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Wilting Solanum crispin Glasnevin

nicolalongfootnicolalongfoot Posts: 1
in Problem solving
I'm very new to gardening and planted this on recommendation against a shady wall about 6 weeks ago - it's been so happy we've almost watched it grow in real time. It was a third of this height when I planted it. About a week ago it showed its first flowers, but then a couple of days later all the leaves suddenly wilted overnight. I've got lots of pots that I water every couple of days, so I always give it a little water then too - 30 seconds or so. Am I over or under watering maybe? Thanks 

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  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    These plants to me always present a bit of a dilemna ! Some self-support and others require the assistance of trellis .
    What I do know for definite is that they prefer a neutral/alkaline free-draining soil on a wall with a sunny SW aspect .
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    At only six weeks, I must admit, you ought to chop a lot of the top growth down so the shrub puts all its energy back into settling in rather than trying to put on top growth.

    I recommend you prune it down and continue to water it generously. Grown in a shady spot, your plant may try to reach for the sun with limited branching. It's best to give it a southerly or westerly aspect. Soil needs to be reasonably free draining too.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Paul B3 said:
    These plants to me always present a bit of a dilemna ! Some self-support and others require the assistance of trellis .
    What I do know for definite is that they prefer a neutral/alkaline free-draining soil on a wall with a sunny SW aspect .
    I can’t agree with you about the soil, ours is very acid moorland soil, mine grew like mad, I cut it down almost to the ground every Spring,  after 3 years we decided to take it right out.  This was in the September after a spring cut down. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    Pretty impressive Lyn !! :o
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Dare I say I think you've had a lucky escape. IMHO it's a nightmare of a thug.
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    You’re right hosta, that’s after it was half cut down, it was a tiny little thing from Morrisons.
    There’s  a clematis there now. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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