The objectives were to verify the effects of the lack of cytokinins (CKs), comparing tomato cv. Micro-Tom (MT, wild type) to MT CKX2 (transgenic with less CKs) fed with nitrate (NO 3 − ) and ammonium (NH 4 + ), in the presence and absence of silicon (Si); verify if the attenuation of NH 4 + toxicity by Si depends on the increase of CKs in MT; and verify if 6-benzyladenine (6-BA) attenuates NH 4 + toxicity in MT. Three experiments were performed with treatments via nutrient solution. First, MT and MT CKX2 were grown with NO 3 − or NH 4 + (5.9 mmol L − 1 ), in the absence and presence of Si (1.28 mmol L − 1 ). Second, MT was grown with NO 3 − or NH 4 + (5.9 mmol L − 1 ), in the absence and presence of Si (1.28 mmol L − 1 ). Third, MT was grown with NO 3 − or NH 4 + (5.9 mmol L − 1 ) and 6-BA (from 1e −10 to 1e −6 mol L −1 ) associated with NH 4 + . The MT and MT CKX2 had a decrease of 18% and 48% in the shoot dry weight, respectively, when fed with NH 4 + , compared to NO 3 − . Si attenuated NH 4 + toxicity in MT, but not in MT CKX2. This attenuation in MT was accompanied by a decrease in transzeatin (tZ) content in the roots and increase in the shoots. 6-BA did not improve the shoot growth of MT fed with NH 4 + . In conclusion, the alleviation of NH 4 + toxicity by Si was dependent on the increase in tZ content in shoots. In CK-deficient plants, Si did not alleviate NH 4 + toxicity, and 6-BA did not alleviate NH 4 + toxicity in MT shoots.