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Dreaminofthetropics
05-13-2011, 07:38 PM
I wanted to get some input from others. If you have received a corm that was cut off for shipping/transporting reasons, how long has it taken for the first leaves to come up? I got ALOT from Chris (Rmplmnz) last weekend and a few have opened the cut leaf, but I'm just wondering how long approx it will be to see full new leaves and get ranges of times from those of you having dealt with cut corms (Most we cut to about 36" tall and they range from a couple inch wide trunk up to 6-8" trunks) Also if you plant cut corms how much do you water? I was reading something that said not to water too much as they don't have leaves and therefore don't have as high of a water requirement. Any input is welcome :-):lurk:

venturabananas
05-16-2011, 10:49 AM
There are lots of folks on the org with vastly more experience than me, but I've asked a lot of questions and planted a lot of bananas in the last year. Here's my understanding:

How quickly you'll get leaves will depend on the health of the roots, soil temperature, and water. For example, bare root plants I got in fall took months to do anything (other than rot, in a couple of cases). Even bare root ones planted in summer typically took a month or so to really start putting out leaves. That said, it's a lot cooler here in coastal California in summer than it is where you live, and banana growth is very dependent on temperature. You might get full leaves within a couple of weeks, but I wouldn't be concerned if you didn't. Other folks in Florida would be able to give you the best advice on what you can expect where you live.

Regarding watering, given your current temperatures (mid-50's at night and high 70's - 80's during the day), you probably don't need to be too worried about overwatering. That is a big concern when the weather is cool and the plant is not growing, but you have good growing weather now in FL. But it can't hurt to be cautious. Water lightly to keep the soil moist, not waterlogged, until you have active growth, and after that you won't need to worry until autumn.

ron_mcb
05-16-2011, 11:29 AM
mr ventura was dead on accurate...lots of factors determine when the leaves will regrow.. the main thing is not to keep the soil water logged. things will rot for sure.

i got 5 bare root corms from California earlier this year and new roots were trying to form as they arrived to Georgia from the west coast(long trip) ..the weather was shifting from wamer to cool so i had to keep the corms on the dry side i chopped the p stems almost all the way down because i was getting no luck with roots. the p stem cant be supported without roots..

watering carefully and i got mysore to root first. then icecream then goldfinger and namwha.. the p stems are growing back from almost stubs. the icecream even grew back. i split the pstem down the middle to remove a part of the corm that was starting to get soft.

im not really watering anything too deeply untill i get good growth
the only thing im having trouble with is saba.the corm has not rooted or rotted. i had the same problem with a saba i got last year(its dead).

you probably got saba in the shipment too right??? i think someone mentioned in another thread that saba was also kinda difficult for them to root?? i cant find the exact thread. im having trouble with it myself .

sunfish
05-16-2011, 12:39 PM
Has anyone tried this method ?

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CIYBEBYwCQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.extento.hawaii.edu%2Fkbase%2Fcrop%2Fcrops%2 Fi_banana.htm&rct=j&q=best%20temp.%20for%20banana%20plants&ei=xCLPTcDRN4fAsAP4rb2_Cw&usg=AFQjCNHqgf2o75IgxkgUF9NAQzlL1JsWdg&cad=rja

Before planting, place the corms in a transparent plastic bag at room temperature until new roots begin to appear.

Dreaminofthetropics
05-16-2011, 12:51 PM
There are lots of folks on the org with vastly more experience than me, but I've asked a lot of questions and planted a lot of bananas in the last year. Here's my understanding:

How quickly you'll get leaves will depend on the health of the roots, soil temperature, and water. For example, bare root plants I got in fall took months to do anything (other than rot, in a couple of cases). Even bare root ones planted in summer typically took a month or so to really start putting out leaves. That said, it's a lot cooler here in coastal California in summer than it is where you live, and banana growth is very dependent on temperature. You might get full leaves within a couple of weeks, but I wouldn't be concerned if you didn't. Other folks in Florida would be able to give you the best advice on what you can expect where you live.

Regarding watering, given your current temperatures (mid-50's at night and high 70's - 80's during the day), you probably don't need to be too worried about overwatering. That is a big concern when the weather is cool and the plant is not growing, but you have good growing weather now in FL. But it can't hurt to be cautious. Water lightly to keep the soil moist, not waterlogged, until you have active growth, and after that you won't need to worry until autumn.

Thank you for your input. There are a few that are starting to leaf out and one corm has 3 pups :D They just popped up the last couple of days. I'm just impatient. Both of my no name bananas I had last year came back this year, so hopefully most of these will as well. I'm not sure if you saw my banana progress thread or not, but take a peek if ya want. :drum:

ron_mcb
05-17-2011, 01:50 PM
Has anyone tried this method ?

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CIYBEBYwCQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.extento.hawaii.edu%2Fkbase%2Fcrop%2Fcrops%2 Fi_banana.htm&rct=j&q=best%20temp.%20for%20banana%20plants&ei=xCLPTcDRN4fAsAP4rb2_Cw&usg=AFQjCNHqgf2o75IgxkgUF9NAQzlL1JsWdg&cad=rja

Before planting, place the corms in a transparent plastic bag at room temperature until new roots begin to appear.

well i notice that i got root stubs on most of the bare corms in transit..maybe i will give it a shot.

sunfish
05-17-2011, 03:32 PM
well i notice that i got root stubs on most of the bare corms in transit..maybe i will give it a shot.

I'll try it too.I've got plenty of corms to experiment with.