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Young plant stems hardens and dies

SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
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Hi

Not sure what's happening with my plants. They been growing fine after planting out and then half way up the stem they go hard (almost like scar tissue)/look squeezed. The plant then limps on and slowly withers away. Any ideas what's going on?
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2021
    What sort of plants?

    Photos of the damage and the whole plant should help

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
    One is dead, one is dying and one is limping on. 
    The first one was a courgette of unknown heritage (seeds from a friend of s friend), second a glass apple cucumber and the last a fat baby. So quite a spread. I'll try to get some photos later
  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394

  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
    Looks like they are all dying now. Might try to pot on the fat baby after removing the none true leaves to induce rooting.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2021
    How long have they been outside?
    Looks as if it could be weather damage ... too cold, too wet. 

    None of my squashes, cucumbers or courgettes have been planted out ... I only started hardening them off today. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
    A coupe of weeks. The glass apple is under a plastic cloch made of from a bottle.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    They probably got too cold.
  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
    Noooo
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    This is how big my courgettes and squashes are ... today is their first day outside ... they’ll go back indoors this evening 

    Hopefully I’ll be able to plant them out in a week or so’s time 🤞 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
    My pumpkin (known as mutan/Nemo after the person who gave it to my friend) are out and dining fine.

    Do you have then in the house or greenhouse? They look quite triffidy
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