Damaged plants?

Speedjester · 04-19-2015, 05:54 PM

Just had a Microburst come through... One minute it was sunny and beautiful.. Then in the wink of a eye.. Torrential rain and 60+ Mph winds... Watched a few trees snap and watched all the freshly planted bananas take a serious beating... All of the leaves got shredded and quite few got bent including some of the new emerging leaves... So here is the question..Should I remove the bent leaves now or wait for them to turn brown?...

Thank you

kubali · 04-20-2015, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Speedjester

Just had a Microburst come through... One minute it was sunny and beautiful.. Then in the wink of a eye.. Torrential rain and 60+ Mph winds... Watched a few trees snap and watched all the freshly planted bananas take a serious beating... All of the leaves got shredded and quite few got bent including some of the new emerging leaves... So here is the question..Should I remove the bent leaves now or wait for them to turn brown?...

Thank you

I would leave them till they turn brown, as long as they are still green they will provide food.

Olafhenny · 04-20-2015, 06:18 PM

Right!

JP · 04-20-2015, 06:51 PM

I second that!!!

cincinnana · 04-20-2015, 07:15 PM

For me, I do not like the look of a damaged plant.
I cut ...I do not like the look especially if the plant is a focal point

However last fall I had damage from a hail event and I elected to keep the leaves on for the winter.

An advantage of being in central Fla is your plant will fill out in a month.
I am assuming that the plant is established in your garden, if you cut the leaves you will be fine.

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Olafhenny · 04-20-2015, 07:21 PM

Just as a general rule:
Do not over-manage your plants, - bananas or others.
If you have disease or vermin damage, by all means do something to combat that.

But if the damage is non-progressive, and due to single time events, such as frost,
blows or other accidents, let the plant do 'its thing'. It will rid itself of damaged
parts when the time is right. Until then the discolored parts are simply cosmetic.

Grannycore · 04-20-2015, 08:55 PM

Thanks for this! We had a similar situation with hail and a small tornado, which shredded the mature leaves on my Enano Gigante...luckily (and mysteriously) the new leaf and cigar are fine. I was wondering how much to clean it up as well.

Speedjester · 04-20-2015, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cincinnana

For me, I do not like the look of a damaged plant.
I cut ...I do not like the look especially if the plant is a focal point

However last fall I had damage from a hail event and I elected to keep the leaves on for the winter.

An advantage of being in central Fla is your plant will fill out in a month.
I am assuming that the plant is established in your garden, if you cut the leaves you will be fine.

.

I don't believe the plants are established yet... They were just planted about 3 weeks ago..I was surprised that none of the bigger ones 12+ ft didn't uproot or snap...

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