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wilting african daisies after 3 mos
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Posted by briteros z9-dublin,ca (My Page) on Sun, Jul 16, 06 at 0:12
| hello all... just when i thought my african daisies were doing well, they have started wilting on me! they bloomed quite well after planting it into the ground, but now, 3 months later, the leaves are starting to wilt. could this be due to too much water? i recently got my sprinkler system fixed, and they've been getting about 15 mins of water at 6am every morning. they're in a full sun area, so the ground should have enough time to dry out a bit from the bath... any help or advice that you guys could offer would be greatly appreciated :) |
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RE: wilting african daisies after 3 mos
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| Which sort of African daisies are you growing? Gazanias? Arctotis? Osteospermum? Gerberas? Something completely different? A clue for the 'Sherlocks', please. |
RE: wilting african daisies after 3 mos
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| i just finally came across this response to my post last year... the african daisies i had were osteospermum. if you could help, that'd be great... i ended up digging out the old one and the same thing seems to be happening to the new batch that i planted :( |
RE: wilting african daisies after 3 mos
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| If they've been in the ground for 3 months and you're watering every day, I suspect they're getting too much water. Try watering once a week. wanda |
RE: wilting african daisies after 3 mos
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| I don't have a sprinkler system - put me in the hose haulers category. But, my reading and experience is that less frequent, longer/deeper watering is more beneficial to plants, causing their roots to grow deeper. Watering for only 15 minutes seems awfully short a time to me. Maybe it's OK for annuals, but grass, shrubs & perennials like a deeper watering. |
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