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Russski
09-09-2013, 12:00 PM
My banana plant has yellow leaves, what's wrong with him?
I'm not water a lot, not a lot of fertilizer,
The temperature at night drops to +5' C
What's wrong?

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jjjankovsky
09-09-2013, 05:34 PM
It looks like your new leaves are doing great and your very old ones are doing what old leaves do...especially when grown in a bucket. Trim them off and throw them away, or press them in a book if they are memorable...good looking plant!

bananimal
09-09-2013, 08:42 PM
Russ --- I have 2 EM about the same size and both are looking bad. Worse than yours. It's time to repot. When I repot any naner I cut 4 inches off the bottom of the root ball right thru the roots. I dig out loose soil from the center and repot in a 2 to 4 inches greater diameter pot. Wet the roots and sprinkle with myco powder. Plant recovers and now you have a bigger naner that will take more work to plant in ground. lol

Same goes for Jabbos, mangos, avos and my new Eugenia Candolleanas. You can still get away with this with potted plants that don't like their roots messed with - like papayas. Need to be very careful.

Russski
09-10-2013, 01:40 AM
Thank you for your reply, you helped me a lot. :)

bananimal
09-13-2013, 07:50 AM
Just cleaned up the 2 Maurelii. Ready now to trim down the two rootballs and repot.

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