Please help!

[buckyboy]

I went out to check my plants this morning, and the top of my biggest girl was drooling. Last night it was standing straight up and looking wonderful. What happened? It had just showed hairs a few days ago. It was planted in March and doing wonderful until this morning. PLEASE HELP! I'm panicking. Is it dying? It's in a huge hole, so I dont think it could be rootbound. I feed it with fertilizer about once a week. I've been feeding it 24-8-16 MG just like I did last year, until I switched to bloom booster later in the year, and I never had this problem.

buckyboy Reviewed by buckyboy on 05-13-2008. Please help! I went out to check my plants this morning, and the top of my biggest girl was drooling. Last night it was standing straight up and looking wonderful. What happened? It had just showed hairs a few days ago. It was planted in March and doing wonderful until this morning. PLEASE HELP! I'm panicking. Is it dying? It's in a huge hole, so I dont think it could be rootbound. I feed it with fertilizer about once a week. I've been feeding it 24-8-16 MG just like I did last year, until I switched to Rating: 5

[buckyboy]

Come on guys, help me out. What I mean by it's drooling is the stem is like leaning over at the very top.

[stinkyattic]

You mean drooping. I hope.
What was the overnight low temps, and when was the most recent rain or watering?

[buckyboy]

Yeah, I mean drooping. Sorry bout that. I'm the one that's drooling. lol! But anyway, It's rained a lot in the past few weeks, here in the ATL, but it was fine until this morning. I gave it some fertilizer when I saw it drooping. Did I screw up? What's going on? The temps last night were mid 50's f. It's It's 65 deg.f right now

[stinkyattic]

Keep an eye on it- it should perk up in the warm sunshine.
In the future, fertilizer isn't the solution to droop problems. Those are issues with the relationship between how fast a plant USES water and how fast it UPTAKES water. If you have had a lot of rain, there is a possibility of root rot. Drill extra holes in the sides of your pot to improve drainage so this doesn't happen. The plant needs the soil to dry out fairly well between waterings. I hope you added plenty of perlite to the medium.

[buckyboy]

The soil that I used had perlite in it. But I have'nt added any. And it's in the ground, not in a pot.