A Patio Planter Goes Limp After Heavy Rain

Case overview

Inez waits out two days of rain before stepping onto the patio with her morning coffee. Her favorite planter, usually upright against the railing, is bent low and looks spent. Her neighbor Morgan says the wind probably did it. Inez remembers the wind, but she also remembers how the pot sat in the same corner through the night. She does not want to throw remedies at a plant just because it looks unhappy. She remembers how it usually responds after a dry spell, but two days of rain raise a different question. Morgan points to the bent leaves; Inez wonders what changed in and around the planter. She wants to understand the pattern before she changes how she waters it. A guess about wind will not tell her which change matters most after the rain stops.