Signs of over-fertilized Plants

Stunted Cosmos plant

Fertilizing your plants can help them to get the nutrients they require for their overall growth. But at the same time over fertilized plants can cause more harm than good. Overfertilizing your plants can burn their roots.

Signs of over-fertilized plants:

• Slow or stunted growth
• Wilting of lower plant leaves
• Crust of fertiliser found in soil surface
• Plants are more vulnerable to pests and diseases

Luckily, you can still treat your plants during the initial stages of over fertilization reversing this condition.

How to treat an overfertilized plant.

• Remove the excess fertilizer found in the soil surface.
• You can leach your plants with long watering. This removes the excess nutrients from the roots.
• Next cut the damaged parts of the plant and avoid fertilizing for a month.
• Avoid exposing your plant to prolonged sunlight for a week.

Plants that are over fertilized fail to grow resulting in stunting. Following these steps can remove excess fertilizer in the soil making your plants grow again. Hope you found this article helpful.

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1. Why are your plants wilting.
2. Why are your plants leaves turning yellow.
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