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Old 06-21-2011, 02:50 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Default Re: Before you buy a variegated banana

Oh for crying out loud...............Did anyone ever think that maybe the white portions arent "burning out' from humidity or sun? That maybe, just maybe, its mostly due to LACK OF CHROROPHYLL in that portion of the leaf? These variegated portions are fully supported by the rest of the plant which does have chlorophyll. Its a normal expectation that these all white parts start to die off from the edges inwards. This not only happens in Musa, but in most other plants with large portions of this mutant tissue in its leaves, such as the Monstera mentioned earlier. Ive grown variegated plants for over 30 years now, under lots of different conditions>>and this always happens with leaves that have a disproportionate amount of white in them. If there isnt enough food produced by the rest of the normal green parts to support the load of white, guess what happens? ............it starts to die and turn brown....................duh....

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