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Is it possible to over-fertilize a vegetable garden?

I admit, I didn't read the packaging and I feel that was a mistake. I spread generous amounts of organic fertilizer over my vegetable garden before the seeds germinated. I've noticed plants have sprouted in areas of less-thick fertilizer. I wonder if the other seeds just haven't come up through the thickness or could the organic fertilizer have killed the seeds.

Public Comments

1. yes it will burn them up
2. yes, too much fertilizer will kill the plants .
3. Yes, it is possible. Roots may be burned. Complexity of humus suffers. Too much nytrogen or other nutriets is toxic for plants. Over-fertilized salads may be dangerous also for health.
4. Yes and if excess gets washed away eutrophication can occur.
5. Too much nitrogen will burn the plants, and will produce alot of leaves and very few flowers to produce a good crop.
6. You sure can and it sounds like that is what has happened
7. With some vegetable seeds you need to wait until the seedlings mature before you put down fertilizer. Or fertilize well in advance of planting your seeds.