Comments on: Yard Butler SP-33 Sod Plugger http://www.fruit-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-tools/yard-butler-sp-33-sod-plugger.html Articles, information, tips and resources to help you grow your home fruit & vegetable garden, quickly and easily Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: S. Vierling http://www.fruit-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-tools/yard-butler-sp-33-sod-plugger.html/comment-page-1#comment-705 S. Vierling Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:15:24 +0000 http://www.fruit-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-tools/yard-butler-sp-33-sod-plugger.html#comment-705 For a simple device, it works much better than I expected. I've wanted one of these for 25 years. 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

]]> By: J. W. Stevens http://www.fruit-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-tools/yard-butler-sp-33-sod-plugger.html/comment-page-1#comment-704 J. W. Stevens Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:26:08 +0000 http://www.fruit-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-tools/yard-butler-sp-33-sod-plugger.html#comment-704 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 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

]]> By: H. Tinger http://www.fruit-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-tools/yard-butler-sp-33-sod-plugger.html/comment-page-1#comment-703 H. Tinger Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:16 +0000 http://www.fruit-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-tools/yard-butler-sp-33-sod-plugger.html#comment-703 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 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

]]> By: Meg http://www.fruit-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-tools/yard-butler-sp-33-sod-plugger.html/comment-page-1#comment-702 Meg Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:12:38 +0000 http://www.fruit-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-tools/yard-butler-sp-33-sod-plugger.html#comment-702 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 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

]]> By: T1400 http://www.fruit-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-tools/yard-butler-sp-33-sod-plugger.html/comment-page-1#comment-701 T1400 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:48:26 +0000 http://www.fruit-vegetable-gardening.com/gardening-tools/yard-butler-sp-33-sod-plugger.html#comment-701 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. <br /> <br />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. <br /> <br />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. <br /> Rating: 3 / 5 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

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