JoshRasner
07-09-2018, 05:01 PM
Hi all
I always wanted a banana tree, and a few months ago I finally got one! Things were great for a while, but now the old girl (an ensente red) isn't doing so well and I could use some guidance. She's tipping over badly, and her color is poor, I think. The inner stem is still a vibrant green, but the outside layer is yellowing and soft. I tried staking it, which helped a while, but now it's tipping just as badly the other way. I think I might be overwatering, tbh, but it's 112 degrees here in Vegas and when it gets the 6hrs direct sun the care tag recommended it starts to crisp up without daily watering. I'll enclose a pic here if I can figure out how.
Any advice would be most appreciated. I'm starting to feel like Seymour Krelborne here, and, while I'm willing to open a vein if necessary, I'd rather it not come to that.
Grazie,
j
I HOPE this is the pic:
Banana Gallery - My poor sad banana tree (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63254&ppuser=28145) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63254&size=1&filefix=.jpg
(credit [Bananas.org - View Profile: JoshRasner (http://www.bananas.org/member.php?u=28145) JoshRasner])
I always wanted a banana tree, and a few months ago I finally got one! Things were great for a while, but now the old girl (an ensente red) isn't doing so well and I could use some guidance. She's tipping over badly, and her color is poor, I think. The inner stem is still a vibrant green, but the outside layer is yellowing and soft. I tried staking it, which helped a while, but now it's tipping just as badly the other way. I think I might be overwatering, tbh, but it's 112 degrees here in Vegas and when it gets the 6hrs direct sun the care tag recommended it starts to crisp up without daily watering. I'll enclose a pic here if I can figure out how.
Any advice would be most appreciated. I'm starting to feel like Seymour Krelborne here, and, while I'm willing to open a vein if necessary, I'd rather it not come to that.
Grazie,
j
I HOPE this is the pic:
Banana Gallery - My poor sad banana tree (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=63254&ppuser=28145) http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=63254&size=1&filefix=.jpg
(credit [Bananas.org - View Profile: JoshRasner (http://www.bananas.org/member.php?u=28145) JoshRasner])