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Old 05-02-2016, 01:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Why won't this thing grow?

I have a Dwarf Cavendish I bought from Lowe's and planted sometime in Feb of 2015. I took these two pics of it today, May 2 2016. The main plant died and these are water pups it had before dying. (The main plant was never more than a foot tall or so.) A week ago or so we were eating bananas off the Brazilian I planted at the same time. (Which I treated the same.)
I was told here a few weeks ago I was possibly overwatering, so I cut way back, and the problem persists. After making 3-4 leaves, the old ones die off, and the plant does not grow. I have two pics, one of the front, another from behind. I know I should simply remove it and replant, but it keeps trying, and I just don't have the heart. Even if I do dig it and plant another, what if it's some disease, and the other gets it? Stumped here.




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Varieties I supposedly bought: Manzano, Cavendish, Blue Java, Sweetheart, and Gros Michel.
What it seems I actually have: Brazilian, Cavendish, Namwah, Dwarf Red, Gros Michel, Pisang Ceylon, Veinte Cohol and SH 3640, and American Goldfinger. FHIA 1, Paggi and FHIA 17... Always room for one more.
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