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Yellow Squash problem

14 years ago

I am new to gardening this year, and since most of our yard is not very sunny, we decided to try planting a few things in containers so we could move them if needed.

We planted zucchini, yellow pepper, yellow squash, and some herbs in containers and put them on a sunny patch of pine straw in our front yard.

The plants had been doing fantastically, until we had several days of heavy rain. Now my poor squash looks about dead. The other plants are doing fine, so I don't know what has happened.

Monday when I checked the plants the squash looked a little water logged/wilted, the leaves were kind of curling up on themselves (you can see it in the picture). Now the leaves are wilted, but the main stems are still strong towards the center. There are tons of buds that still look healthy in the center of the plant. I see no bugs or molds or holes. What happened to my plant and will it recover? If it rains again should I move it to the garage to prevent more water? We are predicted to have rain off and on for the rest of the week.

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