jreidsma

Hi,
Well, my little basjoo baby was doing well inside in my window, but now it is browning and looking kind of bad.





It shouldn't be getting too much light, in fact I would be surprised if it is getting enough.

Any ideas?

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stumpy4700

Have you looked for Spider mites?

eric27

Could be spider mites. Check the underside of the leaves. The one leaf in the upper left hand corner looks like it MIGHT have spider mite damage. Hard to say for sure in the picture. But it looks dry to me. Same thing happens to my Ensete in pots I bring in. The dry air inside will wreak havoc on those leaves and dry them out, starting with the outer edges. If it is getting a lot of sun this only compounds the issue. Make sure it gets enough water, but don't over water or soak it. Just make sure it isn't bone dry.

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jreidsma

I looked it over for any sort of pest, I didn't see anything moving or pest related.

Aren't spider mites microscopic though?

I didn't see any webs either.

I took it into my bathroom and sprayed it over with rubbing alcohol and will give it a shower later today.

I did accidentally let it dry out kind of bad, I felt bad and couldn't really do anything for about a week so it dried out.

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mushtaq86

To me it looks as if you have over watered or under watered it,which has stressed it out,which has given it yellow brown marks on the edges,just keep an eye on it, as long as the p-stem stays solid it will be fine.

jreidsma

Hi,
Ok, thanks

Like I said above it dried out kind of bad for a little while there, so tat's probably it then.

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About a month or so ago it only had one leaf (I think it was about a month...) so it is far from dormant right now.

Thanks for the link I will be sure to read up on it.

This pot is a lot bigger than the one it was in, but if it looks too small I will try to put it in one a bit bigger. I don't have enough room for it to be much bigger then what it is now though, I will just have to see. It isn't root bound right now that I know of, but I will check and see what pots I have

Just got a sago palm from the store

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stevelau1911

I think perhaps the dry heat if you have the heat vent near the plant may be the cause or it could also be over-watering which can be pretty easy to do indoors.

I have an ensete mauralii which I still keep outside, and only bring it indoors by a cool room with a south facing window when there's a night with the threat of a frost. It seems to show no problems at all. I find that continuous exposure to full sun whenever it is warm enough through fall/winter/spring will help prevent that much weakening of the psuedo-stem so even in January whenever there's a warmup where it gets above 40F, I can bring it outside for a few hours for some good sun exposure, and I find that bananas don't seem to have no problems as long as there is no frost.

The reason I don't just get a 400watt metal halide is because most of my house plants overwinter with window light just fine, and so can the banana, but I like to let it make some progress over the winter.

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