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gogreen
09-22-2019, 07:41 AM
I have a super dwarf Cavendish Novak banana plant in a large pot. It seems to be very healthy as is growing quickly, but I recently noticed mushrooms growing in the pot. Do I need to get rid of them? Are the mushrooms a symptom of a problem I need to cure? Look at the mushrooms in the pot here: https://app.box.com/s/b92x9s491wariu8rjvwe7kgukbburr2r.
sirdoofus
09-22-2019, 12:39 PM
I am no banana expert but I certainly don't worry about mushrooms sharing space with my other outdoor potted plants (haven't had this occur indoors), especially if the plant is doing well. And, there may be some symbiosis going on there too.
gogreen
09-22-2019, 12:59 PM
Thanks, sirdoofus. Just to be clear, the plant is outside on a lanai enclosed by a pool cage.
bushwack
09-22-2019, 04:21 PM
I get lots of shrooms around my out door plants, they're there in the morning and then gone or wilted down to nothing when I get home in the evening .
I figured it was from the cow manure compost I have put on the ground, Have you used any manure compost?
cincinnana
09-22-2019, 06:03 PM
I have a super dwarf Cavendish Novak banana plant in a large pot. It seems to be very healthy as is growing quickly, but I recently noticed mushrooms growing in the pot. Do I need to get rid of them? Are the mushrooms a symptom of a problem I need to cure? Look at the mushrooms in the pot here: https://app.box.com/s/b92x9s491wariu8rjvwe7kgukbburr2r.
This is my take on shrooms.
I am with Bushwack and Mike.
Much of the local Supersoils(soils high in organics and compost sold @ 50.00 a yard) sold locally will have a shroom bloom within a few months.
Much of the black landscape mulch has a high content of fungal spores.
The result could look like yellow /orange puke to the typical mushroom.
The product is not pasteurized so to speak.
When installing new plant beds this is what is recommended.
Basjoos love this stuff.
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gogreen
09-22-2019, 07:09 PM
I looked at the mushrooms again late this afternoon, and now they're wilted. The banana plant is growing like gangbusters!
buskwack: Sounds about right. I'm growing the plant in Burpee potting soil into which I've added extra perlite.
cincinnana: So do you treat the mushrooms to get rid of them, or do you just let them be? My inclination is to just let things be.
sirdoofus
09-22-2019, 09:31 PM
Nothing to worry about, IMO. Time to celebrate the fact your banana is growing like ganbusters:D
cincinnana
09-23-2019, 09:31 PM
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cincinnana: So do you treat the mushrooms to get rid of them, or do you just let them be? My inclination is to just let things be.
Mushrooms are normal...
Locally shrooms are of differnt vaieties from different vendors...
Pretty awesome show if your intune with your landscape.
cincinnana
09-24-2019, 08:16 PM
Mushrooms are normal...
Locally shrooms are of differnt vaieties from different vendors...
Pretty awesome show if your intune with your landscape.
True story....
A neighbor gets a landscape refresh with black aged mulch....
A week later it looks like a frat party pukes on their bushes.
Great colors and textures w/o the chunks.
gogreen
09-24-2019, 09:29 PM
Not to hijack my own thread, but I have two questions:
1. When can I expect to see fruit appear? I received the super dwarf Cavendish Novak from the dealer four months ago, when it had about 3 leaves. That's when I potted it, changing pots three times already. Growing like gangbusters.
2. When can I expect to see a pup?
Thanks.
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