I got these flowers on last Saturday. I even got a moist meter to see if I need to water, but seems like they are dying again. This is my forth time trying to plant some flowers on this flower bed.
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Look at the bottom, it's drying, why? I sticked the moist meter, and some part of the soil read moist and some part read wet. So, I know it's definitely not dry.
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Look at this one, the leaves seem exhausted. The soil is again some parts said moist and some part said wet.
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I found a dried flower.
When I transplanted from the pot, I did use the vitamin B1 for the culture shock according to my mother-in-law.
Also, I noticed that a lot of ants on the soil, does it matter? I'm thinking if the ants kill my flower.
Please help. Thanks!
Why my flowers dying? Do ants kill plants? Please help!
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No, most ants don't eat plants. From what I see in the picture, your plants look like they've been recently planted. When you bought them, were they indoors or outdoors? If they were outdoors, were they under a cover/roof, or out in the open sunlight? My guess is that they were not growing out in the open sunlight.
When a plant is transplanted, it has to grow new little feeder roots into the soil of its new home. It takes a little time for that to happen ... a couple of weeks, at least. Until it happens, the roots can't really absorb much water from the soil. Many times, people think the plant doesn't have enough water, so they give it more and more, until the root system drowns. Then the plant does die.
Just be patient with the plant. If it isn't used to being out in the open sunlight, it may look a little droopy until the new roots form. The new roots will be able to absorb that moisture out of the soil and send it to the green leaves. It will perk up in time, probably within a week or two. Check the soil with your moisture meter every two or three days, but don't water the plant until the meter says you should.
When a plant is transplanted, it has to grow new little feeder roots into the soil of its new home. It takes a little time for that to happen ... a couple of weeks, at least. Until it happens, the roots can't really absorb much water from the soil. Many times, people think the plant doesn't have enough water, so they give it more and more, until the root system drowns. Then the plant does die.
Just be patient with the plant. If it isn't used to being out in the open sunlight, it may look a little droopy until the new roots form. The new roots will be able to absorb that moisture out of the soil and send it to the green leaves. It will perk up in time, probably within a week or two. Check the soil with your moisture meter every two or three days, but don't water the plant until the meter says you should.
Hello Kisal,Kisal wrote:No, most ants don't eat plants. From what I see in the picture, your plants look like they've been recently planted. When you bought them, were they indoors or outdoors? If they were outdoors, were they under a cover/roof, or out in the open sunlight? My guess is that they were not growing out in the open sunlight.
When a plant is transplanted, it has to grow new little feeder roots into the soil of its new home. It takes a little time for that to happen ... a couple of weeks, at least. Until it happens, the roots can't really absorb much water from the soil. Many times, people think the plant doesn't have enough water, so they give it more and more, until the root system drowns. Then the plant does die.
Just be patient with the plant. If it isn't used to being out in the open sunlight, it may look a little droopy until the new roots form. The new roots will be able to absorb that moisture out of the soil and send it to the green leaves. It will perk up in time, probably within a week or two. Check the soil with your moisture meter every two or three days, but don't water the plant until the meter says you should.
Thanks for your suggestions. Can you see the photos? I don't know why I can't see them. Yes, these flowers are new planted last Saturday, about three days ago. I bought them from Armstrong Nursery. They were out door under the sun. I asked people who work there what kind of flowers do they suggest me to plant. These are the three kinds they suggested; according to them, these flowers are low maintanence.
Yes, I will be patient and stop watering them.
Thanks again!
I don't use Flickr, so I don't know how to get the .jpg format of your pics. If you do, paste those into your post, then click on the Img tag in the box above where you're typing your post. That should work, but as I say, I don't use Flickr.
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Your flowers should succeed as long as you don't overwater them. When they're looking droopy soon after being planted, it's very easy to want to give them more water. Just resist that urge, at least for awhile. Go by what your moisture meter tells you.
We're happy to have you with us, and you will become an experienced gardener before you know it. Soon, you will be able to help other new gardeners learn.
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Your flowers should succeed as long as you don't overwater them. When they're looking droopy soon after being planted, it's very easy to want to give them more water. Just resist that urge, at least for awhile. Go by what your moisture meter tells you.
We're happy to have you with us, and you will become an experienced gardener before you know it. Soon, you will be able to help other new gardeners learn.
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This one looks pretty healthy to me. I wouldn't worry too much about a few of the older leaves dying back at the bottom, unless is starts happening to the new growth as well.
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It also does not look that bad to me. Slightly wilty, but that can just be transplant shock. Just give it a few more days, but don't over-water.
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These look perfect. It is in the life cycle of the flower to bloom and die and set seed. To keep the plant blooming cut the drying up flower off before it sets seed.
I don't know why you say your plants are dying. None of these look in the slightest like dying flowers.
And no ants don't eat living plants.
This one looks pretty healthy to me. I wouldn't worry too much about a few of the older leaves dying back at the bottom, unless is starts happening to the new growth as well.
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It also does not look that bad to me. Slightly wilty, but that can just be transplant shock. Just give it a few more days, but don't over-water.
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These look perfect. It is in the life cycle of the flower to bloom and die and set seed. To keep the plant blooming cut the drying up flower off before it sets seed.
I don't know why you say your plants are dying. None of these look in the slightest like dying flowers.
And no ants don't eat living plants.