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Originally Posted by Dalmatiansoap
But why did you slice it?
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When I brought it inside in late October it had about 7 or 8 leafs measuring 12 inches in width and about 5 feet in length. Where the pstem meet the soil it was about one foot in width. In the last four months it lost all but 1 leaf and the pstem shrunk to about 6 inches where it meets the soil. It was having a hard time supporting it's one large leaf. I've also been battling aphids and spider mites all winter with it. I've kept my basjoo's and siam rubys growing with no problems but the ensete did not do well. At the time I thought I had three options, 1. the plant continues to decline and dies in the pot. 2. do the v cut method. 3. remove the plant from the pot and slice the corm up. I choose option three and it backfired. The smell of the rotting corm's was terrible. I was amazed at how bad it was. It smelled like someone died in my basement.