Help - My New Bananas Doing Badly
On Sept 28th I attended the Banana Festival at the Bamboo Farm in GA. My husband and I purchased 4 banana trees. They were basically dug from the mother plant and chopped off at 4 to 5 feet. I was encouraged to keep them inside until spring; therefore, I planted them in large pots with a good planting medium containing quite a bit of Vermiculite. Leaves began imerging the next day, but quickly came to a halt. They are now in our sun room. Two get west sun and 2 get south sun. Unfortunately, the cut tops began to turn dark and harden. It seemed to me the leaf was being strangled by the hard top. Today trimmed off about 6 inches of the top (left the leaf untouched and intact). I really don't know if I did bad or good. Are there other measures I should take? The temperature of the sun room is approximately 68 - 70 degrees. I am posting some before and after pics on my gallery. Thanks in ahead for any information that might keep my bananas till spring. Annie
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