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I have 3 plants and 1 has leaves that droop very bad every day while the other two have leaves that stand tall. The seed comes from the same plant as the others. All plants get sprayed and fertilized the same. Any ides on what is causing the problem and what I should do?

6/16/2008 12:48:03 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Not to cause you any undue concern but at the worst case there could be a vascular disorder which prevents transpired water from being replaced. This could be as simple as a random genetic fluke, poor soil, a kinked vine, too much fertilizer (salts), or (worst case) as soil borne disease.

6/16/2008 8:56:56 PM

Lexington, Ky

I had the exact problem recently and exhumed the plant about 6 weeks after transplant. Discovered a rather large clump of very green cover crop just a few inches below where I placed the transplant rootball. I was very surprised to see green that deep so many weeks after plowing. I am fairly certain that this spot was OD'ing on Nitro...

6/16/2008 10:26:55 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Does it occur only during the day? Then as it cools they perk back up? Some plants flag really easy.

6/18/2008 1:54:23 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I have had some flag just because the wind was right or the sun was at the right angle, and the others didn't. I had one known for flagging not flag and another not known for flagging do the pout. All I could tell is what the wind was doing at the time... IF a nice application of water doesn't bring them around the start looking for a cause. The bigger my plants get, the less likely they are to get the 'grand mass pout' if I just start watering with the 'tosses enough water to cool' sprinklers at the right time of day. Check how your watering actually lays out the water, could be the flagging three are not getting the same coverage as the two that don't.

6/18/2008 4:40:57 PM