bananamarv
04-20-2019, 07:28 PM
Hi All,
We live in Southern California and moved in to a house with a large patch of banana plants in the backyard in August 2018. The plants were never trimmed and had spread considerably so I thinned them out in September. Several bunches have grown and I've eaten the bananas, everything seemed fine. Small pups continue to form at the base of the mature plants.
The past few months, the mature plants do not seem healthy. The leaves are split and brown/yellow at the edges. There are black spots down the center of some leaves. One bunch began to form in an odd spot and there are black spots all over. I have also noticed a bit of white looking fungus on the ground around the base. While some of the smaller pups growing seem healthy, I am worried they might all be diseased.
Attached are some pictures - any ideas?
https://i.imgur.com/8LUztKD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/1eeclk6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dOLEvkG.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/QlQkcA1.jpg
We live in Southern California and moved in to a house with a large patch of banana plants in the backyard in August 2018. The plants were never trimmed and had spread considerably so I thinned them out in September. Several bunches have grown and I've eaten the bananas, everything seemed fine. Small pups continue to form at the base of the mature plants.
The past few months, the mature plants do not seem healthy. The leaves are split and brown/yellow at the edges. There are black spots down the center of some leaves. One bunch began to form in an odd spot and there are black spots all over. I have also noticed a bit of white looking fungus on the ground around the base. While some of the smaller pups growing seem healthy, I am worried they might all be diseased.
Attached are some pictures - any ideas?
https://i.imgur.com/8LUztKD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/1eeclk6.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dOLEvkG.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/QlQkcA1.jpg