Sod plugger

[MasonandAlexsdad]

Hey everybody! I am curious if anyone digs using a sod plugger. It seems like it would be a very easy way of digging targets 3-5" down. The ones I have been looking at are about 3' long, makes a 3" hole about 3" deep, and only weighs about 5lbs. Any other thoughts on digging besides using a huge knife or needing a wheelbarrow to carry the tool?? lol

 

[Nancy-IL]

Jim,
The problem with that is that it cuts ALL the roots of the grass. I guess it's like a bulb planter??? That most likely will kill the grass and possibly come out when a mower runs over it. I use a small trowel when there's a target over 3" down and cut a horse shoe type pattern in the soil. I always leave the ground as it was, if not better. Also when the coins aren't too deep, I rely on my handy poker type tool (Thin screwdriver type). HH to all, Nancy

 

[steelheadfever]

I hunt a lot of parks and playgrounds and the sod plugger as you call it is illegal to use, because it kills the turf. I use a coin popper and probe and sometimes a screwdriver, but not very much anymore. These are the only tools that you can use in several of my areas. They are hard to use in the beginning, but after awhile they are easy to use. HH Dennis in Idaho

 

[BarberBill]

I'm with steelhead fever. In parks and lawns, probe, screwdriver or coin popper. I try to disrupt the grass as little as possible which as he states, gets easier with practice.
HH
BB.

 

[MasonandAlexsdad]

Hey guys thanks for the ideas. Im not entirely sure that I explained the sod plugger correctly though. It is designed to pull a plug of sod out of the ground and transplant it to an area without grass. Kind of like a hair transplant. Wherever you plant the plug new grass will start to grow around it. Its not designed to kill the grass, just move it. Rather than go this route yet I will give the probe and coin popper type tool a try. Thanks again. Jim

 

[Mirco]

It is safer for the grass than Ground Shark for sure.

 

[rl1059]

I'm with the majority,I use a small pry bar type tool which is like a srewdriver with an angle at the tip for some leverage.
I also use my old Dive knife it has a serrated section on blade and make the horseshoe cut so I can lay it back over and
leave the ground as un-disturbed as possible.
HH to all.
RL

 

[Ben Diggen]

Hey!!!! I'm with the majority also. I was searching a local park on Friday and someone had detected ahead of me with some kind of plugger. You could see all the neat little round circles everywhere. But worse yet they left their trash beside the hole. A prob and a coin popper is all one needs down to about 3 inches and for deeper targets cut, like Nancy says, a "U" or "horseshoe hole" and hing the sod back, using a serrated tool. Place the loose dirt on a small plastic sheet that you carry in your pocket. LEAVE NO TRACE AND ALWAYS ALWAYS TAKE THE TRASH WITH YOU!!!!!!.

 

[Greydigger]

Is that what they use to move the hole placement on golf courses?
I would think they take good care not to disturb the greens.

 

[MasonandAlexsdad]

Its the same type of thing used by golf courses. The one they use is a little bigger and round.