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| I've recently planted four columbines. Three are happy as clams, but I've got one that has been mysteriously wilting. They've all been receiving the same amount of water, and are planted fairly close to one another, so they should be getting the same conditions.
Then I realized that this one columbine was getting hit with more shade than the rest of them in the afternoon - when the sun is up high it is smack dab in a bush's shadow. Now, I had thought that columbines are fine with part shade, but the three that are more-or-less in full sun are doing just FINE. Am I crazy? Should I pull this one out and move it before it gets too established, or did I just pick up a dud plant from the nursery? |
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| When something is wilting while there is no drought, then there is something wrong with the root. When I dig such a plant up, in most cases there is a larva of beetles that is enjoying to eat the roots. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 11, 12 at 8:23
| i dont know about the crazy part.. but it just sounds like transplant shock/stress ... and for whatever reason.. it only hit one plant ... and if it is.. moving it again.. wont help ... you are worrying too much ... and it could be as simple as the increased shade.. is not allowing the soil to warm enough.. for it to get going well enough ... i bet its been pretty cold .. since you planted them ... and roots need warmth.. to grab hold.. and start working properly ... [which is opposite your sun theory] i would just ignore it.. while insuring proper water.. which should be all that much this early ... if watered properly at planting.. i really dont know why.. in z5 .. they have needed repeated waters this early in spring.. heck .. it snowed here yesterday .. [unless you are further south z5's] its all speculation.. you could be as right as i am ... who knows .. but i would leave it ... [see if you can feel a soil temp difference with your finger] ken |
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| I'm south zone five - actually with that new update to the zone chart, I'm moved to zone 6. Temps have been in the 60s-70s dropping to the forties overnight... though we are having a couple cold snaps last night & tonight, and i'm covering everything. I probably am worrying too much though. Still it stinks, because I think this one is going to lose the main stalk from the wilting. |
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| It sounds dry, could be a smaller root system than the others that caused the plant to experience transplant shock, or a tighter rootball (pot bound) where water isn't penetrating to the roots even though the ground around it may feel damp....Did they all get the same treatment when planting? Open up the rootball, watered in, not planted too deeply? It's not wilting from too much shade. |
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