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jreidsma
11-12-2011, 01:35 PM
Hi,
Well, my little basjoo baby was doing well inside in my window, but now it is browning and looking kind of bad.

http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae92/jreidsma/DSC01384.jpg
http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae92/jreidsma/DSC01385.jpg
http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae92/jreidsma/DSC01386.jpg

It shouldn't be getting too much light, in fact I would be surprised if it is getting enough.

Any ideas?

stumpy4700
11-12-2011, 01:41 PM
Have you looked for Spider mites?

eric27
11-12-2011, 01:55 PM
Could be spider mites. Check the underside of the leaves. The one leaf in the upper left hand corner looks like it MIGHT have spider mite damage. Hard to say for sure in the picture. But it looks dry to me. Same thing happens to my Ensete in pots I bring in. The dry air inside will wreak havoc on those leaves and dry them out, starting with the outer edges. If it is getting a lot of sun this only compounds the issue. Make sure it gets enough water, but don't over water or soak it. Just make sure it isn't bone dry.

The Hollyberry Lady
11-12-2011, 02:04 PM
Shower your indoor banana plants once or twice a week in the bathtub to keep the mites away. Be sure to focus on the undersides of the leaves.


Good luck, Jordan!


: )

jreidsma
11-12-2011, 03:40 PM
I looked it over for any sort of pest, I didn't see anything moving or pest related.

Aren't spider mites microscopic though?

I didn't see any webs either.

I took it into my bathroom and sprayed it over with rubbing alcohol and will give it a shower later today.

I did accidentally let it dry out kind of bad, I felt bad and couldn't really do anything for about a week so it dried out.

mushtaq86
11-12-2011, 04:36 PM
To me it looks as if you have over watered or under watered it,which has stressed it out,which has given it yellow brown marks on the edges,just keep an eye on it, as long as the p-stem stays solid it will be fine.

jreidsma
11-12-2011, 04:45 PM
Hi,
Ok, thanks :)

Like I said above it dried out kind of bad for a little while there, so tat's probably it then.

Olafhenny
11-12-2011, 07:19 PM
Hi Jordan,

first of all you will have to make up your mind, if you want to keep growing it or if you want it to go dormant.

If you want it to keep growing, you have to do the following:
- The pot looks awfully small in proportion to the plant size. I bet it is root bound So give it a bigger pot.
- Plant it as described in my various posts here: http://www.bananas.org/f311/need-advice-grow-banana-plant-indoors-14608.html
- Read these posts and look at the pictures of my very sound looking Ornata. I wintered a Basjoo the
same way last year (sorry, no pictures), but it is too big now and has to spent the winter outside.
- Pay attention to porous soil, positive drainage (no water standing in the catch tray) through the
bottom of the pot, but do not let the soil get dry and give it lots of daylight.

Good luck,
Olaf
PS: I have no experience in 'dry root' wintering or letting it go dormant

jreidsma
11-12-2011, 09:12 PM
About a month or so ago it only had one leaf (I think it was about a month...) so it is far from dormant right now.

Thanks for the link :) I will be sure to read up on it.

This pot is a lot bigger than the one it was in, but if it looks too small I will try to put it in one a bit bigger. I don't have enough room for it to be much bigger then what it is now though, I will just have to see. It isn't root bound right now that I know of, but I will check and see what pots I have :)

Just got a sago palm from the store :D

stevelau1911
11-12-2011, 10:04 PM
I think perhaps the dry heat if you have the heat vent near the plant may be the cause or it could also be over-watering which can be pretty easy to do indoors.

I have an ensete mauralii which I still keep outside, and only bring it indoors by a cool room with a south facing window when there's a night with the threat of a frost. It seems to show no problems at all. I find that continuous exposure to full sun whenever it is warm enough through fall/winter/spring will help prevent that much weakening of the psuedo-stem so even in January whenever there's a warmup where it gets above 40F, I can bring it outside for a few hours for some good sun exposure, and I find that bananas don't seem to have no problems as long as there is no frost.

The reason I don't just get a 400watt metal halide is because most of my house plants overwinter with window light just fine, and so can the banana, but I like to let it make some progress over the winter.

Olafhenny
11-12-2011, 10:15 PM
About a month or so ago it only had one leaf (I think it was about a month...) so it is far from dormant right now.

Thanks for the link :) I will be sure to read up on it.

This pot is a lot bigger than the one it was in, but if it looks too small I will try to put it in one a bit bigger. I don't have enough room for it to be much bigger then what it is now though, I will just have to see. It isn't root bound right now that I know of, but I will check and see what pots I have :)

Just got a sago palm from the store :D

I cannot really tell for sure how big your pot is from the picture, but it appears, that its plant mass to pot
ratio is a lot larger than it was in that Calla Tropicana/Basjoo combination, when I planted it from pot to ground.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=45529 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=45529&ppuser=7269)

Unfortunately you cannot see the pot here, but, believe me it was quite big and I was surprises at the amount of roots in it