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Help me save my lupins! Beginner here
alexemmersonuk
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Hey there.
Well, I have been soooooooo good at remembering to water everything every single night since March..... Then last night, I totally FORGOT!
I woke up this morning and most things were ok, just a little wilted, and look like they will perk up soon.
But not my lupin!
My lupin plant looks a mess!
It was perky and happy yesterday, but this morning all the stems have collapsed to the sides, one of them broken, and it doesn't look good AT ALL.
I gave it a good water and am hoping for the best.
Whilst I was checking it, I also noticed there are a few tiny very light green bugs walking around on the stems! What are these? Do I need to spray it with something?
How do I save my lupin?? Help! Total beginner here! Thank you for your time
(Pictures below)
Well, I have been soooooooo good at remembering to water everything every single night since March..... Then last night, I totally FORGOT!
I woke up this morning and most things were ok, just a little wilted, and look like they will perk up soon.
But not my lupin!
My lupin plant looks a mess!
It was perky and happy yesterday, but this morning all the stems have collapsed to the sides, one of them broken, and it doesn't look good AT ALL.
I gave it a good water and am hoping for the best.
Whilst I was checking it, I also noticed there are a few tiny very light green bugs walking around on the stems! What are these? Do I need to spray it with something?
How do I save my lupin?? Help! Total beginner here! Thank you for your time
(Pictures below)
Growing a pink garden, one plant at a time....
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I would move it to the shade and up the water for a few days, I'm sure it will recover. It really should be in the ground or a much larger trough/pot.
You only have 2 options, and it depends on how much you want to save your plant.
Either give up and accept you are in a losing battle, which is what I and a few others on here had to do this year (seems a bad year for it). Here's a topic I started to find replacements for lupins. https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1041884/lupin-alternatives/p1
Or settle in for the long haul. You need to kill every single one of those bugs, and they will keep coming back. Squish them with your fingers, check every single stem and under every leaf, and inside every flower spike. They all need to die.
You can try washing them off with horticultural soap, neem oil or spray with water, but that won't kill them.
Good luck. Don't be surprised if you get bored and give up, I lost a 3 foot lupin this year because of them.
Me going near bugs is not happening.
I actually have a real phobia and will have a serious panic attack.
It might be goodbye lupin.
How sad.
No chance of gardening without bugs I'm afraid ... gardening = nature = insects and invertebrates. But growing plants is a way of dealing with your problem ... I've known people who've done it ... so good luck
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It would be much better in the ground, or in a much larger pot.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I have no problem with bugs at all.
I just have a phobia of touching anything squishy or greasy, could be a carrot that's gone soft and greasy, some dried up ketchup, anything like that. It's not the bugs. It's given me serious panic attacks before. I've had counselling for it, hypnotherapy, even NLP. Nothing seems to touch it.
Is there anything I can spray on it as far as you know?
@punkdoc
i can do bigger pot and more water - does it need to be in the shade permanently?
A small amount. I certainly couldnt squish anything.
My husband is tending to it at the moment, which is very nice of him