This heat wave is not breaking any time soon

[conuly]

And it very much is not the heat. It's the humidity. (Also: Is it possible to save a sunflower that decided to droop and wilt prematurely?)

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Comments

[oursin]

I think I may have remarked that one day we will hear people nostalging over windfarms fluttering in the breeze, the way they now go on about e.g. Victorian gasometers as aesthetric triumphs of the engineering tech of a bygone era, wot me cynical?

[topaz_eyes]

Drooping and wilting can be a sign of over-watering, under-watering, or too much heat. If the leaves are soft, floppy, and yellowing, and the soil is wet, that could be over-watering. If the leaves are just droopy and wilting and the soil is dry, you could try a little water to see if it perks up.

[conuly]

That day cannot come too fast.

[siliconshaman]

You can save a dying plant by adding roughly a tablespoon's worth of hydrogen peroxide to a half gallon of water and watering it.

[gingicat]

I like the reason for keeping the Model T in service!