A flat bladed trowel for setting bulbs and light dividing of iris, lily, and other spreading plants.

Designed originally by the Dutch for planting all those bulbs.

Red Pig makes many unique and specialty trowels.

Red Pig Tools

Dutch Bulb Setter

Name: Dutch Bulb Setter
Brand: Red Pig Tools
SKU: SR-S019
Price: 48.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$48.00

Garden trowels evolved from Mason's trowels. Before they became cupped, garden trowels looked like this one which is still used in Holland for setting bulbs. The blade is a stout 1/8" thick forge-welded to the shank and sharpened all along both of its edges. If you start ground covers in traditional flats (as opposed to celled plastic trays) you'll find this bulb setter is excellent for slicing and setting starts. It's also useful for dividing clumps of iris and similarly rooted species.

Dutch Bulb Setter

$48.00

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Solid tool, solid performance

Recently purchased one of these with some minor modifications. It's a solid, sharp, well-made tool. It is balanced and feels great in the hand, and is perfect for cutting through heavy soil when planting out seedlings. I often use a soil knife as a trowel in a kind of pull-dig. I can use this in the same way, but the wider blade makes it way more effective.The tool looks, and works, like it should have cost double. The customizations were simple to work out, and Seth was able to turn it around in days.The only thing I could think to improve on these would be to replace the logo stickers (which probably won't last too long with my abuse) with a branded or etched logo. But that is just a style thing -- function is great already.