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Hi this is the first time I have grown Aubergine from seed and they were doing well until last night, when a few had started to flop over at the base.
They are on a sunny windowsill in 7cm pots and now about 20cm tall. definitely not too dry but potentially over watered as I have just found out that OH was ‘helping’ with the watering…
Any ideas what has caused this collapse? Only currently about 4 of the 20 germinated.It could be an overload of moisture. Same for cucumber and melon, as you describe, a sudden and irreversible stem-collapse. Under watering is better as wilting plants recover so quickly. I hope you save some.
Could it be yesterday was a comparatively hot day and a windowsill can be quite harsh?
I got caught that way with tomatoes in the greenhouse yesterday, but fortunately, as Charles said, they soon recovered.
Hopefully, your aubergines are returned to good health: it’s a bit late to start again!
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