Arasco
06-09-2018, 12:49 PM
Hello! Not only am I new to the forum but I’m new to plants period. So a lot of the terminology people use, I don’t know. So bear with me. I asked for a Dwarf Cavendish for Mother’s Day. My teenage son bought me one (from Lowe’s, not a local nursery). Lowe’s is of no help. Let me give all the details. I live in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Received this plant in May. It came with 4 pseudostems already. I don’t know how to tell which is the main one and which are pups. I’m attempting to attach pictures to show you guys. But it keeps telling me to NOT attach pics in the post, only to my gallery? Not sure how to let you see them easily. Also, I have transferred it into a new pot (obviously. It didn’t come in this pot, lol). It took awhile to be delivered so I didn’t move into a new pot until this week; about a month after receiving. The pot is 13”dia x 24”h and 7.5 gallon. I did go to a local nursery to ask questions about soil, etc and they directed me to buy a bag of their general potting soil (said it had really good drainage) and a bottle of Osmocote (that says “smart release plant food 15-9-12). When putting in the pot, I put a pretty deep layer of soil on the bottom bc it’s such a tall pot and the plant is very small right now. Then dig a hole and made sure there were at least 3” on all sides. I mixed the Osmocote with the top 1-3 inches of soil like the back of the bottle says. It is placed in an area on my back patio that receives direct sun most of the day but pretty crazy direct sun from about 3:30pm-5pm. It seems as though the leaves may be burning?
All that to ask these questions:
How do I tell which is the main plant/pseudostalk and which are pups?
Do I need to remove any?
Is the plant getting too much sun?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63147&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63147&ppuser=27931)
Not sure why it flipped these pictures:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63148&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63148&ppuser=27931)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63145&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63145&ppuser=27931)
All that to ask these questions:
How do I tell which is the main plant/pseudostalk and which are pups?
Do I need to remove any?
Is the plant getting too much sun?
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63147&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63147&ppuser=27931)
Not sure why it flipped these pictures:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63148&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63148&ppuser=27931)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63145&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63145&ppuser=27931)