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uncrichie
06-11-2007, 08:10 PM
We had a real doozie of a thunder storm this afternoon. Included with the heavy rain was pea sized hail. I'm assuming it was the hail that shredded the leaves on most of my plants. The newer leaves that have not unfurled seem OK. What can I expect? Will the shredded leaves still serve the plant or will they shrivel and die off. Will the plants survive? TIA. Uncrichie.
Oh yea, I'm in S.E. PA
pitangadiego
06-11-2007, 10:03 PM
Very SIMPLE rule: ANYTHING green is good and should be left on the plant.
JoeS475
06-12-2007, 01:29 AM
shredded leaves = tropical look
~Joe
NANAMAN
06-12-2007, 10:06 AM
I live close to the water, so , I deal with shredded leaves year round. There's always wind blowing here, but it doesn't seem to bother the plants any. So far I have only grown dwarf or semi-dwarf varieties, and haven't had any blown over. That would be my biggest concern. I'm getting ready to plant some taller varieties so we will see what happens. I'll probably have to prop a few when they have fruit, not a bad trade off! Here's a recent picture.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=3312&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=3312)
uncrichie
06-12-2007, 02:36 PM
Thank You. Uncrichie.
pitangadiego
06-12-2007, 10:09 PM
Leaves are like solar panels. Less l;eaves = less energy. As long as they are green they are generating energy for the plant = more and large fruit later on.
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