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Originally Posted by hearmenow
This might seem like an obvious question but is there high winds where it's growing?
No. It's in a corridor between my house and fence, low to the ground.
It could also indicate a undeveloped root system that is not capable of supporting the weight of the plant.
When I repotted it three days ago there was one root that had made it to the bottom of the old pot, so I was encouraged by that. I didn't see any other roots as I was trying to keep the soil intact.
What kind of soil is it in? Is the soil well aeriated? Did you add some perulite to promote good drainage?
I am using Schultz Seedstarted Plus. I do not expect to see problems from this soil until later when it possibly messes up the feeding (it has 9 months of slow release nutrients).
How often are you watering? Too often and you could get root rot, which would mean weaker roots and the plant falling over and dying.
I was afraid of overwatering earlier, so today (Wednesday) was the first watering it got since repotting Sunday.
Any animals that could be messing with it? Maybe birds jumping on it? Squirrels?
I don't think so. It's entirely possible, as they are not in my view all day, but this has now happened four times with plants in two different locations. The first location was on a deck on a table, thus reducing the possiblility of animal interference.
Good luck.
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I'm new at this, but I think it has to do with the sun. The first three I put in the sun early and they leaned toward it (I am in SE US, so the sun crosses over to the south, not directly overhead).
This plant, however, I didn't put into direct sunlight until the ctl's were falling off and it had its first node come in. So I thought it was mature enough. But today it was leaning to the south toward the sun. Maybe it is reaching for the sun before it is strong enough to be directly in it? How long do I wait to put them in that situation? Maybe it is a combination of being in the sun and having a weak root system?
Thanks, Hearmenow. I've been following your grow for about a month now!