This product works ok. You are supposed to be able to drive the spikes into the ground. There is a plastic cover that protects the pellet while you hit it. This is NOT for harder ground. The pellets cracked and busted, kind of defeating the time release purpose. The plastic tools also busted open. They give you two, but with 15 pellets, both were broken long before I was done. Ended up digging a hole and burying the pellets, which has the same effect, so no problems.
Also, you use more than one of these per tree. The size of the tree determines how many to use, so plan accordingly.
This product works ok. You are supposed to be able to drive the spikes into the ground. There is a plastic cover that protects the pellet while you hit it. This is NOT for harder ground. The pellets cracked and busted, kind of defeating the time release purpose. The plastic tools also busted open. They give you two, but with 15 pellets, both were broken long before I was done. Ended up digging a hole and burying the pellets, which has the same effect, so no problems. Also, you use more than one of these per tree. The size of the tree determines how many to use, so plan accordingly.