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title: "I need to fertilize my plants today and I put in 1 teaspoon to the…"
description: "I need to fertilize my plants today and I put in 1 teaspoon to the gallon but it looks like nothing happened! The bottle told me 1 teaspoon per gallon. It just…"
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community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Stevens"
published: "2023-06-04T19:24:43.655Z"
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# I need to fertilize my plants today and I put in 1 teaspoon to the…

_Posted by Stevens on 2023-06-04_

I need to fertilize my plants today and I put in 1 teaspoon to the gallon but it looks like nothing happened! The bottle told me 1 teaspoon per gallon. It just does not look anything different! Mine is supposed to be green but it’s still the same! Idk what to do! Pls help!

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## 4 comments

### Amie206 commented on 2023-06-04

I’ve used fertilizers that don’t change the color of the water. There are others that make it brown. I’d be careful of adding additional fertilizer because that can burn your plants

### Stevens commented on 2023-06-04

Ok ty!

### anneliese commented on 2023-06-05

it’s enough it shouldn’t change color

### Stevens commented on 2023-06-05

Thank you!

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