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sandy0225 · 10-30-2008, 08:05 AM

I've had this one in the greenhouse and it lost two leaves that it arrived with but grew two new ones so far. I'd say yours is still adjusting. Don't overwater it from what I've heard, but keep the humidity up around it in the atmosphere. Mine's about 2 feet tall too. I did put it into partial shade while it was rooting in. Did you put yours right under the light as soon as you potted it? Maybe it was a little too much light. You could back it away a little bit and see if that helps. My basement MH is 1000 watts and I can fry things with it sometimes.
Did you get yours from Martha in SC? That's where mine came from. Fertilize sparingly when you do, she told me that will cause them to brown up on the edges too. She told me to fert. about 1/2 of what you'd give a regular banana and not to overwater. It made sense to me because that's what happens to Namwa Pearl too when you fertilize it, and it has a lot of white too.

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sandy0225 Northern Tropics sandy0225's Photo Gallery Location: Muncie, Indiana zone 5 Find me on the map! Zone: zone 5 Name: Sandy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,718 BananaBucks : 385,128 Feedback: 31 / 97% Said "Thanks" 38 Times Was Thanked 1,801 Times in 682 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 9 Times	Re: my newest ae ae I've had this one in the greenhouse and it lost two leaves that it arrived with but grew two new ones so far. I'd say yours is still adjusting. Don't overwater it from what I've heard, but keep the humidity up around it in the atmosphere. Mine's about 2 feet tall too. I did put it into partial shade while it was rooting in. Did you put yours right under the light as soon as you potted it? Maybe it was a little too much light. You could back it away a little bit and see if that helps. My basement MH is 1000 watts and I can fry things with it sometimes. Did you get yours from Martha in SC? That's where mine came from. Fertilize sparingly when you do, she told me that will cause them to brown up on the edges too. She told me to fert. about 1/2 of what you'd give a regular banana and not to overwater. It made sense to me because that's what happens to Namwa Pearl too when you fertilize it, and it has a lot of white too. __________________ Sandy Burrell Northern Tropics Greenhouse 1501 East Fuson Road Muncie, IN 47302 www.northerntropics.com specializing in bananas, heirloom tomatoes and water gardening plants~ check out our new online store at our website!