Lawler
05-30-2014, 10:04 PM
:( I am SO excited that a couple of members of this wonderful forum have provided me an opportunity to raise two of my favorite varieties of bananas.
THAT SAID, I am beside myself as to the future of these two varieties that have been recently put in the ground after shipment.
All was good, arrived beautifully ...and then... Mother Nature. We have gotten so much rain since I planted them. And more rain... in a 2 day period, we got 8 .25" yesterday and day before and we are due more tomorrow. I have NOT supplemental watered AT ALL (bubblers are OFF)- so THAT is not an issue.
If any of you all, that may have an opinion, can look at the pics below... notice the narrowing and darker patches on the pstems?
The single Raja Puri has a leaf coming up the middle, but has just kind of stopped and is looking ... sad.
The 2 Dw. Namwahs... one shot a leaf up and, again, kind of just ..stopped. And the other... nada...
So, the narrowing and brown areas? The brown areas are creeping bigger... I'm thinking I should not get my hopes up as they are looking a bit soft under the dark brown... right?
Any ideas as to anything I might do to help?
Dwarf Namwahs:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56136&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56136&ppuser=16822)
and the Raja Puri:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56137&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56137&ppuser=16822)
THAT SAID, I am beside myself as to the future of these two varieties that have been recently put in the ground after shipment.
All was good, arrived beautifully ...and then... Mother Nature. We have gotten so much rain since I planted them. And more rain... in a 2 day period, we got 8 .25" yesterday and day before and we are due more tomorrow. I have NOT supplemental watered AT ALL (bubblers are OFF)- so THAT is not an issue.
If any of you all, that may have an opinion, can look at the pics below... notice the narrowing and darker patches on the pstems?
The single Raja Puri has a leaf coming up the middle, but has just kind of stopped and is looking ... sad.
The 2 Dw. Namwahs... one shot a leaf up and, again, kind of just ..stopped. And the other... nada...
So, the narrowing and brown areas? The brown areas are creeping bigger... I'm thinking I should not get my hopes up as they are looking a bit soft under the dark brown... right?
Any ideas as to anything I might do to help?
Dwarf Namwahs:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56136&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56136&ppuser=16822)
and the Raja Puri:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=56137&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=56137&ppuser=16822)