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I'm new to gardening and I just planted up an new border and added fish & bone meal to each plant. Now they are dying off and it seems from my internet research that I might have overdone the fertilizer! My question is should I dig up the remaining plants before they too start to die off? Should I water copiously in the hope of diluting the fertilizer? What's the best approach? I don't want to do nothing and watch all my hard earned pennies die off! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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I feel sorry for anyone who started gardening in the last year or two - the plants don't know if they're coming or going with the weather there's been! As Verd and wb say - a good soaking is probably the best bet to start with and see what happens after that. Depends on the soil and aspect that you have as well as the type of plants, so if you can give us a bit more info - pix if you can - it'll help a lot. We all had to learn when we started out Helen, so don't worry - there's plenty of very helpful and knowledgeable people here who will give you advice
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Been converted to pelleted chicken manure this year and have had much better plants, will use it in future I think.
Thank you all so much for your advise. I have been watering trying to dilute the fertilizer, but some plants seem to be far worse than others. I have attached pictures of the plants which show just how bad it is. Photos: Cornus Elegantissima, Weigela Florida nana Variegata, Hypericum Hidcote & Clematis Voluceau. I have now moved these 3 plants to a 'compost only' bed in the hope this will help them recover. The leaves are now completely dead, but I don't know if the plants are dead? Any chance they may grow new leaves?