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brownrexx · May 8, 2017

The plants are not able to use the phosphorus that is already present in the soil when the temperature is too cool. If you keep adding extra phosphorus and then the weather warms up, you will end up having too much phosphorus in the soil.

Too much of any fertilizer can become detrimental to the plant, even toxic.

Wait until it warms up. Your plants will be fine. They are not doing much growing in cool weather anyway.

May 8, 2017	#3
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	The plants are not able to use the phosphorus that is already present in the soil when the temperature is too cool. If you keep adding extra phosphorus and then the weather warms up, you will end up having too much phosphorus in the soil. Too much of any fertilizer can become detrimental to the plant, even toxic. Wait until it warms up. Your plants will be fine. They are not doing much growing in cool weather anyway. Last edited by brownrexx; May 8, 2017 at 08:48 AM.