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Originally Posted by wolfyhound
Stress and shock from it being hot? Or too much rain? ...It just looks weird! It's almost like the leaves changed shape overnight!
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Wolfyhound,
The leaves of young banana plants are very plastic. A simple thing like transplantation shock; or things like three days of overwatering or drought or heat or cold can change the shape and other aspects of the emerging leaves. The response to adverse (or favourable!) conditions is very swift -bananas are herbaceous plants! And as young plants tend to produce leaves in more rapid succession than mature plants, the change is very noticeable.
The necrotic spots on the leaf would be often due to opportunistic microbes taking advantage of a compromised leaf blade.
shannon
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