Marinemom
03-24-2011, 09:41 AM
I am wondering if my musa basjoo's are dying or maybe just dormant. Our temps are in the middle to high 40's at night and anywhere from 60-82 during the day.
ALL are growing with new green leaves except for two. When I uncovered, these two, in different mats, were kinda rotty on the top. I cut the yucky off of them and they stumped over with a black color. I have kept a check on them to see if any growth might be coming thru. Well today I decide to head out there and check again. Nothing! No change, no green, no growth, no rotting... Both were still quite firm at the top so I decided to cut off some and see if there was anything underneith. I cut off 6-10 inches and nothing.
The same white looking center with no green color whatsoever. So I cut further and the same thing. Another thing to note is that the white center of both of them is loose and jiggly. Not firm or attached to anything, just kinda a hard center (think of a huge wooden dowel). Now I am wondering if I should keep cutting until I see green and pray OR cut the thing to the ground and not worry? If I am not mistaken I think these two were the "momma" plants, but I do have about 5-7 babies surrounding these two with heights anywhere from 6-12 feet without leaves. We covered for winter and all are growing leaves but these two. Not sure on how to load pics but I can if someone will point me in that direction!
Thanks for ANY help you fine folks can give~
Marine Mom in NC
ALL are growing with new green leaves except for two. When I uncovered, these two, in different mats, were kinda rotty on the top. I cut the yucky off of them and they stumped over with a black color. I have kept a check on them to see if any growth might be coming thru. Well today I decide to head out there and check again. Nothing! No change, no green, no growth, no rotting... Both were still quite firm at the top so I decided to cut off some and see if there was anything underneith. I cut off 6-10 inches and nothing.
The same white looking center with no green color whatsoever. So I cut further and the same thing. Another thing to note is that the white center of both of them is loose and jiggly. Not firm or attached to anything, just kinda a hard center (think of a huge wooden dowel). Now I am wondering if I should keep cutting until I see green and pray OR cut the thing to the ground and not worry? If I am not mistaken I think these two were the "momma" plants, but I do have about 5-7 babies surrounding these two with heights anywhere from 6-12 feet without leaves. We covered for winter and all are growing leaves but these two. Not sure on how to load pics but I can if someone will point me in that direction!
Thanks for ANY help you fine folks can give~
Marine Mom in NC