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Prometheus · 06-26-2009, 12:10 PM

Hey all,

I'm Brad, a banana rookie (already addicted), and I was looking for banana advice online and stumbled my way onto this great community. I'm a zone 5 person in Michigan, so my plants are mostly for foliage and a tropical feel on my deck during our sweltering summers. Currently I have two Musa Basjoo's that I started as little pups, a larger healthy Siam Ruby (4 pups and counting), and a healthy Abyssinian Red (Musa Ensete Maurelli?). One of my basjoo's has problems though. One is doing great, yet the other has been spitting out smaller and smaller leaves with each new leaf, and the other leaves are brown and wilted. There is a small 4" pup (sucker? - see, I did do some research), yet I didn't think this would drain that much energy from the "mother" plant. If I can figure out how to do it, I'll post some pictures of these. I've treated both basjoos the same; one beautiful, one, um, not so much. Any ideas? BTW, this appears to be a great forum full of great people. Glad to join. Thanks.

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Prometheus Prometheus's Photo Gallery Location: Ann Arbor, MI Find me on the map! Zone: 5-6 Name: Brad Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 58 BananaBucks : 16,807 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 24 Times Was Thanked 44 Times in 17 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 15 Times	The addiction is spreading Hey all, I'm Brad, a banana rookie (already addicted), and I was looking for banana advice online and stumbled my way onto this great community. I'm a zone 5 person in Michigan, so my plants are mostly for foliage and a tropical feel on my deck during our sweltering summers. Currently I have two Musa Basjoo's that I started as little pups, a larger healthy Siam Ruby (4 pups and counting), and a healthy Abyssinian Red (Musa Ensete Maurelli?). One of my basjoo's has problems though. One is doing great, yet the other has been spitting out smaller and smaller leaves with each new leaf, and the other leaves are brown and wilted. There is a small 4" pup (sucker? - see, I did do some research), yet I didn't think this would drain that much energy from the "mother" plant. If I can figure out how to do it, I'll post some pictures of these. I've treated both basjoos the same; one beautiful, one, um, not so much. Any ideas? BTW, this appears to be a great forum full of great people. Glad to join. Thanks.