I planted them all in pots and the taller ones (approx 23cm) the bottom leaves are going a very pale yellow.....am I doing something wrong or is this normal?
The soil is kept damp and when planting I used compost.
2007-04-09 00:50:04 · 10 answers · asked by Hoppity-ES 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
if it's the very bottom pair of leaves (they are a different shape to the others) then this is normal.
2007-04-09 00:57:48 · answer #1 · answered by Moll C 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Usually, when the bottom leaves of any plant turn yellow and drop off this is a clear sign of over watering. Sunflowers like sun. Put them in it. When the plants get taller some of the bottom leaves will drop off as the plant does not need them anymore especially when it is busy producing the seed head.
They are an Annual type plant and may not like being transplanted into a larger pot after a certain stage of their growth, so don't keep transplanting it and transplanting it. After it has a generous root ball in it's present home transplant it into a bigger pot and leave it there.
2007-04-09 02:46:16 · answer #2 · answered by Stan 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's totally normal. Sunflowers shed their bottom leaves as they grow. Sunflowers don't usually have leaves from the base up to the very top. It's normally from halfway up.
2007-04-09 14:38:35 · answer #3 · answered by egan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is normal., just pick them off. You should move them from pots to a flower bed and they will grow faster. They have large roots which are constricted in a pot. When the flower ripens, the birds love the seeds.
2007-04-09 01:01:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
the lower leaves will die off the larger the plant gets , not to worry , it's the head or seeds that are important in the end
2007-04-09 01:00:14 · answer #5 · answered by jim m 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
put them in the sun and put alittle bit of water they will be like new in 5-10 hours
2016-05-20 22:34:18 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By now they should be in the ground, but to keep them going they need a high nitrogen feed
2007-04-10 03:08:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
sun flowers like all the sun they can get and the nice warm earth pots aren't recommended
2007-04-09 05:56:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
most sun flowers have a large root you may have too small of a pot and you may be keeping it too wet
2007-04-09 01:33:45 · answer #9 · answered by roy_alice_mills 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes it is normal, as your plant grows stronger and develop true leaves, they are no loner needed
2007-04-09 03:28:04 · answer #10 · answered by TONIA S 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋