Tomatoes and chlorine
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Tomatoes and chlorine
Help! We had an accidnet with our above ground soft-sided pool and probably 8 to 10 gallons of chlorinated and algae treated pool water drowned my tomato and pepper plants! Are they doomed????? I think I can still find tomato plants at the nursery so if I have to replace them, better now then in August!!!! Any advice or thoughts? TIA
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Oh goodness! I have no idea! Mine are still trying to catch up from the frost we had where all the limbs/leaves died and then they put out new ones. Then with 90's they quit growing and just this week are catching up with the newer ones!
Maybe dig em up and drench the area and replant? OR just really drench the area to dilute it? I bet you'll need to replace them, but am wondering how long that chlorine will stay in the soil?
Maybe dig em up and drench the area and replant? OR just really drench the area to dilute it? I bet you'll need to replace them, but am wondering how long that chlorine will stay in the soil?
Jane (from the middle of the Mitten state)
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Yeah! Inquiring minds want to know!?
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