View Full Version : Is this a sign of rot??
colldp68
10-02-2009, 03:13 PM
I just brought my bananas in last week (zone 6) and have them growing under a metal halide system. The temp. is around 70-75 during day and in the low 60s at night. I check the soil temp and it was around 70-75 degrees. A few of my bananas have developed some brown spots on the p-stems. The soil mix is 30% perlite, 40% compost, and 30% peat. I only watered them once since i brought them in. Does this look like a sign of rot? I would hate to loose these bananas as they done very well this year. I will try to get some more pics up soon.
Thanks,
Dan
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=24244&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=24244&ppuser=4932)
LilRaverBoi
10-02-2009, 03:18 PM
Yeah, looks like rot to me. Brown and squish=rot...not sure how best to deal with it, though.
Blake09
10-02-2009, 05:19 PM
Cut it off with a razor, cut through the layers until green.
colldp68
10-03-2009, 10:35 PM
I cut of all the rot like you said and now its all green..Thanks!
bencelest
10-04-2009, 03:52 PM
A success story! Very nice. Good to hear.
jfern
11-10-2009, 01:35 PM
Hola Colldp68
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Stephan
01-21-2010, 12:06 AM
I brought in bananas from the garden in early november. They sat in the garage with low light for about 2 weeks and were sprayed with insecticide. When I brought them into the basement (65 degrees with grow lights) I lost almost all of them to brown rot that looks like what's shown in your photo. I'm not sure if it was because I should have brought them in earlier in fall, or if the insecticde hurt them or if it was the 2 weeks of low light in the garage. I'll have to buy new plants next spring.
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