How do you plant through black plastic?

jflournoy · May 4, 2014

In past years when we only had 2 dozen or so tomato plants I would take a utility knife, cut a circle in the black plastic where each plant would go, then take a trowel and dig and cover back up by hand. This year, planting 300+ plants, I'd like to find a way that is a little quicker and more efficient, maybe some sort of tool that can cut/punch through the plastic and make the size hole I need to then just stuff the plant in there and go to the next?

Any ideas?

May 4, 2014	#1
jflournoy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 118	How do you plant through black plastic? In past years when we only had 2 dozen or so tomato plants I would take a utility knife, cut a circle in the black plastic where each plant would go, then take a trowel and dig and cover back up by hand. This year, planting 300+ plants, I'd like to find a way that is a little quicker and more efficient, maybe some sort of tool that can cut/punch through the plastic and make the size hole I need to then just stuff the plant in there and go to the next? Any ideas?