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rmdelete · 07-17-2017, 07:39 PM

so I am not 100% new to plant keeping, but I am new to banana keeping, I have found several sites referencing back to Bananas.org for various topics so I figured I would ask here.

About 2-3 months ago I purchased a banana stump "rhizome" from a lady on Craigslist. There was no banana but she told me that a new banana would shoot out soon, I have no idea if maybe this was something the banana came with or if maybe (likely) it's my fault.

About 2 weeks after purchasing the pot with rhizome in it, I saw a sprout, it grew and grew and then another pup came up and that one grew and grew and seemed fine... that is until this past 2 weeks that I noticed that the new leaves were forming deformed. some curled more than usual and then ridges forming and then weird odd looking leafs. I figured maybe Calcium or Boron deficiency from looking briefly online BUUUT the kicker is that I decided to look at the mother bumb or rhizome and noticed it was really dark I poked at it and then noticed the top layer easily peeled off and revealed a nasty gunky inner area... not sure if bananas are supposed to do this so I took pictures, uploaded to imgur (which were immediately downvoted bc I had no idea how to make them private so random ppl were looking at my pics) here is a link to my Gallery containing my possibly sick banana:

Sick banana? - Album on Imgur

now.. I live in Southern California, Escondido (san diego county) and it gets really warm here, so I have been watering almost every day. I used fertilizer spikes near the rhizome about a month ago. Can someone tell me if I did something wrong, if it's a disease, or if it's a deficiency I can fix? I appreciate your help!

overlook of the plant in pot (14" pot)
[IMG=640x400]http://i.imgur.com/ex3D5nG.jpg[/IMG]

closeup of deformed leaves
[IMG=50%]http://i.imgur.com/0e0o8SL.jpg[/IMG]

I removed a lot of the the scab on top of the rhizome
[IMG=50%]http://i.imgur.com/5TYhYQY.jpg[/IMG]

exposed more of the bark of the rhizome
[IMG=50%]http://i.imgur.com/MjCHXV4.jpg[/IMG]

and me pinching some of it off again since it is so soft, look at how slimy it is
[IMG=50%]http://i.imgur.com/bONcHxt.jpg[/IMG]

so slimy

is it salvagable?
[IMG=50%]http://i.imgur.com/SWlJRAc.jpg[/IMG]

edit: I have no idea how to size imaged down for the forum T^T

07-17-2017, 07:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
rmdelete Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 7 BananaBucks : 2,842 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 6 Times Was Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 0 Times	New Naner owner, no idea if this is a disease or normal or root rot? so I am not 100% new to plant keeping, but I am new to banana keeping, I have found several sites referencing back to Bananas.org for various topics so I figured I would ask here. About 2-3 months ago I purchased a banana stump "rhizome" from a lady on Craigslist. There was no banana but she told me that a new banana would shoot out soon, I have no idea if maybe this was something the banana came with or if maybe (likely) it's my fault. About 2 weeks after purchasing the pot with rhizome in it, I saw a sprout, it grew and grew and then another pup came up and that one grew and grew and seemed fine... that is until this past 2 weeks that I noticed that the new leaves were forming deformed. some curled more than usual and then ridges forming and then weird odd looking leafs. I figured maybe Calcium or Boron deficiency from looking briefly online BUUUT the kicker is that I decided to look at the mother bumb or rhizome and noticed it was really dark I poked at it and then noticed the top layer easily peeled off and revealed a nasty gunky inner area... not sure if bananas are supposed to do this so I took pictures, uploaded to imgur (which were immediately downvoted bc I had no idea how to make them private so random ppl were looking at my pics) here is a link to my Gallery containing my possibly sick banana: Sick banana? - Album on Imgur now.. I live in Southern California, Escondido (san diego county) and it gets really warm here, so I have been watering almost every day. I used fertilizer spikes near the rhizome about a month ago. Can someone tell me if I did something wrong, if it's a disease, or if it's a deficiency I can fix? I appreciate your help! overlook of the plant in pot (14" pot) [IMG=640x400]http://i.imgur.com/ex3D5nG.jpg[/IMG] closeup of deformed leaves [IMG=50%]http://i.imgur.com/0e0o8SL.jpg[/IMG] I removed a lot of the the scab on top of the rhizome [IMG=50%]http://i.imgur.com/5TYhYQY.jpg[/IMG] exposed more of the bark of the rhizome [IMG=50%]http://i.imgur.com/MjCHXV4.jpg[/IMG] and me pinching some of it off again since it is so soft, look at how slimy it is [IMG=50%]http://i.imgur.com/bONcHxt.jpg[/IMG] so slimy is it salvagable? [IMG=50%]http://i.imgur.com/SWlJRAc.jpg[/IMG] edit: I have no idea how to size imaged down for the forum T^T Last edited by rmdelete : 07-17-2017 at 07:43 PM.