Snapdragons bloomed but then drooped. What’s wrong?
My yellow snapdragons bloomed - just had a couple of flowers open - but then completely drooped! Both are in the same container. They’re not dropping leaves or yellowing or browning. But despite being in full sun, watered regularly and even lightly fertilized every week, they’re looking unhealthy. 🥺 The container right next to this (second picture) has an orange-red version that’s also blooming and doing SO well under the same conditions! I don’t know what might be going on. #GregGang #OutdoorGrowing floweringPlants">#floweringPlants #help #snapdragon #WhatAmIDoingWrong #Zone9Plants #backyardgarden
5” pot with drainage
Last watered 7 months ago
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@SuperblyLilac Thank you! I will read up on their dormancy. I didn’t realize they would go dormant when it’s still above 25 degrees Celsius most days. Also, I was today years old when I found out there’s such a thing as a pot being too big for a plant!! 😲😳 Thanks for teaching me something new. 😇
@SimpleSucc Haha. What is they say about great minds? 😆 But seriously, I didn’t know a pot could be too big for a plant!
@AamchiWaadi Lol, I know it sounds weird. But it's like if a person was wearing clothes that were too big for them
So I have a crazy theory why snaps do this. ...a lot of flowers like them, roses, dahlias,zinnias, pansies follow the sun through the day. The sun hasn't been too kind with flowers lately so ...this. Also snaps are a 50/50 shot at rehabbing if you decide to rescue one. But have no fear! She'll bounce back they are incredibly hardy, those dried seed heads contain hundreds of small seeds pinch them to scatter the seed back into the ground ( if you leave them birds love it as do deer😑). Snaps will come back next year. And sometimes snaps prefer shade.
@PurpleViolet Interesting. Do you have to pull them up or can they be left in there over winter? We get some frost and plenty of rain during winter here.
@RadiantGinseng Wow. Ok so that was a lot of new information I learned. How do I figure out which ones may prefer shade? Since we don’t have a deer problem, and we don’t mind birds, I might just leave them in as an experiment for now because I just transplanted subflowers in the same pot after starting the seeds in a tray outdoors. I started a LOT of my flowering plants from seeds last month! My zinnias are growing beautifully (only raised bed ones have bloomed because they grew faster); dahlias are also growing well; as are the Shasta daisies and the Orange Snapdragons but my Echinacea starter plants all died and these two yellow Snapdragons look so sad 😞
Snaps will start to drop when they've had too much sun. They do better in soil than in a small pot. The pots attract heat and can make the roots too hot ( yes it's a thing), planting in the ground will perk them up. If not able to do that, wait for next year. As we approach fall it's a little too late to get it in a bigger pot. You have to sort of scoot her around to find the right spot. Deer love snaps so keep something around them.
Zinnias, Dahlias are pretty hardy depending on your grow zone. They will go dramatic with cutworms, earwigs and the leafcutter bees. For the Zinnias and the others I wouldn't do anything with them since they are thriving where they are at. Watch the Shasta Daisies. In over several states they are considered to be evasive and illegal.( I got such a laugh when I read that!). Shasta seeds are hard to get rid of and spread rapidly. They come back worse than crabgrass. As the plants die into fall start harvesting the seeds. Sunflower seeds wait until they turn brown ( I think) let the heads dry out and get them out