Kostas

Hello,

I am having some problems with my bananas and would like your help in identifying the causal agent and what to do.
The first banana i would like your help about is a Red Iholene that didnt show much growth in the couple of months i have it and recently,its lower leaf yellowed slightly,bent and mostly died. Its now soft at the base of the petiole but seems to be stoping there. Here is a photo of the soft but starting to dehydrate,base.Its greying in color.


Here are some photos of the plant as well




The yellowing leafs.The color is more orange than yellow in reality and appears like its in small spots that are close together












Leaf underside


The oldest live leaf




Various leaf shots
















This banana also has a black but hard area at the base of its oldest leaf sheath. It appears partly dried out and caves inwards. It appears like the plant has contained whatever caused it but while removing a couple dead leaf sheaths,i accidentally peeled this area back a little. Here is what it looks like














I also found a few black blotches(not just color,they are slightly caved in)




So,after showing you all these,what do you think my Red Iholene has? What caused the things i showed you?

Thank you very much in advance!

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