Miracle-Gro Fruit & Citrus Plant Food Spikes

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 usually get a package of these every spring for all of my shrubs in my flower beds. You can’t beat the value of these fertilizer stakes for the amount you receive. They are very easy to pound into the ground at the base of each shrub and if you want to make them go further, I break them in half to make more stakes out of them. I will say that the delivery last year took over two months to receive, but this year I had no problems. Will definitely be purchasing again

Ok, so a few of the reviews have mentioned how challenging it was to get the spikes into the ground. I will add, after reading those, and ordering anyway, I was expecting a bit of a challenge. I took measures. I thoroughly soaked the ground to make the spike entry easier. When that did not work, I found the only way - pre dig a hole about the size of these spikes. Only then, when I had a hole just a little bit smaller than the spike, was I able to get the darned things into the ground effectively. I have one of them break too. I am hoping for the trees to appreciate my efforts, but stay tuned on that one!

We buy these each year! They’re easy to use since they come with a rubber cap to put on top of them as you install them with a hammer. They’re are bigger than expected and turn dark/black after being exposed to air so we try to only buy what we need and get them into the ground right away. They seem to fertilize well because it makes our white lines grow a bunch each year.

My trees and shrubs have never looked so good! I use these at the beginning of each spring and it has made a huge different in our trees and shrubs! Everything is green and healthy! Slow release all growing season!

Every spring we use these around our orchard trees. Makes a big difference in the fruit size. We use a large iron bar to preset the holes in the ground then just tap the spike into the hole. Last all season. Apply to drip line of trees around Mother’s Day & trees are set for the growing season.

Nice idea, but in practice the plastic cap doesn't cut it. The first spike I pounded in was fine. The second time, the top part of the spike broke off and remained stuck inside the cap. I had to dig it out with a screwdriver. Same thing with the third spike. Next I tried to pound one of the spikes in without using the cap. It shattered into pieces. I'll stick with granulated fertilizer.

Haven't used them but I know they're quality. Came in excellent shape & on time.