Jobe's 01660 1610 0 Tree Fertilizer Spikes (16-4-4,15)

Excellent

Arrived safe

We had a small tree that was hurting. The arborist recommended we use these spikes twice a year and water in good. The tree has really bounced back and looks great.

We moved into a house whose previous owners were busy building their retirement home, so this yard got little attention. In the front it has a big cherry tree and a red flowering dogwood. In the rear there's a white dogwood. While we were paying attention to putting in new shrubs, etc. we neglected the aforementioned trees and by mid summer all three were almost bare, losing leaves. So last Fall we began to use these tree spikes on the back dogwood and the front cherry, thinking the front red dogwood would get help from the nearby shrubs being fertilized. Wow, is all I can say. The cherry blooms were sooo gorgeous and plentiful the branches bent a bit from the weight. We first planted the spikes for the cherry tree last Fall. Now the back white dogwood is in bloom, and again the flowering is so much better and healthier looking. Again, it was given the spikes beginning last Fall. However we noticed the front red dogwood, which we withheld tree spikes from, wasn't looking as good as we'd hoped, so we added tree spikes to it a couple of months ago and already the flowers are looking much better. We still plan on spraying all three with anti-mildew/disease spray when they all come into leaf, just to be sure we don't lose all the leaves through the Summer, but I'm certain the tree spikes are definitely making a difference in the quality/amount of flowers each tree has. De[pending upon how they get through this Summer, we may determine that giving them the tree spikes is enough to keep them healthy enough to fight off the disease/mildew issues these trees tend to have. This year we'll help them out with a spray or two, but hopefully next year we'll just be needing to do the tree spikes and let nature take its course. And for this price (we used one box for both the cherry tree and the rear dogwood), it's very economical. Highly recommend!

I liked the bulk package was cost effective for the big old oak we got out front. I didn’t like that every spike is a bit broken due to no separation and no cushioning. The box should really be sturdier cardboard and every spike should be partitioned. Anyway, it was nearly impossible to pound them in directly since the soils here in SoFl are hard packed. I had to use an old solar lantern spike to drive a pilot hole, then I found a piece of 1/2” rebar on the side of the yard so used that to create the pilot hole. After that they drove in ok. They do the job. The tree was trimmed way back in the winter and now it’s filling out really well. The small crumbs broken off can be ground up and used on the lawn or elsewhere. I should do another round but the spikes were packed up for moving. Only tip I can suggest other than pilot holes is that they seem to absorb moisture from the humidity here in soflo. So if not using up quickly, store in a cool dry location, not the garage, or seal tightly in a plastic zip lock. I’ll just make larger pilot holes around the young trees at new house so I can just push the softened spikes in without pounding.