I decided to go ahead and inspect my banana and re-pot it this today. I mixed up 80% perlite and 20% potting soil and prepared some Agri-Fos fungicide solution to dip the banana into and then to drench the potting soil mix. I also sertilized a new 1 gallon pot.
However, after removing the banana from the pot, I was very pleased with the root growth and decided to re-pot it without treating it and right back into the same soil mix. The mix seemed to have just the right amount of moisture and was nice and warm and the root growth was impressive. There were no signs of mold so I decided not to risk any damage to the favorable environment with the fungicide. I believe the aeration is like a very beneficial factor as the oxygen is aiding root growth. (For some information on air injected into underground drip irrigation systems, you may find
http://cefresno.ucdavis.edu/files/51557.pdf of interest.)
Hey, check out those nice white healthy roots!!!
