Why do plants droop down if they have to much sunlight?

Question

Why do plants droop down if they have to much sunlight?

Answer 1

Sunlight good! Lack of water bad!

Answer 2

due to transpiration process..

Answer 3

One side of the plant is getting more sunlight thus the plant leans   to one side more thus the drooping thing.

Another reason is that the plat is just top-heavy and gravity is taking effect on it.

Answer 4

1.Sunlight may absorb all the water in the plants soil.

2.Try rotating the plant around so it gets more sunlight if it is leaning torwards the sun.

Answer 5

Too much sunlight provides too much heat by the sun's rays to the plant.  This causes the leaves and more to become dried out and droopy, not too different from some people.  If this is the case, then keeping the plant well-watered or moving it out of so much sunshine to partial shade may truly help.  Some gardeners even use a water spray bottle for some plant leaves to keep them from drying and drooping.

Answer 6

Plats maintain their bodies by turgor pressure, the pressure of water on the rigid plant cell. Think of a gladware plastic container: if you fill it with water so much it will expand as much as possible. I can't think of a better example at the moment, btw.

I: The stomata, little pores on the undersides of leaves, respond to blue light and open. If there is a continuous source of light, then the stomata will stay open more often causing more water to leave the plant, not to mention the  (II: ) water produced by photosynthesis (water is removed when a carbohydrate is made). III: Although plants don't have a complex circulatory system like ours, they have a pretty cool one. They respond to temperature by taking in more water when the temperature is higher (because of the sunlight). This is called transpiration. As a result they want to cool themselves more, so they release more water from their stomata by this method also. This is one of the explanations for the humidity of a tropical canopy: aside from high temperatures, plants are releasing water which is then trapped under a thick layer of leaves. I kinda went off on a tangent...but I hope that helps.lol. Btw, the more water the plant releases, the less pressure there is to support its structure, causing what you described as "droop."

Answer 7

to mush sun and heat

Answer 8

probbalby caused by lack of preasure to meet all parts of the flower or plant that needs growth.  :)

Answer 9

Hi Fariya !

You know high intensity of sun light results in photo-oxidation of chlorophyll pigments.  Hence, the plants droop down under more sun light.

Answer 10

Why do YOU droop when you get too much sunlight?  You get too hot, and you get dehydrated.  It's the same with plants.

Answer 11

Because of evapotranspiration wilting occurs and plants will drop down.