derbymike
05-16-2017, 09:31 AM
Hello from Vero Beach, Florida " where the tropics begin ",
I have 8 or 10 very healthy plants --2 of them are now blossoming .
BUT I'm having a problem with 2 plants.
I bought a plant at Walmart which had a label reading that the plant was from Costa Rica and would produce big yellow fruit as we see in supermarkets.
The plant was doing very well and I transplanted a pup to another area.
Lately the big mother plant has been putting out small and deformed leaves.
fertilizer and water has done nothing to help.
And today I see that the small plants' 2 top leaves are brown/yellow and about dead .All the other plants look great--putting up a new leaf almost daily.
The purple bud ? [this is my first banana garden ] is as big as a football .
Why is this one plant not growing ?
PLEASE help.
Mike Higdon
I have 8 or 10 very healthy plants --2 of them are now blossoming .
BUT I'm having a problem with 2 plants.
I bought a plant at Walmart which had a label reading that the plant was from Costa Rica and would produce big yellow fruit as we see in supermarkets.
The plant was doing very well and I transplanted a pup to another area.
Lately the big mother plant has been putting out small and deformed leaves.
fertilizer and water has done nothing to help.
And today I see that the small plants' 2 top leaves are brown/yellow and about dead .All the other plants look great--putting up a new leaf almost daily.
The purple bud ? [this is my first banana garden ] is as big as a football .
Why is this one plant not growing ?
PLEASE help.
Mike Higdon