venturabananas
12-12-2010, 12:17 PM
I have a rose banana that is struggling. The leaf that was emerging has died. The p-stem was about 2' high and that was the only leaf on the plant. (It was a bare-rooted sword pup.) The rest of the p-stem is alive and healthy, but even though I cut the p-stem down to about 1', the tissue of that emerging leaf is dead all the way down to that point, and I presume much farther.
What should I do? Leave it alone, or keep chopping down the p-stem until I find no more dead tissue? I fear that if I keep chopping, I'll be down to a corm and nothing else. Again, everything except the very core of the p-stem is alive.
Obviously there are some other problems causing this problem, which I think I understand and can fix by pulling this plant out of the ground, potting it up in a well draining mix, and putting it in a warmer sunnier spot. But for now, I just need to know if I should chop more off this p-stem or keep the knife away from it.
What should I do? Leave it alone, or keep chopping down the p-stem until I find no more dead tissue? I fear that if I keep chopping, I'll be down to a corm and nothing else. Again, everything except the very core of the p-stem is alive.
Obviously there are some other problems causing this problem, which I think I understand and can fix by pulling this plant out of the ground, potting it up in a well draining mix, and putting it in a warmer sunnier spot. But for now, I just need to know if I should chop more off this p-stem or keep the knife away from it.