{"id":526,"date":"2017-08-11T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nurserymen.com\/store\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:37:09","slug":"auger-for-plug-transplants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nurserymen.com\/store\/auger-for-plug-transplants\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Tree Planting With A Garden Auger"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLANT EVERGREEN TREES FASTER!<\/strong>\u00a0The keys to fast evergreen tree planting are to [a] buy container grown trees such as evergreen plug seedlings<\/a>, and [b] plant them with smart tools instead of spades and shovels.<\/p>\n

This garden auger features a powder-coated green finish, a length\u00a0of 14.5 inches, and a machined hex end so it won’t slip inside the chuck of a cordless drill. It creates a 1.75 inch diameter bore hole, which is slightly larger than the 1 inch diameter of the root plug of a plug seedling. The larger hole gives you the opportunity [if your soil is poor] to backfill the planting hole with a mix of the original soil plus a soil amendment such as mulch or garden soil. NEVER put fertilizer directly into the hole unless it is a fertilizer tab specifically engineered for the task.<\/p>\n