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Kanana, I understand how frustrating it can be to get less than you paid for, since I just went through all of this with my Wellspring bananas, and they weren't even worth sending back. However, I recently bought a Dwarf Iholena and a Dwarf Namwa from sddarkman619 and they are much healthier and larger than the tissue cultured bananas that I got from Wellsprings. They look similar to your little Goldfinger. I just got them in the mail this past Monday and they are growing strong (the new leaves have grown out about 3" on the Iholena and 4.5" on the Namwa). From what I can tell, all the new growth is looking pretty good. I've never kept bananas before, so from personal experience, I don't know what normal looks like for bananas, but these appear to be looking better every day, and not worse.

On the other hand, my little bananas from Wellspring were looking worse every day and the black spots even turned yellow with gray spots in the center. At that point, I cut them back to stumps, treated them with neem about 4-5 times, as well as with Serenade Garden, pealed off the outer pseudostems, and cut them back to stumps below all traces of diseases. Now, the new leaves are looking like I finally beat the disease and are looking normal, now.

Anyway, after all that, the Wellspring bananas are only a fraction of the size of what I received and the bananas that I got from sddarkman619 are looking pretty exciting. Also, sddarkman619 was recommended to me by another member, who is a proficient grower, and who was happy with an Iholena that he got from him. I might even buy another Iholena from him, if I see that I'm going to have the room for it. I only have so much space, since I'm keeping them in containers and bringing them inside during the winter.

Maybe spray with neem and or Bayer Serenade Garden, if it's not looking better every day, and from what I've read about Goldfinger, it should be a hardy little banana for you. I don't think that you will be disappointed for long.