Musa Basjoo and "fungicide"

tomgreen · 03-25-2010, 01:24 PM

It was the coldest year in 19 years here in Reno, Nv. My musa basjoo is mush all the way to the ground. Should I apply a fungicide to it? Should I be watering it, or let it dry out?

Abnshrek · 03-25-2010, 02:12 PM

That's a good question.. :^) If its mush all the way to the ground I wouldn't water it ( well not right on top of it. If its really dry I'd water a foot out from the mush) so it can dry up, but this also helps your pups coming up get something without hurting the corm. Good Luck :^)

tomgreen · 03-25-2010, 03:50 PM

Thanks Abnshrek, I will do that. How do you know when the roots have been killed? Is is just when nothing starts to come up by the end of April, May???

turtile · 03-25-2010, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by tomgreen

It was the coldest year in 19 years here in Reno, Nv. My musa basjoo is mush all the way to the ground. Should I apply a fungicide to it? Should I be watering it, or let it dry out?

Remove all of the mush. Fungicide won't provide much of a benefit on dead tissue. Just about all of the fungus on the dead material will be decomposers and will not harm the plant.

You should only water it if the ground is too dry.

musa_monkey · 03-28-2010, 08:37 AM

I usually just cut and rot back to live tissue. If for some reason i cant get to it all I then use a 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide to help clear it up.

Boca Joe · 03-29-2010, 06:10 PM

Tom-

Be patient. Last spring here in DC was so wet, they all rotted down and I had nothing come up till mid- May - which for here was unheard of.

Just wait -

Boca Joe

tomgreen · 03-29-2010, 11:42 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone, I will play the waiting game I guess! Man, I need to move to California!!!

schmaltz~herring · 03-30-2010, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by tomgreen

Thanks for the comments everyone, I will play the waiting game I guess! Man, I need to move to California!!!

I could think of better locales than Kalifornia.

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