We have just returned from Jersey and somebody there was telling us that her
Lupins grow, flower and then keel over halfway up the stem. Neither of us
has any idea why - possibly because Lupins won't grow well here at all! The
only possibility that occurred to all of us is that they're plagued with
moles but then we'd expect the whole plant to look a bit displaced and
dishevelled.
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We have just returned from Jersey and somebody there was telling us that
her
Lupins grow, flower and then keel over halfway up the stem. Neither of us
has any idea why - possibly because Lupins won't grow well here at all!
The
only possibility that occurred to all of us is that they're plagued with
moles but then we'd expect the whole plant to look a bit displaced and
dishevelled.
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probably got dry sandy soil that does not hold moisture no matter how much
compost is piled in to it

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We have just returned from Jersey and somebody there was telling us that
her
Lupins grow, flower and then keel over halfway up the stem. snip

probably got dry sandy soil that does not hold moisture no matter how much
compost is piled in to it



No, good loamy soil. This isn't on the south coast of Jersey where it can be
sandy but inland in the north. Everything else flourishes.
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"Sacha" wrote in message
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We have just returned from Jersey and somebody there was telling us
that
her
Lupins grow, flower and then keel over halfway up the stem. snip

probably got dry sandy soil that does not hold moisture no matter how
much
compost is piled in to it



No, good loamy soil. This isn't on the south coast of Jersey where it can
be
sandy but inland in the north. Everything else flourishes.

Same here. Some plants OK, others just 'fell over'. No idea what caused it.
This soil (unlike my other post today) is good (long story).

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Same here. Some plants OK, others just 'fell over'. No idea what caused it.
This soil (unlike my other post today) is good (long story).

I must be lucky, I cut my lupins down after the first flowers died off
and got a second lot of blooms, not so big as the first lot but still
good to have

kate

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Same here. Some plants OK, others just 'fell over'. No idea what caused
it.
This soil (unlike my other post today) is good (long story).

I must be lucky, I cut my lupins down after the first flowers died off
and got a second lot of blooms, not so big as the first lot but still
good to have

kate

I have had a second set of flowers off the lupins that survived. About 20%
of them just died for no apparent reason before they flowered, or while the
spikes were developing, but the others are fine :-)
I wondered if it was likely to be slug or snail damage. Certainly slug
pellets around the base of the lupins killed quitea few.

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Same here. Some plants OK, others just 'fell over'. No idea what
caused
it.
This soil (unlike my other post today) is good (long story).

I must be lucky, I cut my lupins down after the first flowers died off
and got a second lot of blooms, not so big as the first lot but still
good to have

kate

I have had a second set of flowers off the lupins that survived. About 20%
of them just died for no apparent reason before they flowered, or while
the
spikes were developing, but the others are fine :-)
I wondered if it was likely to be slug or snail damage. Certainly slug
pellets around the base of the lupins killed quitea few.

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Have you checked for aphids. I had some lupins a few years ago and they
were absolutely covered, which caused the lupins to keel over and die.

Aileen

I bought 3 lupins planted them ,after 2 weeks they had all but disappeared
due to tiny slugs,which were hard to control,they haven't recovered yet I
will have to wait for next year & keep my fingers crossed!
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Same here. Some plants OK, others just 'fell over'. No idea what
caused
it.
This soil (unlike my other post today) is good (long story).

I must be lucky, I cut my lupins down after the first flowers died off
and got a second lot of blooms, not so big as the first lot but still
good to have

kate

I have had a second set of flowers off the lupins that survived. About
20%
of them just died for no apparent reason before they flowered, or while
the
spikes were developing, but the others are fine :-)
I wondered if it was likely to be slug or snail damage. Certainly slug
pellets around the base of the lupins killed quitea few.

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Tumbleweed

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Have you checked for aphids. I had some lupins a few years ago and they
were absolutely covered, which caused the lupins to keel over and die.

Aileen