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TIL my neighbor's 'magic' tomato trick actually stunted my plants

He told me to bury banana peels under every transplant for potassium, so I did that with my six new 'Sun Gold' seedlings. After a month, they were half the size of my other tomatoes and the leaves looked pale. I dug one up and the peels were just a slimy, moldy mess right on the roots. I think they rotted instead of breaking down fast enough. Has anyone else had a specific kitchen scrap tip totally backfire?
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the_linda
the_linda18d ago
Wait, you buried them right under the roots?
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beth_green
beth_green18d ago
Six seedlings and a moldy banana peel graveyard, @the_linda.
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