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winstonandfriends
07-05-2013, 01:45 PM
I uploaded the picture of my plant to my gallery. Not sure how to embed in this thread.

Please help!

I live in the Vancouver area of British Columbia (Canada). My plant was thriving near a bay window until I noticed creepy crawlies on it. There were tiny black bugs all over the leaves. I saturated the leaves and main stock with soapy water and the bugs are gone. However, a few weeks later, my plant has completely collapsed. Should I deadhead it? Will it grow back again? I'm very novice!

winstonandfriends
07-05-2013, 01:49 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53593&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53593)

sunfish
07-05-2013, 02:37 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53593&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53593)

Yes deadhead it.

winstonandfriends
07-05-2013, 02:52 PM
Yes deadhead it.

To what point on the stalk?

Olafhenny
07-05-2013, 07:23 PM
Hi Winston,

you can do as Sunfish recommends and your banana will almost certainly recover. But if you
look at his HZ (9 to 11) you will see, that he has the luxury of (almost) around the year growth.
We above the 49th do not have that, Leaves are solar panels and ultimately essential to the
plant’s growth. Just keep in mind, that if you want to keep it outdoors over winter you will have
to lop off all the leaves again, after the first frost, probably in November.

In order to take a measured approach, it is important to consider how it got to that stage. I
am guessing from its appearance, that it is very thirsty. If that is the case, thorough watering
for a few days might help to lift the leaves up a bit. If that is the case, I would just trim off
all the wilted parts of each leaf, plant it into a decent size pot with a bit of compost and/or
peat moss added and wait for good things to happen.

In case you do not get any encouraging results from the above, you may want to do as
Sunfish recommends. I cannot see the size of the pot in your picture. If transplanting is an
option check out the corm (that is banana-speak for rhizome or tuber), while you are at it.
If it is firm like a potato you have a banana plant and it will recover for sure. The symptoms
of drying out leaves may also appear in case of root rot, but I consider that highly unlikely, since
it occurred while there were lots of leaves on the plant.

Good luck,
Olaf

winstonandfriends
07-05-2013, 07:41 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53598&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53598&ppuser=16640)

Well, I did it!

That was about 4 hours ago.

Look how fast it's growing!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=53599 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=53598&ppuser=16640)

Olafhenny
07-05-2013, 08:08 PM
Well, they always do that right after lopping. Don't be dis appointed, if it stops right there for a while