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The planting tool has an elongated shaft, a T-shaped rubber gripped handlebar attached to the upper end of the shaft, and an earth separating member attached to the lower end of the shaft. The earth separating member is a hollow, triangular body formed by opposing triangular plates maintained in spa

The planting tool has an elongated shaft, a T-shaped rubber gripped handlebar attached to the upper end of the shaft, and an earth separating member attached to the lower end of the shaft. The earth separating member is a hollow, triangular body formed by opposing triangular plates maintained in spaced apart relation by edge plates around the periphery. The triangular plates are preferably isosceles triangles, the shaft bisecting the base, the vertex opposite the base pointing downward. In use, the triangular body is pressed into aerated soil to form a V-shaped plating hole, and may be rotated 180° to form a conical hole.

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1. A planting tool, comprising:an elongated shaft having an upper end and a lower end; a handlebar secured to the upper end of said shaft, said handlebar being normal to and bisected by said shaft; and a hollow triangular body defining an earth separating member, said triangular body including: a re

1. A planting tool, comprising:an elongated shaft having an upper end and a lower end; a handlebar secured to the upper end of said shaft, said handlebar being normal to and bisected by said shaft; and a hollow triangular body defining an earth separating member, said triangular body including: a rectangular base plate having a width and including first and second ends and opposite sides, said base plate being attached to and bisected by the lower end of said shaft; two rectangular side plates of equal length and having a width equal to the width of said base plate, each of said side plates having a top end depending from each of the first and second ends of said base plate and a bottom end joined at an apex to form a triangular configuration along peripheral edges of said base plate and said side plates; and two triangular face plates, each of said face plates being dimensioned and configured to correspond to the triangular configuration formed by said base plate and said side plates, each of said face plates being perpendicularly attached to said base plate and said side plates along the peripheral edges; whereby, the planting tool may be grasped by the handlebar and the earth separating member driven into a planting medium in order to define a V-shaped planting hole for receiving an annual plug. 2. The planting tool according to claim 1, wherein said base plate and said side plates each has a width of about one and one quarter inches.3. The planting tool according to claim 1, wherein said base plate has a length of about eight inches and the length of each of said side plates is about nine inches.4. The planting tool according to claim 1, further comprising rubber grips disposed on said handlebar.5. The planting tool according to claim 1, wherein said shaft is hollow.6. The planting tool according to claim 1, wherein said shaft, said handlebar and said earth separating member are made from steel.