Originally Posted by RROBBINS53

It seems hard to grow Ae'ae banana.Here in Hawaii I also had a problem keeping one alive.It started out great in the ground and then got something like leaf tip burn and the whole leaves were turning brown until I figured out something was wrong. I took it out and examine the corm. It had significant weevil damage in the form of black tunnels running through the corm.Maybe 1/2 inch or bigger around.I carved and dug out each tunnel until I saw white flesh again.Prior to that I removed all roots.I just basically shaved the corm until it was totally white with the exception of the weevil damage.After that i soaked it in 10% bleach water that was 130 degrees for 30 minutes.Sometimes I just do the hot water soak. I let that corm dry out overnight and replanted the next day.I have heard this plant likes acidic soil so I don't add my usual dolomite lime to the planting hole.