wilmeplants
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Drooping lavender

Hello everyone!
I'm new to this gardening forum and I need some help with my lavender. I got it around a week ago and I put an aquaglobe in it to try and make sure that I didn't over water it and it drank it really fast and another whole one (of the small size of aquaglobe) and it started drooping/wilting yesterday. I think it was watered around 5 days ago, so maybe it's just being affected now by being overwatered? I have it pulled out of the soil to try and help it dry out but I'm not sure if there's anything else I should be doing like cutting back roots or the flowers or leaves. Hopefully the pictures indicate what is wrong, I'm just guessing that I overwatered them.
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applestar
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To me the soil looks dry — the Paper towel isn’t even damp?

I’m not familiar with aqua globe — how much water does it hold. Did any water come out from the bottom of the pot?

Also — where did you get the lavender from? Was it in a store or outside? And where have you been keeping it? Under what condition — sun, temperature, etc.

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I agree it looks dry. Lavender does not like to get the leaves wet since it will turn black with excessive moisture but with a well drained soil and the right pot, lavender can be watered almost daily. It is not an indoor plant. It likes to be in full sun. It does better in the ground where it will have room to spread out. It should be cut back annually but only cut back new wood. It does not recover well if you cut back into old wood. Fivede days is too long between watering. You should water plants according to their needs. Learn to feel the soil and water plants like lavender when the soil is almost dry. They will wilt if they are too dry, but if you get to them soon enough they pop back up again. If you are too late, they don't come back at all. Aqua globes work better on plants that like even moisture. You should start with a plant that is well hydrated to start with. Aqua globes work like the pop bottle feeders or olla jars.
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