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I am a novice veg grower, first time ever, ever have I grown anything decent. Thought I would go a bit mental and now have 4 tomato plants, strawbs, courgette, mini cucumbers, blueberries, bell peppers and green beans all in pots and doing very nicely (beginners luck methinks).
All doing well until the last few days, I decided to take the peppers and the courgettes out of grow bags because the courgette was dwarfing and blocking the pepper's light out and it was looking a wee bit smaller than everything else.
I put them all in decent sized containers, however the courgettes went into a big tub with no holes at the bottom as i ran out of planters!!!! Now the courgette has wilted and the heavy rain we have had has made the soil look like a sloppy mess, too much water in there!
Should I re-pot in new compost and help it to dry out a bit? Am worried the plant will keel over if it is moved and handled too much? It has some decent courgettes on there at the mo, but the leaves have all wilted and the root sem to be floating near the surface, please please advise.
I have been so excited to see all the plants growing and don't like the idea that this one willnot make it. My kids 4 and 2 are loving the whole gig too, so would be shame if we lost this plant............................any advice would be fab.
Thanks :-)
I am a novice veg grower, first time ever, ever have I grown anything decent. Thought I would go a bit mental and now have 4 tomato plants, strawbs, courgette, mini cucumbers, blueberries, bell peppers and green beans all in pots and doing very nicely (beginners luck methinks).
All doing well until the last few days, I decided to take the peppers and the courgettes out of grow bags because the courgette was dwarfing and blocking the pepper's light out and it was looking a wee bit smaller than everything else.
I put them all in decent sized containers, however the courgettes went into a big tub with no holes at the bottom as i ran out of planters!!!! Now the courgette has wilted and the heavy rain we have had has made the soil look like a sloppy mess, too much water in there!
Should I re-pot in new compost and help it to dry out a bit? Am worried the plant will keel over if it is moved and handled too much? It has some decent courgettes on there at the mo, but the leaves have all wilted and the root sem to be floating near the surface, please please advise.
I have been so excited to see all the plants growing and don't like the idea that this one willnot make it. My kids 4 and 2 are loving the whole gig too, so would be shame if we lost this plant............................any advice would be fab.
Thanks :-)
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