PeteMoss
04-16-2020, 10:57 PM
Hello, this is my first post! I just acquired a couple small banana suckers, a musa basjoo and a musa dwarf cavendish. The cavendish has these black spots appearing on the stem, especially large spots at the base. I found a few threads saying these spots are normal, possibly fungus, and one thread in particular about plants from the same nursery I got these from that might have a bacterial infection. For whatever reason I couldn't see images in these posts though so I thought I'd post pictures to be sure.
Banana Gallery - musa dwarf cavendish (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65879&cat=500&ppuser=31093)
Banana Gallery - musa dwarf cavendish (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65878&cat=500&ppuser=31093)
Banana Gallery - musa dwarf cavendish (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65877&cat=500&ppuser=31093)
Banana Gallery - musa dwarf cavendish (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65876&cat=500&ppuser=31093)
Overall it looks fine though, the spots at the base aren't soft, and the newest leaf took maybe a week to come out after unboxing it.
I appreciate any help, thank you!
Banana Gallery - musa dwarf cavendish (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65879&cat=500&ppuser=31093)
Banana Gallery - musa dwarf cavendish (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65878&cat=500&ppuser=31093)
Banana Gallery - musa dwarf cavendish (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65877&cat=500&ppuser=31093)
Banana Gallery - musa dwarf cavendish (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=65876&cat=500&ppuser=31093)
Overall it looks fine though, the spots at the base aren't soft, and the newest leaf took maybe a week to come out after unboxing it.
I appreciate any help, thank you!