Miracle-Gro Shake 'n Feed Continuous Release Plant Food with Calcium for Tomatoes, Fruits, and Vegetables, 4.5-Pound (Slow Release Plant Fertilizer)

So last year squirrels and raccoons ate my tomatoes. This year I planted four different plants in larger containers and larger and stronger cages. Lots of Tom …no animals munching yet, but have blossom rot. Looked it up and it is a lack of calcium. I could put down egg shells and coffee grinds..but this may bring the critters back. I just sprinkled this on my plants and I hope I can save some Tom. If this doesn’t work, next year flowers only and veggies from farmers markets.

Live in Las Vegas, and have a large garden. Really very well amended soil, which I test to keep at the right levels of nutrients. No matter what I tried I kept getting tomato and pepper end rot.I was positive it could not be calcium as the water here is very hard with lots of calcium. For the last few year I have tried all the other possible fixes. More water / Less water - drainage, different soil additives, bird/bug protection fabric, nitrogen, phosphorus, raising acidity, etc.Alright I figured - Ill try a calcium supplement like all the guides say (After pulling yet another group of beautiful peppers off the plants with brown rot spots.)Shook this product on the ground around my plants (nice simple dispenser built into the cap). Within a few weeks - not a single brown spot. All the issue was gone. Plants are super happy.Will buy again. Will also look at Calcium only amendments. Wish I had tried this sooner.

Easy to use, probably better if you apply to soil before planting. I applied in pots after planting so it was a little trickier. The added calcium seems effective in preventing blossom end rot with tomatoes and peppers, and I have only had a few vegetables develop rot, as opposed having entire plants get it in the past. Convenient not having to think about fertilizing again for 2-3 months, which is pretty much the whole growing season for me.

Excellent product to use in your vegetable garden. Just sprinkle around or mix it with your plants to feed continuously up to 3 months.On YouTube there is a channel called "California Gardening" which has several videos on how to use Miracle Gro products and other gardening tips as well. Don't believe in people who tell you chemical fertilizers are not good. Even table salt is a chemical (Sodium Chloride) and yet we eat it every day. A synthetic fertilizer is just that - a salt and is perfectly safe for you and your plants. Remember to still add organic matter to improve the texture of your soil but a slow release fertilizer like this one will provide nourishment to your plant throughout the growing season which is essential for healthy fruits and vegetables.This product is much better than products like Osmocote since (this product) contains calcium and other trace elements.

The best for your garden. My squash is blooming and bearing and it has only been 30 days. I use it on every vegetable I grow.I used it for the first time last year. My tomatoes were beautiful!!! They each weighed 10 to 15 ounces. My four squash plants fed all my neighbors and I made more bread and chocolate bread than anyone could consume. I will use it every year. I am a new gardener and my mother who has been gardening for 60 plus years insisted I order her some because my garden put hers to shame.

Having a hard time keeping it from getting onto the leaves. But my plants sure did seem to like it.

Used this stuff because I have gotten end rot on my patio tomatoes previously. I have a huge crop of maters this year, ZERO end rot (I use small containers on my back deck in Chicago). Tomatoes taste AMAZING. One of the two containers I bough spilled in the box, but only lost 1/5 of the bottle so no biggie. There is a bunch in here for multiple uses.

All of my vegetables grew with very strong stalks and vines. I used this on ALL of my vegetables. Cucumbers and such.... Everything is blooming great and has gotten much bigger than they did last year. I did not use this last year. I sure am glad I did this year. It really has made a big difference I can tell.