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Old 09-23-2012, 02:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
Chester Copperpot
 
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Default Young/new Cavendish problem.

I bought these two Cavendish banana trees and planted them back in June. They started off growing very well after a little adjustment period. Then, the southern one started growing and leaving the northern one behind (it's twice as tall and has six little suckers growing around it now).

Now, three months later, the leaves emerging from the smaller tree were about half the size and with a much thinner, round leaves. I tried not to worry because each emerging leaf seemed to be a little larger than the last one. But, now the leaves that are beginning to emerge are unfurling before they're out of the psuedostem. Here are some pictures:







I've been reading and using the search function, but since I am new to this, I don't know how to describe what's happening so I don't know how to search.
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