Posted: 5/10/2012 11:59:34 AM EDT
| I am in WI and I put my plants outside this morning for sunshine. I grew them fron seed. Now I go out and almost all of them are wilted and dumped over? What happened? |
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most likely candidates:
- water. Are they in small pots, or cell trays, or ?? Those will dry out VERY quickly, especially if there's a breeze. - sun scalded. Is this the first time they've been out? If so, did you put them in direct sun? They need to gradually acclimate to full sun, a few days outdoors but in the shade first, a few hours of sun next, etc. up until they can take full sun. |
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- sun scalded. Is this the first time they've been out? If so, did you put them in direct sun? They need to gradually acclimate to full sun, a few days outdoors but in the shade first, a few hours of sun next, etc. up until they can take full sun. Bingo. Don't dump 'em, take them out of the sun and wait. They should perk back. If/when they do, gradually introduce them back into sun. You can do it by putting them in the shade first, then giving them more and more sun each day. |
| definitely give them a chance but just remember to much water is as bad as not enough sun. it will cause disease ect. if they are in pots you need to move them to the actual dirt asap give em a bit of water and wait to see what happens. the smaller pots dry out quick and don't hold enough nutrients to keep the plant going. I had the same problem with some of my lettuce but once they got in the ground everything was all good again. |
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Not a damn one recovered. I replanted. I am thinking this year salsa is going to be slim. Sorry to hear your transplants died. Read this like for next time. http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4dmg/Garden/harden.htm click |