Help with pumpkin plants

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  1. Neil Lane

    Neil Lane Apprentice Gardener

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    HI all I'm hoping someone can help me.
    I've had pumpkins growing in a modular system and was time to move them to outside as they had outgrown the box.

    I dug a hole for each one, added some miracle grow continuous release pellets, planted the plant with some manure and added some fish blood and bone to help improve the soil and then watered them.[​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]

    However my plants have gone from vibrant and strong to looking weak and limp in the matter of a few hours.

    Can anyone tell me if they will survive or what I have done wrong?

    Is it shock or just sulking as they have been moved? I'm watering them plenty to see if I can sprout them back to life
     
  2. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Probably better to have grown them in single pots, then you can plant out without root disturbance.

    They might well perk up if you haven't done too much root damage.:smile:
     
  3. WoolyBack

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    The soil around them looks very dry. I'd give the whole area a good watering to see if that helps.
     
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