grasses
- Easy ejector handle eliminates bending over
- Digs holes and transplants from existing grass areas — easily extracts a soil core that is the same size as the plug
- Plugs fit tightly into prepared holes, ensuring better growth and survival
- Digs holes and transplants new grass plugs same size as most commercially available plugs
Product Description
Sod Plugger/Planter, Transplants St Augustine, Zoysia, Bermuda, Dichondra, & Bent Grasses, Comfortable Hand Grips & Beveled Edges Cut A 3″ Square Plug Simply By Stepping On The Pedal.
Tags: Gardening Tools
I really wanted this product to work. My lawn is set in mostly clay soil in Ohio. Lawn has been established for 9 years, but due to summer months with less rain the bad grasses take over. My father had plugged his lawn in Kentucky with zoysia – a heat tolerant grass that spreads nicely in the 60’s. This worked nice but turns brown too early and greens up late.
The Yard Butler Sod Plugger is designed to make a nice size square plug. These plugs would be great for removing the undesirable grasses and planting new grass or sod in their place. The only problem is after a rain in late April and the ground was moderately moist, this tool could not cut thru the lawn and produce a plug. This might work well for sandy or black soil types but not for clay based soils. I imagine in the 2 to 3 week period right after winter the soil would be moist and soft enough use to use this tool.
The tool is relatively sturdy, but could use a design change to work in certain soils. If a step on bar was raised higher – so as to allow more force it might work. I had limited success with a tulip bulb planter, but the edges were not sharp enough to properly penetrate the soil.
Rating: 3 / 5
It’s such a simple devise, but it does exactly what it’s advertised to do. We plugged some bare spots in our yard and the process was easy and quick and professional looking.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this sod plugger to plug bare spots in my St Augustine lawn. The plugger is very well constructed and works very well. It cuts through the densest sod (though you have to stomp on it pretty hard sometimes) and makes uniform shaped square plugs 3″ x 3″. Anyone wanting to repair their lawn with plugs should consider this tool.
Rating: 5 / 5
So far I have been pleased with the performance of my plugger. I have used it on a couple of different occasions and it has worked great. Easy to use and very efficient.
Rating: 5 / 5
For a simple device, it works much better than I expected. I’ve wanted one of these for 25 years.
Rating: 5 / 5