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title: "The lankies need help again! I watered them with fertilizer the…"
description: "The lankies need help again! I watered them with fertilizer the leaves shriveled up. I dont know if this is normal for sunflowers or not but it doesnt seem…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Maddielovesplants"
published: "2025-05-30T16:47:21.694943Z"
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# The lankies need help again! I watered them with fertilizer the…

_Posted by Maddielovesplants on 2025-05-30_

The lankies need help again! I watered them with fertilizer the leaves shriveled up. I dont know if this is normal for sunflowers or not but it doesnt seem normal.

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## 4 comments

### Amy commented on 2025-05-31

Maybe the fertiliser was too strong? Probably hold back on fertiliser until a little bigger

#### Maddielovesplants replied on 2025-06-01

They fell over before the fertilizer. I added the fertilizer when planta told me to

#### Amy replied on 2025-06-03

Oh no! I guess the only other things I can think of are temperature and seed quality.

#### Maddielovesplants replied on 2025-06-05

I ended up pulling them sadly. I bought new seeds and they seem like they are doing a lot better

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