just a minor cavil about the suggestions to water a lot: yes, maybe. Remember, you can overwater, and it's a much more common way of killing plants than underwatering. If the soil is moist, but the plants wilt, they're overwatered.
(Technical explanation: it can simply be that the excess water allows pathogenic fungi to grow and that kills the plants. More often, it's that the plant's roots can't breathe. They literally need some air, just like any organism. If part of a root is drowning, it dies. That rots, which can spread up the root. If you continue overwatering, all the roots can die very quickly. Without roots, the plant wilts, no matter how wet the soil is. Moist, and well-drained is the ticket, which is easier said than done.) |
