Help!!!!!

ok, ths is a long story but my GF's nan through some canary seed in the garden and some plants grew.....bu these plants were healthy as fuck(first pictures) thing is they where growing in a crack in between the concrete in here garden these are when they where in the crack in concrete

her nan was going to get rid of them so i went along looked at them and she sed i could have them so i put them in pots watered them (id read up on growing quite alot) after about 2 days from moving from inbetween the concrete into a pot there wilting reely badly...will they just recover with time?

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please reply i dnt no if that makes much sence coz im wrecked but basically why are they wilting??? becoz of the pot transplant and stress

To much water?

wiscybud said:

To much water?

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Thats what it looks like to me too.

wiscybud said:

To much water?

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well when i searched alot off people who's plant where wilting had too much water, but i had just moved the pots and i ddnt water very much so could it jus be stress....and are the recoverable?

benjia said:

well when i searched alot off people who's plant where wilting had too much water, but i had just moved the pots and i ddnt water very much so could it jus be stress....and are the recoverable?

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their in shock, they should recover, don't over water, but don't underwater either. keep moist and it'll be fine. ps... if it was in the crack, how did you dig it out and get all the roots?

Space Angel said:

their in shock, they should recover, don't over water, but don't underwater either. keep moist and it'll be fine. ps... if it was in the crack, how did you dig it out and get all the roots?

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basically i just moved whate very little, soil there was and pulled at the stem the roots where not doing to well in the cracks and just came throught they where very skiinny roots but the ball root was still intact il update in a couple days on if they recover

yea dude its definetly because of stress u should cut it back to help it recover

benjia said:

basically i just moved whate very little, soil there was and pulled at the stem the roots where not doing to well in the cracks and just came throught they where very skiinny roots but the ball root was still intact il update in a couple days on if they recover

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I hope it comes out of it, for it looks great in the pic before you pulled it

what does cut it back meen and what does it do? and i gotta feeling they should recover (touchwood) considerin the conditions they where in before i have a strong belief these are hardy plants

benjia said:

what does cut it back meen and what does it do? and i gotta feeling they should recover (touchwood) considerin the conditions they where in before i have a strong belief these are hardy plants

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i wouldn't do no cutting/trimming to it.

when i say cut it back means to cut off those leaves because its in shock.It helps it come out of shock..

I think you should say your last good bye my friend.



You said it grew threw a crack in the cement right. Well it's pretty hard to pull a root ball out of a crack.



My guess is when you transplanted most if not all the roots did not make it. That does not look like overwatering.

delucca54 said:

when i say cut it back means to cut off those leaves because its in shock.It helps it come out of shock..

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NOT true. This will only compound the problem.


Shocked plants need pampering not mutilation.


I would say use some superthrive but I don't think she'll make it another day. Once the leaves get dry like that they will never recover.

the root ball was at the bottom of the stalk above the cement the roots where still intact when i transplanted so i really dont think the roots are done for.......shes havn a lil hissy ft because she liked her space inbetween the concrete

also the leaves are not dry yet there stil nice and soft and fluffy jus not standing up

benjia said:

also the leaves are not dry yet there stil nice and soft and fluffy jus not standing up

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Then maybe there is still hope. Try superthrive.

benjia said:

the root ball was at the bottom of the stalk above the cement the roots where still intact when i transplanted so i really dont think the roots are done for.......shes havn a lil hissy ft because she liked her space inbetween the concrete

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theres no way possiblie for the root ball to be above ground... i think u killed her my friend .

goosecomander said:

theres no way possiblie for the root ball to be above ground... i think u killed her my friend .

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Yep, and thats the way the cookie crumbles.

Holy crap... cutting a plant that's already stressed out is a recipe for death. It will NOT help the plant "recover" (unless by recover, you actually mean DIE).

Cutting off leaves is really never a good idea unless they are mostly dead already, anyway. Green leaves = alive. Don't cut off green leaves, even if they're wilty.

I've had shocked plants like that many times - usually from too much fertilizer. I've heard many people say the plant will come back, but in my experience, it never does. It may be a weed, but young plants are fragile. I hope I'm wrong, but your plants a gonner.