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  • Answered by
    Heather on
    November 24, 2013
    Certified Expert
    A.

    The reason that the seeds did not grow is due to fertilizer burn. Baby plants are like baby people. You can't give them too much of the wrong kind of food too early or it can cause damage.

    Seeds contain all the nutrients a plant needs to get started. Extra fertilizer can quickly overwhelm a delicate newly sprouted seedling. Likely the seeds did germinate, but never got big enough to break the soil surface before they died.

    I could not find a specific article on it, but here is one on when you should start fertilizing seedlings:
    http://gardening.about.com/od/seedstarting/f/Seedling-Food.htm

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