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Question by BearLab: My tomato plants aren’t growing correctly…could they be over fertilized?
I really need some advice with this one: I planted several Big Boy Tomatoes and several Cherry Tomato plants, which started out great (a week and a half ago), but now seem to be withering and dying! I am so upset. I think that I did everything that I was supposed to do…planted them in a good mixture of regular soil and organic soil that had some sort of vitamin/Miracle Grow mixture, making sure that they were planted deep enough and even had posts with each one to keep their stems strong. My husband, thinking that he was helping me, went out and dumped fertilizer on top of them…I think it was called nitrogen fertilizer or some sort. Well, it seems like some time after that the plants started to look burned and withered. Is this a direct result of this over fertilization of the plants…is that possible? Is it too late to try and save these plants? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Answer by Mooned Y!A
I know that too much fertilizer will kill grass by burning and withering the blades. I assume that is what has happened to your tomato plants. I don’t know what you could do to save them. Maybe dig them up and wash them off and plant them again. It’s a lot of work though for something that may not work.
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Your tomatoes have been burned. Too much fertilizer and too much water have killed more plants than neglect has. Your MiracleGro soil had enough nutrients to last weeks without any added fertilizer, and those high in nitrogen arent the best choice for tomatoes, anyway, since they encourage lush foliage at the expense of fruit.
You can water them profusely to try to leach some of the nitrogen out, but those particular plants, if they survive, will still disappoint you. You’d be much better off buying new ones now. Sorry…