Good evening,

I planted a small rocket plant about a month ago, which appeared to be
growing happily, producing a number of long 'shoots' with flowers on them.

This week though it appears to have 'flopped', with all of the shoots
suddenly growing along the ground. The plant has been watered regularly,
and
apart from falling over still appears to be healthy with small leaves
growing from the centre.

Is this normal, or is it on its last legs?

Cheers,


Andrew

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ajr wrote:

I planted a small rocket plant about a month ago, which appeared to be
growing happily, producing a number of long 'shoots' with flowers on them.

This week though it appears to have 'flopped', with all of the shoots
suddenly growing along the ground. The plant has been watered regularly,
and
apart from falling over still appears to be healthy with small leaves
growing from the centre.

Is this normal, or is it on its last legs?

It's normal, especially when over-watered. It will now set seed and
die, but you can sow the seed next year (or even this year).


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.