On May 27, 1:21*pm, Jeff Layman wrote:
On 26/05/2011 20:29, freshage wrote:





Hi guys,

New to the forum, my girlfriend and I recently moved into our first
place and took it upon our selfs to become amatuer gardeners!

Anyway, our plants have been growing like wildfire over the last 2
months from seedlings. Over the last week or 2, most of them have been
suddenly drooping to the soil, losing all 'spring' in their step and
generally looking tired.

Normally a little splash of more water does the trick but it seems we
are fighting a loosing battle. We water regularly and they are in decent
compost.

Here is our sunflower, yesterday it was full of life and today it seems
it has just decided to comit suicide. Is there any chance it will
survive and anything I can do to help restore it?

Also, any idea what could be causing this?

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It looks to me the sort of effect vine weevil or other root-eating pest
can cause, although it would have to be a pretty massive infestation to
cause the damage so quickly. *Have a look at the roots of an affected
plant. *If the pot isn't at least half full of roots, something odd is
going on.

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I think that the OP has given us the answer " I topped it up with a
very small
amount of water."
I think what they need is a very thorough watering, I suspect that a
good amount of the compost is dry.
If you can find a big bucket so that you can plunge the pot and let it
soak for 10 mins or so, with a drop or two of washing up liquid in the
water then take it out to let the water drain through to draw air back
into the compost.
So many people pour water over a plant that is dry and much of it runs
off round the sides, also dry compost doesn't take up water easily,
that is why I say to add a drop or two of washing up liquid as it
breaks down the surface tension and lets the water get taken up more
easily.