sunflowers wilting for no reason?
 

this year is my 5 year in a row of growing sunflowers in the garden , and they have gotton to near flowering now and there is a bud showing , and all of a sudden 2 of the 3 i planted have suddenly wilted

any idea's , and there has been anoth rain latly to rule out lack of water

sunflowers wilting for no reason?
 

kristan wrote:
this year is my 5 year in a row of growing sunflowers in the garden ,
and they have gotton to near flowering now and there is a bud
showing , and all of a sudden 2 of the 3 i planted have suddenly
wilted

any idea's , and there has been anoth rain latly to rule out lack of
water

Possibly too much rain, they may have a root fungus.

D

yes but how come there is one that is fine . when its right next to the drooping ones?

sunflowers wilting for no reason?
 

kristan wrote:
yes but how come there is one that is fine . when its right next to
the drooping ones?

Because the fungi in the soil are not everywhere the same and plants have
different resistence to them. I have had two eggplants drop dead from
fusarium wilt leaving the others OK.

D

sunflowers wilting for no reason?
 

There are insects that bore out the center of the stems, usually the plant just snaps at a weak point, but sometimes they wilt.

yea they pulled right out with no roots , ohwell atleast i now have room for my water butt which i plan to put there :)

sunflowers wilting for no reason?
 

kristan wrote:
'beecrofter[_2_ Wrote:
;937552']There are insects that bore out the center of the stems,
usually the plant just snaps at a weak point, but sometimes they
wilt.

yea they pulled right out with no roots , ohwell atleast i now have
room for my water butt which i plan to put there :)

This could still be fungus.

D