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A few weeks ago I planted some small lettuce plants (romaine, butter crunch, and green leaf) in my garden. They were growing really well and doing great, except for 2 that randomly wilted and died earlier on. Then suddenly, I came outside one morning and the bottom leaves were wilted. So I gave them some water. The next day, the leaves were even more wilted. Then the third day I came outside to discover they were even MORE wilted, and even more surprisingly...two of the plants were laying on their sides! It was like a scene from a horror movie. I wanted to cry out for help...but I couldn't because it's lettuce and I'm an adult. When I got closer to inspect the damage, the two plants were cleanly severed at the base where the stem meets the roots. The area where they had severed was dry and brown, and it doesn’t look like anything had chewed them off, but more like the base of the lettuce plant just dried out (or rotted?) and the plants evently and neatly severed themselves from their roots, giving up on life... The rest of the unsevered plants were in nearly the same state as those two... I barely touched them, and they also severed. After that I saved as much lettuce as I could (some of the inner leaves weren't wilted yet), and uprooted the plants. The root systems were also incredibly tiny. The more wilted and close to being severed the plant was...the smaller the root system would be. Any idea what could have caused this? If I can figure it out, I'm hoping I can save the green leaf lettuce which is only slightly wilted so far... Help!
Thanks everyone!
Thanks everyone!