I can't believe what I did, and I'm sure they're all going to die because of my stupidity.
First, the backstory:
I have been going through the beginner trials and tribulations of learning how to grow and care for my salvia plants. At my peak, I had 8 of them, then four died off due to environmental issues as I was learning. Once I got the humidity tent going, and learned the valuable lesson to not overwater and drown them, things were going GREAT. I had 4 beautifully growing, thriving plants. I had just transplanted them into bigger pots and everything was going great. We had a relationship together. I would greet and talk with them every morning, and every evening.
Then I did something stupid. I was at a hydroponic shop to get some natural bug killer spray, which works great, by the way (Don't Bug Me is the name of the product). I've been using it on my salvia plants, and my other plants (tea, and cannabis). Well, I saw this bag of fertilizer called "Marine Cuisine Time Release Fertilizer". I read the bag at the store, and it mentioned it had all kinds of crushed sea life and also bat guano, and I remembered reading something about that being a great food for our plants. So, I decided to buy it. I read the instructions and used the exact amount per plant. Apparently this stuff is a killer, or I just don't know what I'm doing, but within 3 days, my plants had lost almost all of their leaves, including my tea plants. The cannabis plants are still going strong, however. I quickly transplanted all of my plants into brand new soil, and I'm hoping for the best, but they do not look good at all. From experience on my previous 4 plants that died on me, it seems like once they lose a certain percentage of their leaves, they are going to die, and there is nothing you can do about it. I'm so bummed about this. If I were smarter I would have tested it out on ONE of my plants, not put it on ALL OF THEM at once. I'm such an idiot. I feel just horrible that I've killed them. The only thing I can do now is wait to see if they recover. My guess is that the fertilizer contained too much acid or something, and it just killed them. All that's left are stems and like 1 leaf on each plant, but the leaf is totally wilted, and will probably fall off in the next day.
I'm sorry for the negative energy on posting this to the forum, but I just had to tell someone, and I figured this was the best place to do so.
Thanks for letting me vent.