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You can think of a plant as a bit like a tower made up of cells instead of bricks. Plant cells are mostly water. If the plant loses too much water through evaporation (or transpiration) and this isn't replaced because you haven't watered it, then the water content of the cells starts to fall. Like partially inflated balloons, they start to lose their shape and strength, becoming "flaccid" or floppy. A tower made of floppy bricks doesn't stand up very well, and is likely to bend over or wilt. Watering the plant will allow the cells to refill and the plant may recover.
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∙ 9y agoWhen a plant is wilted, it has lost much of the moisture from its inner cell structure. When a wilted plants is rehydrated again, it can be revived to its normal, firmer state. This is because water has been re-added to the plants cell structure.
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∙ 13y agothe plant maybe drown and when the soil wont sip all the water and the plant collect the necessary amount of water for it benefit the plants maybe die or it will get decayed for sometime.
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What will happen to the non aquatic plant if watered with sea water?
Most of the Non-aquatic plants if watered with sea water will wilt due to exo-osmosis.
Why does Chinese cabbage wilt?
Because it needs to be watered
Why do plants wilt if watered too much?
Overwatering your plant is almost like drowning it, and if the plant continues to be overwatered, the roots might start to rot.
Why plants which are not watered for some time will bend and wilt?
because the reason that some plants stay upright is that the cels are filled with water until they are rigid. this is called a turgid plant cell. and when they are not watered these cells cannot maintain a turgid state and this will cause the plant to loose its shape or form.
What causes tomatoes to wilt?
The obvious one is lack of water, but if the plants do not recover when watered there are a multitude of other reasons. Viruses and diseases are common causes, in which case the plants need to be pulled up and destroyed to prevent the spread of infection. Also, grubs can bore into individual stems and cause them to wilt.
What do plants wilt when deprived of water?
The vacuoles are larger in plants and not so large in mammals. They tend to try to retain more fluid for survival and when that amount is depleted, it is far more noticeable and they appear wilted until they can rejuvenate through rain, ground water et cetera.
What plants do not need to be watered and does not need roots?
Alll plants need to be watered and need roots..
Why do plants droop when not watered?
why do plants droop when no water
Why can't plants wilt?
They can and do
What plants without water?
when plants don't have water, they wilt
Why do plants wilt shortly after watered?
During day time when transpiration occurs watering of plants removes the air from the soil and in the abscence of oxygen root cells can not respire aerobically, hence uptake of water is affected. When the loss of water due to transpiration is not compensated by absorption of water by the roots, wilting is observed in these plants.
Why plants should be watered with fresh water?
because plants need to be watered with fresh water so they can grow better and all healthy
