Accidently fertilized my MIL’s peach tree (2nd leaf) with a 1/2 pound of nitrogen instead .2 pounds…ie; I doubled the amount I was supposed to give. I usually always use organics, but that’s what they had lying around the garage SOO…
I read the fertilization recommendations on UCANR’s website wrong which recommended a 1/2 pound of UREA not a 1/2 pound of actual N. So I laid down a 1/2 pound of actual N all at once, wham!
Whoops!
So did I just burn my little peach?! What do you all think?
Not much you can do now except give it even more water. Nitrogen is quite water soluable. So you might leech away most of it if you leave the tap running. Do give it time afterwards to dry up a bit. You don’t want to asphyxiate the roots!
Nitrogen is verry soil mobile (moves easy through soil with rain).
So i would always recomend spreading out Nitrogen fertilization over multiple smaller doses instead of 1 big dose. This also avoids overfertilization in the future
What variety is it? While you don’t know how her tree (might) die , you can tell her since you joined this forum, you have learned about excellent varieties of peach trees and offer to buy her two!!