Miracle-Gro Tree and Shrub Plant Food Spikes, For Deciduous, Flowering and Evergreen Trees, 12 Spikes

Handy and helpful, my fruit trees love the seasonal boost.

Works great, keeps lush growth all summer long, no need to continously feed over the summer.Great value for the money, healthy for the plants, no smell, plants love the taste.

This stuff is easy but if you have larger peach or other fruit trees, it's easier and cheaper to get a different pour type fertilizer. My biggest problem with these sticks is that they are kinda brittle, so you HAVE to put them in when the ground is wet and soft, otherwise these will break. I find it easier to just take a pick and knock a long hole in the ground and then push these in by hand, you could also use a trowel.While this fertilizer stick works as intended, my biggest complaint is they include just one plastic cap.(In theory you tap your hammer against this and it acts as a bumper for the stick so it doesn't break, kind of like your phone case protecting your phone against drops). However once on a stick, it's impossible to get it off, making it useless for the other fertilizer sticks in the pack.

These are a must have for new trees. I would highly recommend these. Have helped all my trees that are newer grow so well.

Started using this a little over a year ago on a small pine tree that wasn't looking so good. You add it to the soil every 6 months so I have just added the 3rd dose of it this week. The tree is already looking so much better even after only a few doses. This comes as stakes that you hammer into the soil about 3 feet from the trunk of the tree in 4 evenly spaced places around the tree. There is a removable cap that you use to protect the top of the stake when hammering it in. It goes in a lot easier if the soil around the tree is wet and soft so if it hasn't rained recently you will need to water the ground to soften it up before adding this. The only "Con" I have is that some of the stakes arrived broken. I don't know if they shipped that way or if they broke during shipping. Not a huge deal it just means you will have to dig a small hole to put the stakes in, instead of just being able to hammer them into the dirt. I will be buying these again and have already added installing them to my routine yard card "To Do" lists.

I figured I should give my trees and shrubs some fertilizer so decided to go with stakes. I have always been happy with the Miracle grow brand so figured these were good ones. I know some people have talked about them arriving broken, mine arrived with minimal breakage actually the amount that I would expect if I purchased them off a store shelf, so I am happy with the quality. I put them in the ground with a mallet and for the most part it was easy, I would have done a better job if the ground was a bit softer. As for the end results to my plants I cannot comment on as it is too soon, and plant health is subject to so many variables.

I have used these for 3 years since I first planted my peach trees. The fertilizer is great but this batch was terrible, 1/3 of them were broken in pieces when I opened the box and half of the others shattered as I was trying to drive them into the ground. Lot#25053/CM/1/56/1. I don't know if it was a bad batch or mishandled, the Box did not appear damaged in any way but it could have been dropped. Anyway a great product, this particular order was a pain in the butt to put in.

These help to make a arborvitaes grow amazing! Would totally recommend!