Conventional Wisdom
In some cases, a dramatic example being tomatoes, foliar feeding goes against long-standing strictures against ever allowing the leaves to get wet, as it greatly increases the chances of disease. While the conventional wisdom is, "Don't ever spray your tomato plants; water them only by soaking the ground beneath", modern gardening techniques strongly recommend spraying the leaves of a tomato plant with fertiliser, as part of the normal fertilisation routine.
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