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jfz383
05-21-2009, 09:08 PM
I live in Westchester Co. NY and have tried growing Cold Hardy guys for a while without much success. Bought some online from merchants down in Fla and they never survived. Last year drove by a neighborhood nursery in Queens NY and the had two pots about ready to be tossed out. Each pot had about 5 plants in them that were on average 4 feet. Planted them last summer and they did OK...they did not seem very happy with the transplant process. But about a month ago I go 7 pups from where I planted one pot and 2 pups from the second pot.

Now I have what appears to be bug bites all over the leaves with brown areas where the leaves appear to have been chewed!!!!

HELP!!!

alpha010
05-22-2009, 05:46 AM
Post some pics of the leaves, someone here would be able to diagnose better with with a pic.

Welcome to our congregation and good luck with your nanners!

Shaggy

mskitty38583
05-22-2009, 09:37 AM
welcome! pics would help alot. it could be catapillers, or june bugs. i think the weather is a month behind. we had a threat of frost here 2 nights ago and at the end of may. so keeping that in mind, that means the bug population will be a month behind as well. post pics and maybe someone out here in nana land will know.

saltydad
05-22-2009, 04:04 PM
Howdy jfz. I lived in Ossining for decades. Sorry to say I never tried growing any bananas there, especially Basjoo, the hardiest type. Welcome. Where in the county are you? Look forward to seeing your pix.

Chironex
05-22-2009, 04:13 PM
Without some pics it is somewhat hard to verify the problem. It could range from spider mites, to caterpillars to wind damage or many other things.

jfz383
05-22-2009, 09:05 PM
Thanks for the welcome! I have PM'd you because I have taken pictures of the plants and can't figure out how to post them. I would like to forward them to your email and have you post them for me.

jfz383
05-22-2009, 09:43 PM
OK!!!! I got those pesky pictures downloaded. Now I will try to move them from the gallery to this post.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17630&size=1[/url]

jfz383
05-22-2009, 09:54 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17629&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17629&limit=recent)

OK, here is another one!

jfz383
05-22-2009, 09:57 PM
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=17628&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=17628&limit=recent)

OK, here is the last shot (aerial view). I noticed that my something has been munching on my Canna's.

alpha010
05-23-2009, 05:11 AM
To me it looks like caterpillars, especially if the damage happens in short periods of time. If it does this over long period like 1 week to 10 days, I would say spider mites.

jfz383
05-23-2009, 07:34 AM
To me it looks like caterpillars, especially if the damage happens in short periods of time. If it does this over long period like 1 week to 10 days, I would say spider mites.


Thanks Shaggy.

What should I do about it?

sunfish
05-23-2009, 08:43 AM
Try going out after dark . There was something eating my boysenberries,went out with a flashlight an sure enough cutworms. There was no sign of them during the day.

john_ny
05-23-2009, 09:33 AM
Those things look pretty small, and close to the ground. I don't know, but would slugs bother bananas?

jfz383
05-23-2009, 10:40 AM
Thanks guys! Got down on all four (had to take 2 alleves first) and started digging around and found a bunch of grub like critters. Could these be the culprits? If they are what can I do about them without hurting my earthworm buddies?