sunflowers wilting for no reason?

[kristan]

this year is my 5 year in a row of growing sunflowers in the garden , and they have gotton to near flowering now and there is a bud showing , and all of a sudden 2 of the 3 i planted have suddenly wilted

any idea's , and there has been anoth rain latly to rule out lack of water

[David Hare-Scott]

Possibly too much rain, they may have a root fungus.

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[kristan]

yes but how come there is one that is fine . when its right next to the drooping ones?

[David Hare-Scott]

Because the fungi in the soil are not everywhere the same and plants have different resistence to them. I have had two eggplants drop dead from fusarium wilt leaving the others OK.

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[beecrofter]

There are insects that bore out the center of the stems, usually the plant just snaps at a weak point, but sometimes they wilt.

[kristan]

yea they pulled right out with no roots , ohwell atleast i now have room for my water butt which i plan to put there :)

[David Hare-Scott]

This could still be fungus.

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