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Echinacea - drought tolerance
Crazybeelady
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I've got a few echinaceas in their second year - they were either seeds or bare roots last year so they're about to do their first proper display. Everything says they are drought tolerant, but as soon as it gets hot in my garden they are all flopping like mad. I hate to see it and usually get some water on them, even if it's a bad time of day. I'm probably adding to the problem by doing that! Why are they this way?
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Water is evaporating from the leaves and the roots can't supply water fast enough even if they have access to it, so the leaves droop due to lack of water pressure.
Lots of plants in my garden are the same at the mo, they perk up again in the evening when it cools down and they can rest and recover.
Billericay - Essex
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Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I do in the evenings too - just for plants that are working extra hard at the moment.
Many are floppy, but my 15 dahlias look almost dead, but they'll be fine by the morning, only to have to go through it again.
If the soil is obviously still damp, no need to water.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.