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systema
05-15-2020, 01:30 PM
Hey there! Happy to have found this forum! I have a lot of experience with tropicals, but have only recently have fallen in love with bananas. Please excuse my cluelessness. :D This poor little guy arrived in the mail soaking wet and with multiple rotting spots. I gently cut away the rot, gave it a rinse with a bit of dawn and let it sit overnight to dry out, this is what it looks like now. I live in CO and have a Maurelli and dwarf that have been container grown indoors and are doing very well! I hoped to do the same with this one. What steps do you recommend I take from here to save this pup, if it can be saved?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65985&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65984&size=1

Thank you!!

Mikemooreflorida
05-15-2020, 02:17 PM
Thats a pretty small corm for that size of plant. it's gonna have a chance of dying no matter what you do.....

i'd almost go extreme and cut off the Pstem and just plant the corm in some well draining media to promote a good root growth instead of wasting energy on the pstem/leaf growth. Thats a pretty sad looking pup, i wouldn't be happy with that if you paid a pretty penny for it.

systema
05-15-2020, 03:31 PM
@Mikemooreflorida I had a feeling that this would be the answer haha. I'll try and work with it. I appreciate your feedback, thank you!

AlbearusGoneBanana
05-15-2020, 04:16 PM
I had a similar issue once. Though it may sound like a stupid idea, I took a potato peeler to the corm. Just took off a small layer, then let it dry for a day and that seemed to work.

cincinnana
05-15-2020, 05:54 PM
Hey there! Happy to have found this forum! I have a lot of experience with tropicals, but have only recently have fallen in love with bananas. Please excuse my cluelessness. :D This poor little guy arrived in the mail soaking wet and with multiple rotting spots. I gently cut away the rot, gave it a rinse with a bit of dawn and let it sit overnight to dry out, this is what it looks like now. I live in CO and have a Maurelli and dwarf that have been container grown indoors and are doing very well! I hoped to do the same with this one. What steps do you recommend I take from here to save this pup, if it can be saved?

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65985&size=1

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=65984&size=1

Thank you!!

Youtube offer some great videos..
on how to grow tropicals:woohoonaner: