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Miracle-Gro® Tree & Shrub Plant Food Spikes

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Overview & Benefits

Extend the beauty of your garden to the rest of your landscape with Miracle-Gro® Tree & Shrub Plant Food Spikes. Use once a season, in the Spring and Fall, for lush, beautiful foliage and vibrant color on all deciduous, evergreen, and flowering trees and shrubs. These easy-to-use spikes provide nutrition directly to the roots, where trees need it the most, and includes natural ingredients.

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How to Use Miracle-Gro® Tree & Shrub Spikes

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Key Features

Miracle-Gro® Tree & Shrub Plant Food Spikes
Use Once A Season, Spring & Fall
Use Once A Season, Spring & Fall
Trees, shrubs and ornamentals can make low-maintenance and long-lasting additions to your landscape. Providing color, structure, shade and even fruit to your garden, one of their biggest requirements is an occasional feeding, particularly for younger trees and shrubs. They use a lot of energy in the spring, pushing out flowers, leaves and seeds, so they benefit most from plant food during this active period. Feeding your flowering shrubs after they’ve bloomed will encourage more blooms next year.
Choose From These 3 Varieties
Tree & Shrub

Tree & Shrub

Promotes lush, beautiful foliage in trees, shrubs and evergreens.

Fruit & Citrus

Fruit & Citrus

Promotes enhanced fruit production versus unfed trees.

Evergreen

Evergreen

Promotes deep, vibrant color and foliage on all evergreen and acid loving plants.

Easy To Use
Prep Spike

Prep Spike

Place enclosed plastic cap on top of spike. If the ground is dry, wet before driving spikes.

Identify Your Tree Drip Line

Identify Your Tree Drip Line

The drip line is the outermost circumference of the tree branches. For small trees and shrubs with drip line closer than 2 feet, insert spikes 2 feet away from center. Spikes should be at least 3 feet apart.

Drive Spike into Ground

Drive Spike into Ground

Drive spike into the ground around the tree or shrub following the drip line. Be sure to remove cap and save for future use. Then continue to drive spike at least 2 inches below the surface.

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Overview

  • Easy-to-use spikes release nutrients directly into the root zone to help promote strong trees and shrubs
  • Contains natural ingredients to feed microbes in the soil
  • Feed once per season in Spring and Fall
  • Also great for use on evergreens and acid loving plants
  • Promotes vibrant color and lush foliage
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How to use

  1. Place the plastic cap provided on top of the spike. 
  2. Drive the spike into the ground around your tree or shrub by following the drip line.
  3. Spikes should be at least 3 feet apart. For small trees and shrubs with a drip line closer than 2 feet, insert the spikes at least 2 feet away from center of your shrub or tree trunk.
  4. Remove the plastic cap and save for future use.
  5. Continue to drive the spike 2 inches below surface of the soil.

Where to use

Use on deciduous and flowering trees & shrubs, evergreens, and acid-lovings plants.

When to apply

Apply spikes once in the spring and once in the fall when the ground is soft and moist. If the ground is dry, wet the soil before driving in the spikes.

How often to apply

Once every spring and fall

Our Environment

No runoff or mess

Guarantee

Within six months or purchase, if you, the consumer, are not completely satisfied with the results after using this product, we will refund your purchase price in full.

Fertilizer Analysis

15-5-10

Coverage area

Depends on size of plant or transplant. Refer to label for specific directions.

Category

Plant Food

Kids & Pets

Once the spikes are in the ground, pets may return to the area.

Product Label

This is not the product label. Always read and follow the product label before use.

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Safety Data Sheets can be found at scottsmsds.com

Need an answer to a product question?  Scotts experts are always available by email and phone in our Help Center.

Packaging

Sleeve

Special Instructions

Use the diameter of the drip line of your tree or shrub as a guide to determine the number of spikes needed per plant.

What to Expect

Season-long feeding to help promote lush foliage and vibrant color for your trees and shrubs.

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