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caliboy1994
05-13-2012, 10:19 PM
This always keeps appearing on the outer leaf sheaths, and it slowly spreads down them. It's a little bit softer than normal, but still pretty firm. If I prune it off, it just appears again and continues spreading. Is it rot? Do I keep trimming it?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=48823&size=1
pitangadiego
05-13-2012, 10:25 PM
Keep trimming.
If it is dry and light brown, not a problem, if is it dark brown and heading toward mushy, lose it.
Iunepeace
05-15-2012, 12:08 AM
Like pitangadiego said, keep trimming it. It's just what happens to banana leaves as they die back naturally, and isn't an indication of rot. But like pit also mentioned, dark mushiness is no good. The pseudostem looks nice and healthy though so no worries :D
caliboy1994
05-15-2012, 12:16 AM
I trimmed it back today. Hopefully it doesn't come back. None of my other plants are doing this. The other ones are just drying up immediately and this one is turning dark brown and getting a little soft first.
Iunepeace
05-15-2012, 02:59 AM
By other plants I assume you mean bananas. Like growth habit, bananas can show a great variation in leaf dieback across the varieties. Some leaves dry up and stay on the plant, some wither off leaving the pseudostem that slowly turns brown, and some get soft and brown before drying. It's probably just how the leaves/outer pseudostem sheaths of that particular banana plant you have die back. I have a banana plant by my coconut grove that exhibits similar tendencies, and it hasn't rotted in the year or so that I've had it, so don't worry if it's recurring as long as the alive leaves are healthy and it's not dark and rotted-looking ;)
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